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  • G20 businesses to focus on green finance in 2016

    04 February 2016

    The B20 – a coalition of business associations from G20 economies that make policy recommendations – task force on growth has named green finance as its primary goal for 2016.

  • FSB reveals big hitters behind new climate change task force

    22 January 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named the members of its new climate change working group.

  • 'It's becoming harder to keep your head buried in the sand'

    02 December 2015

    As the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition hits $230 billion, Amundi's Frederic Samama tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett why investors are throwing their weight behind the initiative

  • Climate change to shave 0.5% a year off insurers' capital

    16 November 2015

    Climate change threatens to have a negative impact on the capital position of insurers, by lowering investment income and increasing capital requirements for weather-related claims, Standard & Poor's (S&P) predicts.

  • FSB calls for task force on climate risk disclosure

    09 November 2015

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for the creation of an industry-led task force to work on the disclosure of climate-related risks.

  • Capital Markets Union must safeguard against climate risk, says think tank

    27 October 2015

    The European Union's plan to build a single market for capital across all 28 member states – the Capital Markets Union (CMU) – should incorporate safeguards to reduce risks arising from climate change, according to UK think tank, E3G.

  • Bank of England warns insurers on potential losses from stranded assets

    30 September 2015

    The transition to a low-carbon economy could inflict heavy losses on insurers, as a result of potential shifts in asset prices, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has warned.

  • Stranded assets warning for insurers

    03 March 2015

    Insurers need to keep a close eye on fossil fuel assets that might be affected by climate change legislation, Paul Fisher, deputy head of the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), has warned.

  • Quotes of the quarter

    23 December 2014

    As the calendar year wraps up, Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the last quarter.

  • Bank of England to step up stranded assets research

    02 December 2014

    Bank of England governor Mark Carney plans to "deepen and widen" its inquiry into the debate around stranded fossil fuel assets.