Central banks

WWF publishes guide for financial regulators and central banks to tackle deforestation

Investment

WWF publishes guide for financial regulators and central banks to tackle deforestation

Central bankers, financial regulators, and supervisors have an 'important role' in tackling the bankrolling of deforestation and ecosystem conversion, report warns

clock 17 July 2024 • 2 min read
Central banks and financial supervisors failing to integrate environmental risk, WWF warns

Policy

Central banks and financial supervisors failing to integrate environmental risk, WWF warns

Analysis finds obvious environmental and social risks remain unaccounted for in many countries' central banking and supervision regulation

clock 18 December 2023 • 1 min read
European Central Bank reports drop in carbon intensity of corpoate bond purchases

Investment

European Central Bank reports drop in carbon intensity of corpoate bond purchases

Central bank notes it is on a 'decarbonisation pathway' thanks to ongoing emissions reduction of portfolio companies and new green investment policy

clock 28 March 2023 • 2 min read
Biodiversity destruction threatens the economy - regulators and central banks must act now

Investment

Biodiversity destruction threatens the economy - regulators and central banks must act now

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli

clock 29 December 2022 • 5 min read

Policy

ClientEarth sues Belgian National Bank over high-carbon corporate lending policies

Lawyers allege European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme undermines the EU’s emission reduction commitments because it favours high emitting companies

clock 13 April 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

It's time for central banks to match their green words with actions

Central banks and financial supervisors have a key role to play in closing the curtains on dirty finance and unlocking a tidal wave of green investment, writes Positive Money economist David Barmes

clock 01 April 2021 • 3 min read

Risk

G20 central banks failing to turn climate advocacy into action, research finds

Despite growing focus on risk disclosure and green investing, few central banks have taken concrete actions to cut off support for fossil fuels, Positive Money claims

clock 31 March 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Central banks should adopt explicit net zero strategies, economists argue

Research led by LSE and SOAS academics argues central banks hold significant sway over the wider financial system's ability to reach net zero

clock 15 March 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024

Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024

clock 19 January 2021 • 6 min read

Investment

Report: Climate risk increases cost of sovereign borrowing

New research highlights relationship between climate risk and sovereign risk, and outlines steps governments can take to avoid 'ever-worsening' spiral of climate vulnerability and unsustainable debt burdens

clock 12 October 2020 • 2 min read