Archive

• Energy transition race for metals 'could threaten financial stability'

  11 May 2023

  Rapid growth in demand for metals critical for the energy transition "could threaten both price and financial stability", in particular in economies such as those in the EU, researchers at the Banque de France have warned.

• Central banks should explicitly back net-zero measures, says report

  15 March 2021

  Central banks should explicitly align their policies with achieving a net zero carbon emission economy by 2050, according to a paper prepared by a trio of economists, including through their prudential supervision, monetary policy and their own portfolios.

• Central banks overlooking ESG factors in Covid-19 response, say academics

  29 June 2020

  There is limited evidence that central banks are taking sustainability goals into account in their response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, reported a group of researchers who also suggested ways the banks could adjust current instruments to help meets these goals.