China and Brazil have world's greenest central banks, activists say

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FRANKFURT: China has the world's greenest central bank, followed by Brazil, both beating richer countries thanks to concrete steps such as lower ...

FRANKFURT: China has the world's greenest central bank, followed by Brazil, both beating richer countries thanks to concrete steps such as lower interest rates on loans for pollution-fighting projects, an activist group said on Wednesday .

"This makes environmental impacts and risks more immediately visible and relevant for their central bankers and supervisors, and may result in a greater impetus to green their policymaking processes," Positive Money said.For example, the People's Bank of China's first green initiative dates back from 1995 and banks are now required to offer cheaper loans on environmentally friendly projects, the report said.

Central banks' role in fighting climate change is the object of an increasingly lively global debate but so far there is no consensus on the way forward.

 

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