Research Archive

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Research| November 16, 2023

Flood Risk Mapping in the New York Federal Reserve’s Second District

Widespread inaccuracies in flood risk mapping may result in inadequate insurance coverage with banks less likely to lend into areas with inaccurate maps, say economists.

Written by Liberty Street Economics, New York Federal Reserve
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Research| November 9, 2023

Report on Microprudential Supervision of Climate-related Litigation Risks

Climate litigation is a rapidly growing source of risk for financial institutions, but the supervisory framework for addressing this is only at an “early stage of development”, a NGFS report says. …

Written by Network for Greening the Financial System
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Research| October 20, 2023

Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework

The UK’s transition plan taskforce has released its final disclosure framework which sets out “good practice for robust and credible transition plan disclosures”.

Written by Transition Plan Taskforce
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Research| May 27, 2023

Biodiversity Risk

In this paper, researchers present various measures of biodiversity risk exposure which can close research gaps and be used to analyse the economic costs of nature loss.

Written by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Research| May 5, 2023

Overcoming the Babel Tower Challenge

A Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance in the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Colombia was the first country in the Americas to develop a green taxonomy, and this WWF report says it can be used as a regional blueprint. The authors also give advice to countries to design interoperable, fit-for-purpose taxonomies.

Written by WWF
The Bank of Albania in Tirana
Research| March 21, 2023

Climate Risks in Albania and Their Relevance to the Central Bank

Researchers highlight the Bank of Albania’s progress in addressing climate change, and offer a roadmap to build the finance sector’s resilience and mitigate its exposure to climate risk.

Written by SUERF
A person wades through floodwaters outside the Doge's Palace in Venice
Research| September 20, 2022

NGFS Scenarios for Central Banks and Supervisors

The NGFS has released the third iteration of their climate scenarios, updating them with the latest economic and climate data, current national policy commitments and improved modelling of physical risks. …

Written by Network for Greening the Financial System

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