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IIF urges NGFS to help standardise climate risk analysis
23 December 2019The Central Banks and Supervisors' Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has been urged to align approaches to assessing climate risk, including scenario analysis.
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EU spawns global sustainable finance platform
18 October 2019The EU has launched an initiative to collaborate with other countries around the world on sustainable finance.
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A Canadian take on sustainability
26 September 2019Canada's resource-intensive economy can be a sustainability transition model for others, Tiff Macklem, chair of Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, tells Michael Hurley
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‘Watershed moment’ for NGFS as international standard setters join
24 July 2019The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) have agreed to become observers of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).
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Will the taxonomy deliver?
12 July 2019Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson
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Central banks send powerful climate risk message with landmark report
17 April 2019A report by some of the world’s most influential central banks and supervisors has sent a shot across the bow of the investment community by signalling that climate-related risk is near the top of their agenda.
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Finance ministers pledge more action on climate change
16 April 2019A group of 23 finance ministers have committed to take stronger collective action on climate change and its impacts through fiscal policy and the use of public finances.
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Central banks make rallying cry for swift action on climate risk
15 October 2018The financial risks presented by climate change are “system-wide and potentially irreversible… and [these] risks call for action in the short-term to reduce impact in the long-term”, a group of some of the world’s most influential central banks and supervisors has warned.
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Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced
13 June 2018The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.