On 15 December 2020 at 08:00 (CET), the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research & Exchange (INSPIRE) are hosting a webinar on 'Addressing Sustainability-related Financial Risks in Asia during the COVID-19 Crisis and beyond: The role of monetary and financial authorities'.

The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on the seriousness of environmental and social risks and impacts, presenting significant challenges to policymakers of cushioning the effects of the current crisis and rethinking policy frameworks to mitigate such risks and be better prepared future crises. This webinar will discuss the role of monetary and financial authorities in addressing environmental risks and aligning their crisis responses with sustainability goals, with a particular focus on developments in Asia.

The discussion will be centred around two recent NGFS and INSPIRE publications:

•  The NGFS’s Overview of Environmental Risk Analysis by Financial Institutions
•  The 2nd Edition of the INSPIRE Toolbox of Sustainable Crisis Response Measures for Central Banks and Supervisors: Lessons from Practice

Speakers:

• Herry Cho, Head, Sustainable Finance Asia Pacific, ING 
• Simon Dikau, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change 
• Aziz Durrani, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, The SEACEN Centre 
• Grace Hui, Managing Director, Head of Green and Sustainable Finance, HKEX 
• MA Jun, Director of the Research Center for Green Finance Development, Tsinghua University & Chair of NGFS Workstream Research
• Nick Robins, Professor of Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics 
• Ulrich Volz, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS, University of London