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Basel approach not sufficient to address climate-related risks

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The Insurance Industry and Climate Change: Shifting the Cost to Policyholders

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Planet 30.06.2022

Beyond the illusion of Net Zero portfolios: harnessing finance to decarbonise the real economy

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03/10/2022 Sustainable finance

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Report – A safer transition for fossil banking: Quantifying capital needed to reflect transition risk

New research shows the world’s 60 biggest banks have $1.35 trillion USD of exposures to fossil fuel assets. Capital increase needed to reflect risk is equivalent to 3-5 months of...

22/09/2022 Sustainable finance

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REPORT – Financing Local Green Enterprises. Closing the funding gap for sustainable MSMEs in developing countries

Finance Watch and Green Economy Coalition have compiled the findings of seven case studies conducted in developing and emerging countries, in order to make a series of recommendations (economic and...

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04/10/2022

New research shows world’s 60 biggest banks have $1.35 trillion USD of exposures to fossil fuel assets

22/09/2022

New study shows barriers to financing for MSMEs in developing and emerging countries

12/07/2022

Media alert: European Parliament IMCO committee votes on Consumer Credit Directive review

08/07/2022

Media alert: ECB publishes climate risk stress test results

07/07/2022

Finance Watch calls on policymakers to ensure banks and insurers account for climate risk

30/06/2022

Finance Watch launches landmark net-zero report

23/06/2022

Media alert: Agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

11/05/2022

DMFSD legislative proposal contains much-needed, significant improvements but more is required

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22/06/2022 Financial Times

Basel Committee’s banking climate risk principles disappoint advocacy groups

05/04/2022 Euractiv

Spain, Netherlands propose ideas to reform EU fiscal rules

24/03/2022 247 News Bulletin

Finance – Consumer loans condemned by an NGO

23/03/2022 BSmart

Budget de l’UE : faut-il faciliter l’augmentation des dépenses en faveur de la transition écologique ?

17/03/2022 L'Agefi

La parole à… Thierry Philipponnat , chef économiste de Finance Watch

15/03/2022 Data Manager

La maggioranza degli Europei e degli Italiani vuole flessibilità

11/03/2022 IPE - Investments & Pensions Europe

NGOs present ideas for minimum criteria for EU SFDR products

08/03/2022 Global Risk Regulator

Compromises necessary as EU green taxonomy collides with politics

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[Sign on by 28 Oct.] Letter calling on the G20 for a #SafeTransition

We invite you to sign our letter [Read the letter here] urging G20 leaders to move the agenda forward to address the underpricing of risks related to fossil fuel exposures...

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Fossil fuel financing is taking the global economy to the point of no return. Sign our letter to prevent a Climate Lehman moment

The world economy cannot afford a financial crash on top of a climate crisis. Yet banks and insurers continue to play with fire by financing unsustainable energy sectors. Regulators need...

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Understanding finance

Voluntary net-zero pledges are not sufficient. We need mandatory standards

Our new landmark report ’The problem lies in the net – How finance can contribute to making the world reach its greenhouse gas net-zero target’, provides policymakers the way to...

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Dear Banks, address climate risks!

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Gender Perspective in Financial Inclusion – A Finance Watch Dialogue

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Basel approach not sufficient to address climate-related risks

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The Insurance Industry and Climate Change: Shifting the Cost to Policyholders

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Beyond the illusion of Net Zero portfolios: harnessing finance to decarbonise the real economy

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Report – A safer transition for fossil banking: Quantifying capital needed to reflect transition risk

Report

REPORT – Financing Local Green Enterprises. Closing the funding gap for sustainable MSMEs in developing countries

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New research shows world’s 60 biggest banks have $1.35 trillion USD of exposures to fossil fuel assets

New study shows barriers to financing for MSMEs in developing and emerging countries

Media alert: European Parliament IMCO committee votes on Consumer Credit Directive review

Media alert: ECB publishes climate risk stress test results

Finance Watch calls on policymakers to ensure banks and insurers account for climate risk

Finance Watch launches landmark net-zero report

Media alert: Agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

DMFSD legislative proposal contains much-needed, significant improvements but more is required

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[Sign on by 28 Oct.] Letter calling on the G20 for a #SafeTransition

Fossil fuel financing is taking the global economy to the point of no return. Sign our letter to prevent a Climate Lehman moment

Understanding finance

Voluntary net-zero pledges are not sufficient. We need mandatory standards

Dear Banks, address climate risks!

Dear Banks, address climate risks!

Gender Perspective in Financial Inclusion – A Finance Watch Dialogue

Gender Perspective in Financial Inclusion – A Finance Watch Dialogue

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Basel approach not sufficient to address climate-related risks

The Insurance Industry and Climate Change: Shifting the Cost to Policyholders

Beyond the illusion of Net Zero portfolios: harnessing finance to decarbonise the real economy

Latest publications

Report – A safer transition for fossil banking: Quantifying capital needed to reflect transition risk

REPORT – Financing Local Green Enterprises. Closing the funding gap for sustainable MSMEs in developing countries

Press Releases

New research shows world’s 60 biggest banks have $1.35 trillion USD of exposures to fossil fuel assets

New study shows barriers to financing for MSMEs in developing and emerging countries

Media alert: European Parliament IMCO committee votes on Consumer Credit Directive review

Media alert: ECB publishes climate risk stress test results

Finance Watch calls on policymakers to ensure banks and insurers account for climate risk

Finance Watch launches landmark net-zero report

Media alert: Agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

DMFSD legislative proposal contains much-needed, significant improvements but more is required

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[Sign on by 28 Oct.] Letter calling on the G20 for a #SafeTransition

Fossil fuel financing is taking the global economy to the point of no return. Sign our letter to prevent a Climate Lehman moment

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Voluntary net-zero pledges are not sufficient. We need mandatory standards

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