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A pile of cryptocurrency coins
January 21, 2022

Weekly roundup: Fed confirmations, collateral assets and bitcoin

The US Senate banking committee chair on Fed confirmations, climate risks to asset backed securities, the huge carbon footprint of bitcoin transactions and other news from this week in green central banking.
Central Bank of Uganda, Banque de France, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank
Flooded road in British Columbia, Canada, November 2021
January 18, 2022

Canadian regulator to act on climate risk buffers

Canada’s top financial regulator will act to ensure that banks and other financial institutions have sufficient capital to weather the effects of intensifying physical climate risk.
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Bank of Canada
December 22, 2021

2021: plenty of climate talks, but little practical progress

As the climate and ecological crises continue to accelerate, central banks have made slow progress in addressing their role as calls grow to stop the funding of the destruction of the natural world.
Network for Greening the Financial System, Banco de Mexico, Bank of International Settlements, Banco Central do Brasil, Bank of England, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, People's Bank of China
Sarah Bloom Raskin
November 30, 2021

Is Raskin in pole position for Fed’s supervision vice chair?

Former Fed governor and climate risk specialist Sarah Bloom Raskin has been tipped as a potential candidate for the role of vice chair for supervision, one of three vacant Fed positions expected to be filled by President Joe Biden before …
Federal Reserve
Solar panel being installed
November 24, 2021

Sustainable investment policies of G20 central banks found lacking

A new study reveals that the responsible investment policies of most G20 central banks are either non-existent, opaque or failing to consider environmental impacts.
Bank of England, Banque de France, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
Electric vehicle sign
November 10, 2021

Bring back credit policies for green transition, say experts

Credit policies, once fashionable among central banks and finance ministries but withdrawn in the latter part of the 20th century, should be reintroduced to help with challenges such as the low-carbon transition according to a new paper.
Bank of Japan, People's Bank of China
Sign at Cop26 reading "We can do this, if we act now"
November 5, 2021

Cop26: central banks make further climate commitments

A week dominated by Cop26 began with international climate protests focusing on central banks and ended with commitments from around the world to integrate climate considerations into monetary and financial decision-making.
Central Bank of Iceland, Banco Central de Costa Rica, Bank of Lithuania, Reserve Bank of Australia, Central Bank of Ireland, Reserve Bank of India, Bank of Canada, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
Rishi Sunak
November 3, 2021

Cop26: Sunak touts mandatory transition plans for UK firms

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak says most big firms will be required to publish net-zero transition plans, but experts warn that robust regulation is also required to ensure the plans are credible.
Bank of England, European Central Bank
Orangutan in Tanjung Puting, Borneo, Indonesia
November 2, 2021

Cop26: central banks have overlooked nature risks says Elderson

NGFS chair and ECB board member Frank Elderson explained that while policymakers have made substantial progress in developing climate-related tools, nature risks have not yet received the same attention.
Bank of Italy, Banque de France, Bundesbank, European Central Bank
Protest outside the ECB headquarters in Brussels
November 1, 2021

Central banks become focus of worldwide climate protests

Communities rallied outside central banks around the world to demand they take immediate steps to address the risks posed by the climate crisis.
Bank of England, Belgian National Bank, Bundesbank, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
View of the Earth from orbit
October 29, 2021

Scorecard update: G20 central banks failing on climate

A major study by Positive Money and Green Central Banking reveals that G20 central bankers and financial supervisors remain stuck in data-gathering exercises and are failing to meaningfully respond to the climate and ecological crisis.
Reserve Bank of India, Bank of England, Banque de France, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, People's Bank of China

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