Norges Bank

Workshop: Climate change and central banking – a Nordic perspective

Monday 25 October 2021

Workshop with Norges Bank's Deputy Governor Ida Wolden Bache and Deputy Governors from the other central banks in the Nordic countries. 

Program

9:00-9:05 Practical information

9:05-9:25 Welcome address by Ida Wolden Bache, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank

9:25-10:25 Presentations of analytical work by Nordic central banks

9:25-9:45 Johannes Pöschl, Senior Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank: Analysis of the effect of flooding risk on Danish house prices (pdf)

9:45-10:05 Anu Karhu, Economist, Bank of Finland’s project on Bridging Data Gaps (pdf)

10:05-10:25 Haakon Solheim, Project Director, Norges Bank: How to assess climate risks in the Norwegian banking sector? (pdf)

10:25-10:55: Break

10:55-11:15: Presentation by Anna Breman, Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank, Implications for monetary policy of climate change (pdf)

11:15-12:15: Panel discussion
Key questions: What should be the key priorities for central banks’ work related to climate change? What can and should central banks do?
Moderator: Maria Berg Reinertsen, journalist at Morgenbladet

 

Edited 26 October 2021 16:00

Participants

Gunnar Jakobsson, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iceland

Marja Nykanen, Deputy Governor, Bank of Finland

Signe Krogstrup, Governor, Danmarks Nationalbank

Anna Breman, Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank

Ida Wolden Bache, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank 

Edited 26 October 2021 16:00