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Eurozone banks embark on climate stress tests, in an EU supervisory first

By Jack Schickler ( January 27, 2022, 11:20 GMT | Insight) -- Climate stress tests for much of the EU banking sector, formally set in motion today, represent a first-of-a-kind exercise in European attempts to figure out the exact financial repercussions of rising temperatures and phaseouts of fossil fuels. The 120 or so lenders supervised directly by the ECB will be quizzed on their income and exposures to polluting sectors such as oil and gas, and on what extreme weather or carbon taxes could mean for their balance sheet.Climate stress tests for much of the EU banking sector, formally set in motion today, represent a first-of-a-kind exercise in European attempts to figure out the exact financial repercussions of rising temperatures and phaseouts of fossil fuels. ...

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