A 'Silent Spring' for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks in France
This paper contributes to an emerging literature aimed at uncovering the linkages between biodiversity loss and financial instability, by exploring biodiversity-related financial risks in France.
This briefing paper explains why the EU needs to show ambition on sustainability in the upcoming review of Solvency II, the legislation that sets out the rules for insurers. This will help to preserve the stability of the insurance industry and the financial sector as a whole, and will enable insurers to support the transition to a sustainable economy.
The recommendations of this report centre on the notions of sustainability, resilience and the recognition that changing market conditions and emerging market structures necessitate the revision of the current competition law framework.
This study looks at biomass use across the EU economy and suggests ways to realize the greatest possible value from biomass resources in a transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The report addresses how European and US banks fund the oil and gas industry despite environmental and social risks driving the Amazon over the brink.