The World Bank and IMF are retreating from climate action under US pressure, argue Federico Sibaja and Jon Sward. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has referred to climate action at global financial institutions as driven by “elite beliefs.”

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The ECB should address inequality alongside climate risk, a new Positive Money Europe paper argues. Decarbonisation policies can at times unevenly burden workers and regions that depend on carbon-intensive industries.

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Financial institutions can use existing climate-risk tools to manage geopolitical risk too, argue experts from DNB and UNEP FI.

Climate and geopolitical risks are interconnected, they say.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/10/01/why-sustainability-matters-for-managing-geopolitical-risks/

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Europe is linking climate action with energy security. Debates over a fossil-fuel "transition" label, windfall taxes and carbon border levies are set to test that.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/24/eu-roundup-europes-climate-and-security-issues-now-inseparable-says-commissioner/

India's 2070 net zero goal needs an estimated $22.7tn. But sustainability reporting rules for its largest listed companies don't yet define a complete transition plan, IEEFA analysts write.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/21/india-net-zero-transition-how-brsr-disclosures-can-unlock-22-7tn/

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The AI boom is concentrating insurers' risk. As data centres, grids and energy interlink, losses can spread across sectors. Swiss Re calls it "fundamentally insurable".

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/16/ai-boom-exposes-challenge-of-insuring-infrastructure-against-physical-risks/

On 30 October in Madrid, we're partnering with European Banking Institute and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid for a conference exploring where states, companies and financial markets meet, and how judgements, disclosures and transition plans move between them.

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One in 10 bonds in the ECB's corporate monetary portfolios are tied to companies with fossil fuel activities in critical biodiversity areas, a new Reclaim Finance report finds.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/09/ecb-accused-of-fuelling-biodiversity-loss-through-fossil-fuel-finance/

When one company is sued over nature damage, its peer firms lose value too. Banque de France finds nature litigation reprices the whole sector, and calls it a growing financial risk.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/03/nature-litigation-is-a-growing-financial-risk-warns-banque-de-france/

This year's El Niño is on course to be the strongest on record. Analysts forecast a possible hydropower shortfall could raise Southeast Asia's reliance on coal and LNG.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/08/supersized-el-nino-puts-southeast-asias-renewables-transition-to-the-test/

One in 10 ECB corporate bonds are tied to fossil fuel activity in key biodiversity areas, a Reclaim Finance report claims. It says the ECB is indirectly supporting biodiversity loss.

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The UK faces an imminent risk to financial stability from climate change, the Bank of England warns. A rapid repricing of assets to reflect climate risks could rival recent market stress episodes.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/03/uk-financial-stability-climate-change-risk-say-boe/

Fixing Thailand's rooftop solar rules could slash its LNG imports, says IEEFA. It recommends moving from net billing to net metering, cutting residential payback to as short as 4.5 years.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/28/rooftop-solar-reform-could-curb-thailands-rising-lng-import-bills/

Nature loss could disrupt £1.1 trillion of the UK economy. 1 in 10 UK businesses sits on a floodplain. The BoE calls flooding the UK's largest source of physical climate risk.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/02/nature-loss-is-a-financial-risk-the-uk-should-act-now/

Nepal's floods affected 783MW of hydropower. Farooq Azam of ICIMOD asks whether any glaciologist sits on the panel when governments approve big hydropower projects.

https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/07/climate-risks-grow-countries-face-mounting-financial-risks-from-fragile-infrastructure/

On 26 August, 200 million cubic metres of rock and ice fell into a valley on the Tibet border. Early-warning systems never detected it. Reconstruction is estimated at US$5bn, which is nearly 10% of Nepal's economy.

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$220bn was spent on nature solutions in 2023. The UN says it needs $571bn a year by 2030.

Tipping point expert, Tim Lenton's new framework shows investors where that money can tip ecosystems back into recovery, not collapse.

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Renewables First estimates that Pakistan's people-led solar boom has avoided $12bn in oil and gas imports to date. LNG now mostly runs evening peaks.

Read the full story here: https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/04/02/pakistans-solar-boom-protects-economy-from-oil-and-lng-disruptions/