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''Environmental policy.''  
''Green finance - international initiatives.''


(ETC).
(NGFS).


The Energy Transitions Commission is established to help identify pathways for change in energy systems to ensure both better growth and a better climate.  
Abbreviation for the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for greening the Financial System, established in 2017.


The ETC aims to accelerate change towards low-carbon energy systems that enable robust economic development and limit the rise in global temperature through appropriate energy policies.
 
The NGFS is established to:
 
*Help strengthen the global response required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
*Enhance the role of the financial system to manage risks and to mobilise capital for green and low-carbon investments in the broader context of environmentally sustainable development.
*Define and promote best practices to be implemented within and outside of the membership of the NGFS.
*Conduct or commission analytical work on green finance.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cap and trade]]
* [[Central bank]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Climate risk]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Carbon trading]]
* [[Global Sustainable Investment Alliance]]
* [[CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme]]
* [[Governance]]
* [[Emission trading scheme]]
* [[Green finance]]
* [[IPCC]]
* [[Paris Agreement]]
* [[Merit order]]
* [[Supervisor]]
* [[Sustainable finance]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainability bond]]
* [[Sustainability linked loan]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 15:15, 9 September 2020

Green finance - international initiatives.

(NGFS).

Abbreviation for the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for greening the Financial System, established in 2017.


The NGFS is established to:

  • Help strengthen the global response required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
  • Enhance the role of the financial system to manage risks and to mobilise capital for green and low-carbon investments in the broader context of environmentally sustainable development.
  • Define and promote best practices to be implemented within and outside of the membership of the NGFS.
  • Conduct or commission analytical work on green finance.


See also