Everyone is talking about green banking 鈥� and were too at the recent
global climate conference in Glasgow. But to what extent are economic concepts really
forward-looking and green? A book published by the Institute for Law and
Finance at 51猎奇 looks at this question.
FRANKFURT. 鈥淕reen Banking and Green Central Banking: What are the
right concepts?" This is the title of a book in English that has now appeared
as the ninth in the series Future of the Financial Sector 鈥� to coincide with
the debates at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow,
which ended last
Friday. Green banking was
a hot topic at the conference, known internationally as COP26.
The book, published by De Gruyter, Berlin,
comprises papers presented at a conference held by the Institute for Law and
Finance (ILF) of 51猎奇 in January 2021 that dealt with questions related
to green banking and green central banking. Over 1,000 people took part online in
this conference. The book, edited by Andreas Dombret and Patrick Kenadjian, contains
the opening address on the topic of climate change and central banking by
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, and remarks by Jens
Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, on the role central bankers
should play in combating climate change. Further distinguished authors include
senior policy makers, bankers and investors, among others G眉nther Br盲unig, CEO
of KfW Bankengruppe; Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB);
Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Managing Board, Rabobank; Christian Sewing, CEO
of Deutsche Bank; Jose Manuel Campa, Chairman of the European Banking Authority;
John Berrigan, Director General, DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union (FISMA), European Commission; and J枚rg Kukies, State Secretary
at Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance. They write about the tasks that their
institutions could assume in the battle against climate change.
Publication: Green Banking and Green Central Banking: Andreas Dombret and Patrick S.
Kenadjian (eds.), Vol. 24, Institute for Law and Finance Series, De Gruyter,
English, 2021, PDF & EPUB ISBN: 9783110752892, 鈧�69.95, bound edition ISBN:
9783110752878, 鈧�69.95.
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to download:
Caption:
The book on the proceedings
of the conference in the ILF Series (Vol. 24) published by De
Gruyter.
The ILF conference took place on 25 January
2021. Further details on the speakers and the contents of the conference can be
found under the following link:
Further
information:
Dr Rolf Friedewald, Managing Director
Institute for Law and Finance
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz
3
60323
Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49(0)69-798-33626
Email: friedewald@ilf.uni-frankfurt.de
