Purpose: To comply with the adopted Paris Agreement, global finance flows must be measured against climate scenarios consistent with possible pathways towards limiting global warming to 2°C or less. For this, there must be proven and accepted accounting principles for assessing financial plans...

Purpose: The European Parliament and Commission are considering introducing a green supporting factor (GSF) or brown penalty (BP) for capital reserve requirements. This paper aims to estimate the potential impact such a policy intervention may have on both capital reserves of European banks and...

The objective of the report is to provide European Union (EU) policymakers with an actionable toolbox for how they can contribute to mobilising private finance for climate-friendly investments. Climatefriendly investments are defined as investments aligned with the transition to a low-carbon...

The objective of the report is to provide European Union (EU) policymakers with an actionable toolbox for how they can contribute to mobilising private finance for climate-friendly investments. Climatefriendly investments are defined as investments aligned with the transition to a low-carbon...

This paper examines the emergent role of sustainable finance and investment in Japan and scrutinizes the need for the Japanese financial system to mitigate growing climate risks and support the transition of the Japanese economy to a low-carbon, sustainable pathway. It first illustrates Japan's...

• The financial system is not structurally well equipped to address long-term global public goods issues like planetary health. Relying on the financial system to solve planetary health is therefore challenging.• Planetary health finance should shift current global investment flows towards...