The governors of the central banks of China, the United States, Europe and France, side by side in a virtual conference on climate risk: the unprecedented image in itself symbolizes the awareness of the issue in this very closed circle of the planet's big money-makers.
Read also:
Climate: the banks defend themselves
The Green Swan conference, in reference to these "black swans" heralding financial crises, brought together for three days until Friday, the gratin of finance, at the initiative of the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of France and the IMF.
Regularly accused by NGOs of not fully engaging in the fight against climate change, central banks are multiplying the signs of rapid development on the issue.
Even if, on both sides of the Atlantic, in particular, divisions remain important on the way forward.
“Our planet is on fire and we could use our mandate as a pretext to pretend that it is up to others to act. I don't think so
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 73% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Cancellable at any time
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed? Log in