How banking prudential policy can respond to climate change risks

Date

February 21, 2024, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EST
Virtual Event
Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Martien Lubberink (Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka) and Sylvie Matherat (Mazars; Crédit Commercial de France; Edmond de Rothschild)

Event Summary

Climate change generates new risks for banks. In multiple jurisdictions, legislators, prudential regulators, and supervisors are considering specific initiatives to respond to the challenge, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has initiated work on climate-related financial risks at the global level.

Joining this episode of Financial Statements were:

HOST

Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

Martien Lubberink 
Associate Professor, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka

Sylvie Matherat 
Global Senior Advisor, Mazars; Non-Executive Director, Crédit Commercial de France; International Advisory Board Member, Edmond de Rothschild

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About This Series

Financial Statements is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Nicolas Véron that explores changes in the world of finance, encompassing themes of financial services regulation, corporate finance and governance, systemic fragility and crises, and structural changes driving business and policy trends in the financial sector.