The interrelationship between economic growth, efficient use of natural resources, and sustainability has been of great interest to economists, researchers and policy makers. Knowledge of actual causality direction between sustainability, efficiency and growth has important implications for...

Climate change has profound effects not only for societies and economies, but also for central banks’ ability to deliver price stability in the future. This paper starts by documenting why climate change matters for monetary policy: it impacts the economic variables relevant to setting the...

This paper analyses the implications of climate change for the conduct of monetary policy in the euro area. It first investigates macroeconomic and financial risks stemming from climate change and from policies aimed at climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as the regulatory and fiscal...

Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 -Sustainable Growth, Welfare and Short-termism -- Chapter 3 - Non-Sustainable Growth, Resource Extraction, and Boom-Bust Cycles -- Chapter 4 - Fossil Fuel Resources, Environment and Climate Change -- Chapter 5 - Limits on the Extraction of Fossil Fuels,-...