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Research| July 3, 2024

Designing a Macroprudential Capital Buffer for Climate-related Risks

ECB researchers present a detailed methodology for calibrating systemic risk buffers to address climate-related financial risks, bridging a critical gap in research.

Published by European Central Bank
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Research| April 15, 2024

Model-based Financial Regulations Impair the Transition to Net-zero Carbon Emissions

Carbon biases in model-based financial regulations discourage banks from divesting high-carbon assets and amplify systemic climate risks, say Oxford University researchers.

Published by Nature Climate Change
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Research| November 21, 2023

Low Carbon Allocation in the Implementation of Monetary Policy

This paper reviews monetary and macroprudential tools, such as targeted green refinancing, that the ECB can use to speed up the green transition while maintaining price stability.

Published by European Parliament
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Research| November 2, 2023

Finance in a Hot House World

Finance Watch calls for economic climate models that do not mislead, scenario analyses that prepare the market, and a new loan-to-value macroprudential tool. …

Published by Finance Watch
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Research| September 7, 2023

The ECB Paris Gap: Substantive but Treatable

This report proposes that the European Central Bank align with its primary and environmental mandates by adopting climate neutrality principles and increasing the scope and urgency of its decarbonisation plans.

Published by Greenpeace, SOAS, University of Greenwich, University of the West of England
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Research| September 4, 2023

Climate Change and Sovereign Risk

Climate change creates substantial sovereign credit risks which should be reflected in banks’ capital provisions and central banks’ prudential policy and risk management.

Published by European Central Bank
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Research| May 15, 2023

Macroprudential Policies for Addressing Climate-related Financial Risks

Challenges and Trade-offs

Given the material and systemic risks posed by climate change, there is a strong case for adjusting macroprudential policies, according to this FSI research. …

Published by Financial Stability Institute
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Research| May 9, 2023

The Implications of National and International Carbon-Pricing Policies for the South African Reserve Bank

Sarb researchers explore the financial stability implications of carbon pricing schemes and carbon border taxes, and make recommendations to create more robust carbon risk monitoring.

Published by South African Reserve Bank
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Research| May 4, 2023

Climate Stress Tests

Are Banks Fit for the Green Transition?

Deutsche Bank research highlights the growing pressure on banks to improve their climate risk management and disclosure frameworks, and argues that initial stress tests are “just the beginning”.

Published by SUERF
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Research| March 22, 2023

Climate-related Risks and the Regulatory Capital Framework

Gaps in the understanding of climate risks create uncertainty over capital requirements and macroprudential policy. This Bank of England report states that firms and regulators must improve their climate risk management.

Published by Bank of England
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Research| February 23, 2023

Macroprudential Policies and Climate Risks

This paper argues that macroprudential policy is needed to prevent climate risks becoming systemic risks, and proposes ways to increase the resilience of EU banks.

Published by European Banking Institute

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