Puzzling, powering, profiting - and page numbers 🔢 Read the Special Issue "The politics of sustainable finance in Europe" edited by @danmertens.bsky.social and @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

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Puzzling, powering, profiting: The politics of sustainable finance in Europe. Guest editors: Daniel Mertens & Natascha van der Zwan. Volume 33, Issue 6 of Journal of European Public Policy

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▶️ @apsmolenska.bsky.social: European capitalisms in sustainability transition: the case of green bonds 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This was a lot of fun!

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue@boelleu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🟢 Did you miss our webinar "Green euro rising: Positioning the #euro as the world's green currency", with @apsmolenska.bsky.social, @jvtk.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @katie0martin.ft.com? ▶️ Watch the recording www.youtube.com/live/8mMqZZo... @boell.de @antonmoeller.bsky.social

🟢 US policy shifts are opening doors for the € as the world's leading green currency. With 50%+ of global green bonds already in €, can 🇪🇺 leverage this advantage? 📅 Join our webinar on 24/02, 13:00 CET ✅ Register here ▶️ calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur... @jvtk.bsky.social @apsmolenska.bsky.social

Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency

Geopolitical uncertainties and the recent US shifts on monetary and climate policy have created a rare opening for the euro. With the international monetary order shifting, the euro has the potential ...

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#ClimateChange and geopolitical tensions increasingly interact, compounding risks that can amplify shocks to banks and financial stability. Martina Menegat and @apsmolenska.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social explain why banks should embrace tools developed for climate risks on @lsebr.bsky.social

What climate risk management can teach banks about geopolitical risk - LSE Business Review

Climate and geopolitical risks increasingly interact, creating shocks to financial stability. How can tools for climate risk improve banks' management of geopolitical exposures?

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🟢💶🌐 New Böll EU Brief "Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world’s green currency", by @apsmolenska.bsky.social & @jvtk.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/green-eur... 🧵👇 @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @antonmoeller.bsky.social @rasmusandresen.bsky.social @baseickhout.bsky.social

It's a real journal article! 🥳 Delve in to explore with me how sustainable finance differs depending on institutional context and what this means for the EUs sustainable finance agenda!

JEPP Journal@jeppjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

@apsmolenska.bsky.social investigates green bonds across the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Sweden 👇

It's happening: very lively @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social EMPN panel lays out the feasibility and immense EU and global benefits of euro internationalisation - @maxkrahe.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @apsmolenska.bsky.social and Eric Monnet

Ludovic Suttor-Sorel@lsuttorsorel.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ 🧵 Is this Europe’s “global euro moment”? With the US dollar’s dominance wobbling, could the euro step onto the global stage? And if so: → What would it take? → What are the trade-offs? → Are EU institutions ready? A timely debate coming up 👇

Our new CETEx report looks into how EU banks are managing climate litigation risks. Key findings: banks already identify CL risks as material but underestimate physical risk related & transition management litigation, as well as systemic effects of court cases. Full report cetex.org/publications...

Banks and climate litigation risk: navigating the low-carbon transition - CETEx

This report investigates how credit institutions engage with climate- and environment-related legal risks and explains how insights from bank current practice should be addressed with targeted prudent...

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This Wednesday at QMUL - @aargatsbmatqmul.bsky.social hosts 'Transforming Central Banking in the Ecological Crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting'. Register and share: www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

🗣️ Join us at Queen Mary on 4th June for an event on transforming central banking in the ecological crisis. The event brings together political economists, accountants, policy experts & more to explore the challenges. All welcome! Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

Join top professionals for a comprehensive course on Transition Plans in the Financial Sector, organised w/ LSE -CETEx. 📅 12–14 May 2025 | 📍 Florence, Italy 🔔 Register by 21 April 🔥 15% Group Discount available for min. 3 participants Full programme & registration 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/trans...

In a world of compounding risks regulatory simplification is needed. On how to simplify without loosing sight of policy goals see this piece on EBA's Guidelines on ESG risk. ⬇️ cetex.org/publications...

How new guidelines on ESG risks for European banks reduce regulatory complexity - CETEx

The practical approach to supporting coherence seen in the European Banking Authority’s new Guidelines on the management of ESG risks is an example to follow, writes Agnieszka Smoleńska.

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The financial sector is evolving - are you ready to lead the transition? Join professionals from across Europe and beyond for a course on Transition Plans in the Financial Sector, organised in collaboration with CETEx - LSE. 📅 12–14 May 📍 Florence 🔔 Register by 21 April fbf.eui.eu/course/trans...

With bank transition plans increasingly coming under microprudential scrutiny, could they help identify & address financial instability risks along the transition as well? Highly recommend watching this discussion with great insights from P Hiebert (ECB), M Nieto (Bank of Spain) & J Berkey (UBS)!

Florence School of Banking & Finance@eui-fbf-school.bsky.social · last yr.

Missed our seminar on the macroprudential use of Transition Plans? 📺 Watch the full discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcPH... Organised with @CETEx - LSE, this session explored how Transition Plans are shaping a resilient, net-zero-aligned financial system.

If EU is serious about improving regulatory efficiency, it should seek to consistently interpret & enforce 'greening' rules rather that blindly cut red tape. EBA's take on ESG risk management is an example to follow, as I argue in this @granthamlse.bsky.social/CETEx blog: cetex.org/publications...

How new guidelines on ESG risks for European banks reduce regulatory complexity - CETEx

The practical approach to supporting coherence seen in the European Banking Authority’s new Guidelines on the management of ESG risks is an example to follow, writes Agnieszka Smoleńska.

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What are the prospects for €uro adoption in Central and Eastern Europe? In case you have missed our @LSEEI @CETEx_LSE panel you can now watch the recording here: youtu.be/hB7IThZLlxU?... w/ Reiner Martin, @nagymohacsi.bsky.social, @atanaspekanov.bsky.social and @apsmolenska.bsky.social

TP or not TP? The Macroprudential Use of Transition Plans. Join us online! 💻 21 Jan 2025, 12:30–13:00 Speakers: @apsmolenska.bsky.social, María Nieto, Paul Hiebert Organised with CETEx (LSE), we’ll explore the role of #TransitionPlans in #FinancialStability. Register: fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

"Reeves should strengthen the language on #NetZero and environmental #Sustainability." Irene Claeys, Ira Poensgen, David Barmes and @apsmolenska.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social call for #Climate to be re-instated in the #Treasury's remit letters on LSE British Politics and Policy #COP29

Climate needs to go back into the Treasury’s remit letters

The remit letters to be sent by the Chancellor on November 14 to the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority are a critical opportunity to re-establish that these bodies should have regard …

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