Stress tests

Offloading climate risk can have unintended consequences for smaller banks and communities but effective regulation can avert those problems, says Philip Tapsall of XDI. …

Countries in the Asia Pacific region are highly vulnerable to climate change and central banks must do more to mitigate the physical and transition risks, say policy experts from WWF.

Many central banks now recognise they have a role to play in addressing the climate crisis. But so far concerns have not been followed by concerted action, says Nikki Eames of Positive Money UK. …

Regulators should be mindful of the limitations of the European Central Bank’s climate stress test and beware of a too-big-to-fail scenario once climate risks start materialising, argues Julia Symon of Finance Watch.

Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell has taken little to no action on climate change and the next Fed chair should adopt a dramatically different and proactive approach to eliminating climate risk from the US financial system, write David Arkush and …