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Janet Yellen
News| July 12, 2023

Yellen urges China to cooperate with US on fighting climate change

Cooperation between the US and China is ‘critical’ to fighting climate change, said US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen.
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News| June 22, 2023

IMF calls for debt-for-climate swaps ahead of world finance summit

The IMF’s managing director urges leaders to find debt relief solutions for the global south and consider debt-for-climate swaps ahead of a summit to discuss a global financial pact.
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| November 2, 2022

Calls grow for green targeted measures instead of interest rate hikes

Civil society groups are questioning the effectiveness of rate hikes, instead calling for targeted support to address fossil fuel dependency, climate change and other root causes of supply shock inflation.
Weekly roundup
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News| October 31, 2022

New York Fed report recommends lower rates for energy efficiency

The New York Fed on funding energy efficiency renovations, the BdF’s deputy governor on tipping points and transformative change, a prototype BIS green bond platform, and more from this week in green central banking.
Weekly roundup
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News| October 3, 2022

Six banks to participate in Fed climate analysis

Details of the Fed’s climate scenario analysis exercise, an ECB study on inflation and the green transition and more from this week in green central banking.
Weekly roundup
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News| September 26, 2022

Sovereign green bonds could fund transition, says BIS

The BIS on sovereign green bonds, the ECB on climate fiscal policies, a conference on greening monetary policy in times of soaring inflation and more from this week in green central banking.
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News| September 23, 2022

Climate-related inflation requires ECB response, report finds

Inflation associated with fossil fuel dependency and changing weather patterns requires ECB action if it is to fulfill its mandate, finds a new report.
A hand adjusts the dial on a digital thermostat, which reads 68ºF
News| September 6, 2022

Call for BoE to offer green targeted lending

The BoE should target its credit policy to offer low cost loans to banks lending for energy efficient building retrofits and other green projects, according to a new report from a leading UK thinktank.
Weekly roundup
Blackened, leafless trees stand surrounded by ash following a wildfire
News| July 22, 2022

ECB evidence of climate risk premiums

An ECB study reveals climate risk premiums for equity markets, green loans from the Central Bank of Iraq, the San Francisco Fed on the US megadrought and more from this week in green central banking.
A hand adjusts the dial on a digital thermostat, which reads 68ºF
News| July 8, 2022

Calls grow for targeted ECB green discount rate

Faced with rising fossil fuel inflation and growing energy insecurity, civil society groups are calling on the ECB to incentivise bank lending for energy-saving housing renovations through the introduction of a green discount rate.

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