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News| December 5, 2023

Half of oil and gas producer investments must go to clean energy

Oil and gas producers must step up clean energy investment according to the IEA, while Largarde says the ECB is steadfast on climate, plus more in the latest roundup.
Opinion
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News| October 16, 2023

Green credit policies are critical for long-term price stability

If we want long-term price stability, we need to implement green credit polices, argues Sneha Yadav.
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News| June 6, 2023

Future warming will amplify food inflation by 50% by 2030, says ECB

A new paper from the ECB predicts that the warming climate will result in higher levels of annual food prices and overall inflation on a global scale.
Bank of England
News| June 1, 2023

BoE will hold firm with climate plan, says Bailey

Governor Andrew Bailey pledges to continue Bank of England’s climate-related work, despite criticism from former officials.
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News| May 24, 2023

Europe experiences climateflation as prolonged drought inflates prices

Repeated droughts and the highest inflation rates of the 21st-century increase concerns about climateflation. …
Opinion
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News| January 23, 2023

Why green lending facilities can solve the ECB’s monetary tightening dilemma

Rising interest rates threaten to stifle the move to a greener economy but targeted lending would allow the ECB to avoid this problem, say policy experts Paul Schreiber and Lukasz Krebel.
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News| January 18, 2023

Report: ‘fossilflation’ driving US price instability

In a new report, Positive Money US argues that fossil fuels are a major driver of price instability and provides policy recommendations.
Lael Brainard speaking at a conference
News| December 1, 2022

Climate threatens price stability, says Fed vice chair

Supply disruptions as a result of climate change could contribute to price instability, Federal Reserve vice chair Lael Brainard has told the Bank for International Settlements’ annual conference.
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News| November 28, 2022

Climate crisis may have ‘substantial’ effects on natural rate

Global heating and the natural interest rate, further calls for an RBA climate mandate, how the green transition may reduce inflation and more from this week in green central banking.
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News| November 22, 2022

Eurosystem tops latest Green Central Banking Scorecard

Work to green the ECB’s monetary policy has put Eurosystem central banks at the top of the 2022 Green Central Banking Scorecard as China, the Us, Brazil and India all fall in the rankings.
Christine Lagarde, seated, speaking on a conference panel
News| November 14, 2022

Climate part of ECB price stability mandate, says Lagarde

ECB president Christine Lagarde has firmly placed climate change within the central bank’s primary mandate of maintaining price stability, calling for its full incorporation into the central bank’s models, analyses and monetary policy.

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