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Research| September 23, 2022

Managing Inflation by Boosting Energy Transition

What the European Central Bank Should Do

This Reclaim Finance report examines climate-related inflation, arguing that managing this price instability requires the ECB to support a clean energy transition.

Written by Reclaim Finance
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Research| September 7, 2022

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.

Written by Greenpeace, SOAS, University of Greenwich, University of the West of England
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Research| August 12, 2022

Greening Collateral Frameworks

This paper from the Inspire research network argues that central banks should adjust their collateral frameworks based on the environmental impacts of the assets put forward.

Written by Inspire & LSE Grantham Institute
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Research| April 26, 2022

Climate Roadmap: Now What?

Next Steps for the ECB to Support the Low-Carbon Transition

This policy document from 17 major civil society groups outlines four core principles and five key recommendations on how the ECB can accelerate its climate action and reduce fossil fuel inflation.

Written by Positive Money Europe and others
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Research| April 25, 2022

Realising Central Banks’ Climate Ambitions Through Financial Stability Mandates

Effective green central banking governance should be based on a synthesis between monetary and macroprudential policymaking, finds this study of G20 climate-related policies and mandates.

Written by Paola D’Orazio and Lilit Popoyan
Flooding in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands in July 2021
Research| February 24, 2022

The Role of Central Banks’ Credit Rating in Mitigating Climate and Environmental Risk

This report examines credit assessments in the Eurosystem’s collateral framework, showing how the ECB and national central banks can integrate environmental criteria into their ratings.

Written by Postive Money Europe & WWF
Fossil fuel: the new subprimes?
Research| June 25, 2021

Fossil fuel: the new sub-primes? How funding the climate crisis can lead to a financial crisis

This assessment of the climate-related financial risks facing the 11 largest banks in the eurozone finds that they are highly exposed to a collapse in fossil fuel asset values, with potential contagion effects threatening financial stability. Comparing fossil fuel assets …

Written by Reclaim Finance, Friends of the Earth France and the Rousseau Institute
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Research| March 24, 2021

Adapting Central Bank Operations to a Hotter World

NGFS technical document finds climate change poses new financial risks to central banks’ monetary policy and they should consider the effect.

Written by Network for Greening the Financial System
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Research| March 14, 2021

The Green Central Banking Scorecard

This study ranks and scores the responses of G20 central banks and financial supervisors to the climate crisis.

Written by Positive Money
Research| March 14, 2021

Greening the UK Financial System

This policy note warns that the UK government’s 2019 Green Finance Strategy is over-reliant on transparency and disclosures, and lacks penalties for dirty activities.

Written by SUERF
Research| March 10, 2021

Greening the Eurosystem Collateral Framework

This report finds the Eurosystem’s collateral framework has a carbon bias that disproportionately favours fossil fuel companies.

Written by New Economics Foundation, Greenpeace, SOAS, University of Greenwich and UWE Bristol

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