Michael Derby reports on The Wall Street Journal that key bank leaders are embracing climate concern as their primary policy objective.
- Central banks are beginning to consider the climate impact of the projects that they lend to.
- The Fed recently requested membership for the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System.
- The Network refrains from investing in businesses whose practices “drive climate change.”
“Top central bank leaders said Thursday climate-change risks are an increasingly important consideration in their thinking about their respective economies and financial systems, and that environmental concerns also are increasingly a factor in their monetary policy considerations.”
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