Speeches and guest contributions on green finance by Bundesbank Executive Board members
Search here for speeches and guest contributions by current and former members of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board focusing on green finance or sustainability dating from 2019 or later.
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Keynote Speech at the F20 Climate Solutions Week 2020
Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer has warned of the enormous costs that climate change will cause for the economies and societies. "More public and private money needs to flow into research and development, fostering climate-friendly innovation," Mauderer demanded at a conference. This would help to master the necessary transformation in the real economy.
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Central bank instruments and the climate Guest contribution in Börsenzeitung
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has published two reports which lay out specific measures to assess climate vulnerabilities. "This provides us with concrete tools to prepare for the risks created by climate change," Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer and Sarah Breeden from Bank of England write.
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EU climate goals: Staying on track in times of recession? Introductory statement to a panel discussion at Frankfurt Finance Summit
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Monetary policy must play a role in the climate fight Guest contribution from Sabine Mauderer in Financial Times
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Introductory comments at the press conference to present the annual accounts
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Consistency as a mandate Speech at the ceremony to commemorate “250 years of the Pfandbrief”
According to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, banks need to take adequate account of climate-related financial risks in their risk management. “If financing environmentally harmful projects were to become less attractive as a result, that would be a welcome side effect,” he said in a speech.
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Central banks – a crisis manager for the climate? Speech at the second Financial Markets Conference
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Climate change and central banks Welcome address at the Deutsche Bundesbank’s second Financial Markets Conference
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U.S. Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis Opening Remarks by Dr. Sabine Mauderer, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the meeting on October 17th, 2019
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Setting a good example – central banks put climate change and its impact higher on the agenda Guest contribution from Sabine Mauderer and Sylvie Goulard published in Les Echos and the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Writing in a joint op-ed piece, Sabine Mauderer, Bundesbank Executive Board member, and Sylvie Goulard, Second Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, point out that global warming is a source of significant financial risk and can jeopardise the stability of the entire financial system. This, they explain, is why central banks have been looking more closely at the impact of climate change.