Why policymakers struggle to mitigate net zero transition risks
Part V of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution series explores the dangers of a disorderly transition
Banking
Bank of England calls for stress tests to handle climate change impact
The Old Lady is pushing for scenario planning as the Bank warns for 'capability gaps'
NZI Special: The European Investment Bank’s Climate Finance Footprint
New data shows the bank’s climate-related PPP lending is spreading across the globe. NZI scrutinises the details
Revealed: American mid-tier banks’ climate targets lag top counterparts
Less than a fifth of all mid-tier banks in the United States have explicit net-zero targets
World Bank: After Malpass the ‘climate denier’, Banga the ‘green saviour’?
US President Joe Biden has nominated General Atlantic's vice chairman Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank. Who is he?
Seven reasons why policymakers aren’t accelerating the green transition
Net Zero Investor kicks off its Putting a Price on Pollution Series by looking at why policymakers are reluctant to implement stronger anti-pollution policies
Investors warn EU’s green deal plan ‘snubs’ private finance’
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has criticised the European Union’s green deal industrial plan
Six in ten SMEs feel lack of support for net-zero plans
Majority of SMEs see knowledge gap as key issue in net zero, plus a lack of funds and a need for tools for measuring and monitoring emissions.
Singapore set to publish green taxonomy
Singapore’s Green Finance Industry Taskforce has launched the final consultation on a green taxonomy that will have wide-ranging impact on climate finance across Asia.
Jean Boissinot: sustainable finance runs risk of ‘over promising and under delivering’
Deputy director at Banque de France warns that private finance may be expected to do too much in response to weak policy responses to climate change.
30 investors urge European banks to stop financing fossil fuels
Investors worth over $1.5trn have called on European banks, including Barclays and BNP Paribas, to stop financing new oil and gas fields amid the race to net zero.
BNP Paribas taken to task over fossil fuel funding reductions
Called out as one of the world’s largest banks backing the fossil fuel industry, BNP Paribas has strengthened its commitment to the low-carbon transition but is still falling short of activist expectations
Only 7% of large banks energy financing going towards renewables, report claims
Data sourced for NGO report calls out GFANZ members for failing to reach the required renewables to fossil energy investment ratio needed to achieve net-zero goals.