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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 12h

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/21/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know GCB has four newsletters? Each follows a different part of the climate-finance story. Swipe through to learn more about each newsletter, and subscribe here: lnkd.in/gznDcyxR

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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". greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/16/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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. Register: shorturl.at/Cx7fL

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/09/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/03/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/08/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/09/...

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/03/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/28/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/02/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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. greencentralbanking.com/2026/09/07/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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. Red more: shorturl.at/973FJ

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

$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. Read the full story here: shorturl.at/5BfXC

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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: greencentralbanking.com/2026/04/02/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

More than two-thirds of England is in drought. The Climate Change Committee puts annual flood damage at £3.3bn and water scarcity losses at £3.8bn. The OBR says there is no reliable data on what the government spends on adaptation. shorturl.at/T6x1Y

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Extreme heat could hit fossil fuels harder than renewables in Southeast Asia. Ember analysis finds that under the most extreme 2030 warming scenarios, Asean's solar and wind output shifts less than 1% from normal; thermal and nuclear power output could change by up to 4%. shorturl.at/wTEMf

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The EU has pulled out of the Common Ground Taxonomy, the common taxonomy initiative it built with China and M-CGT which expanded it to include Singapore. It cites limited demand and resource cost as reasons. Full story:

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EU pulls out of global taxonomy project backed by China and Singapore

The European Commission cited limited market uptake and a need to protect the EU taxonomy’s distinct legal and technical features for its decision.

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The EU has pulled out of the Common Ground Taxonomy, the green finance project it built with China and M-CGT whoch expanded it to include Singapore. It cites limited demand and resource cost as reasons. Full story: shorturl.at/JcQJc

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Asia's CBAM bill is coming in smaller than feared. Thinktank Sandbag puts China's net cost at €933m against €1.38bn in fees, India's at €428m instead of €762m. The winners are exporters already making low carbon steel. Everyone else still pays, just less. shorturl.at/WEhYS

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Flood damage costs the UK £3.3bn a year. Water scarcity costs £3.8bn. Britain's fiscal watchdog says there is no reliable data on what the government spends adapting to either. greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/19/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Climate finance between developing countries tripled in a decade, a new WRI paper finds. But just 8% reached low-income nations, mirroring the rich world's record. greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/06/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New research finds that ecosystem collapse could add US$162bn a year to government borrowing costs.This is a conservative estimate as the study counted only pollination, fisheries and timber. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/31/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

China's central bank is finalising a biodiversity finance taxonomy: 87 activities, four categories, each with a measurable indicator. It has been piloted in 26 provinces since 2025 and may become mandatory. greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/05/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

G20 national development banks already spend more on clean energy than the World Bank does, about $37bn a year. Redirecting their fossil fuel finance could add $28bn more, a report finds. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/29/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Asia's steel exporters braced for a big bill from the EU carbon border tax. Think tank Sandbag projects that India's bill could fall from €428m to €79m, as Europe phases out free allowances. shorturl.at/Z0aOG

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Climate finance has doubled since 2018 to US$2tn a year. Measurement has not: projects are judged on narrow indicators, then barely monitored. Tianyin Sun and Yuan Zheng argue satellites, sensors and AI could grade impact live. Full op-ed at greencentralbanking.com shorturl.at/Sq3py

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Disasters cost Asean countries more than US$11bn in six years, and the region is among the least insured. Finance ministries now call that a fiscal problem. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/27/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Under the amended European sustainability reporting standards, or ESRS, EU companies report sustainability data worldwide, but non-EU companies would report mainly only their EU footprint. Europe's own standard setter EFRAG warns that breaks comparability. shorturl.at/NoeeO

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Over half the bonds pledged at the Bank of Korea come from fossil fuel and high-emission sectors. Green bonds were under 2%. A new study calls it an implicit subsidy to high-carbon firms. greencentralbanking.com/2026/08/10/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

JERA, Japan's largest power generator, replaced a gas plant with a bigger gas plant. A transition bond paid for it. This video explains how that qualified, and why the Energy Shift Institute says the emissions savings barely register. shorturl.at/7E00p

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The ECB now makes banks publish prudential transition plans. Officials argue that central banks must look beyond their traditional toolkit to protect financial stability. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/20/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Japan issues 76% of the world's transition bonds, so what passes there sets the standard across Asia. Nearly $6bn went to power and gas, where new plants cut emissions by as little as 6%. shorturl.at/AyPaX

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Nature loss could add US$162bn a year to sovereign borrowing costs, a new study finds. China and India face the biggest bills. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/31/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

China has written its own version of the EU’s SFDR. New disclosure rules require sustainability-labelled funds to hold what their names promise, aligning at least 80% of assets with their stated strategy. shorturl.at/vBwNs

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A Banque de France study finds that banks lend less during heatwaves. Acute heat depresses SME credit for up to five years. Chronic warming keeps it down for up to eight. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/07/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) warns that Indonesia's aluminium push could add 8 GW of new captive coal power. Only 4 of 45 planned aluminium projects use clean energy, despite strong renewable potential in bauxite-rich regions. shorturl.at/HKiR4

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Bank of Japan lets banks define what counts as climate finance, and lending has passed US$130bn. Positive Money warns that weak rules risk refinancing misaligned activities. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/17/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Climate litigation is no longer a hypothetical for banks and insurers. More than 3,600 cases are underway across 62 countries, and financial firms are now targets. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/10/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

China's asset managers must now prove their green funds are actually green. Funds branded "ESG" must align at least 80% of assets with their strategy. Experts are calling it China's SFDR. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/01/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Japan issues 76% of the world's transition bonds. However, its gas-heavy spending risks normalising weak "transition" labels across Asia, warns the Energy Shift Institute. greencentralbanking.com/2026/05/06/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Britain's new PM handed the Treasury to the ex-Defence Secretary, not climate champion Ed Miliband. The money tells the same story: 3.5% of the GDP going to defence by 2035, and only 0.5% to net zero. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/22/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New research finds that climate change has already cost the UK about 2% of its GDP. On a high-emissions path, damages climb to around 10% by 2100. Keeping warming under 2°C sharply limits the damage. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/08/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

JP Morgan is one of the first banks to call climate tipping points an immediate cash-loss risk. But its report never mentions fossil fuels, a sector it put $192bn into in 2024. greencentralbanking.com/2026/05/14/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Bank of England now calls climate change an imminent risk to UK financial stability. Its 2026 disclosure warns a rapid repricing of gilts, bonds and equities could match recent market stress. greencentralbanking.com/2026/07/03/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Companies need to shift the responsibility of addressing sustainability to top management if the business world is to navigate climate risks, says Emmanuel Faber, the chairman of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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Sustainability focus must shift to CFOs from CSOs, ISSB chair says

C-Suite awareness of sustainability is growing, but there is not enough measurement of climate risks in balance sheets

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thirty of the world's biggest insurers were asked to stop underwriting fossil fuel expansion in the Coral Triangle, the most biodiverse marine ecosystem. Only one said yes: France's SCOR. greencentralbanking.com/2026/06/15/…

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) is set to release new sectoral benchmarks to help financial institutions in China assess the credibility of companies’ decarbonisation plans when securing transition finance.

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Ma Jun thinktank to unveil six new China transition finance benchmarks

Ex-PBOC economist's institute has released six transition benchmarks and will add six more, covering over 90% of China's emissions.

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