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  • COP26 outcome suggests private finance left to pick up climate slack

    15 November 2021

    The final text of the climate agreement by countries at the UN climate summit in Glasgow represents only incremental progress on previous conferences and leaves considerable slack for private finance to pick up on the path to net zero, according to commentators.

  • 'Logical' to expect climate-related capital requirements - ECB's Elderson

    11 November 2021

    It is "logical" to expect that banks will be required to hold more capital in reserve to cover climate-related risks, a senior official at the European Central Bank has said, in the strongest indication yet that the central bank will adapt prudential requirements to cover climate risks.