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NGFS and INSPIRE launch joint ‘Biodiversity and Financial Stability’ research project

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Published on: 06 April 2021

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LNB News 06/04/2021

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Issue Date: 06 April 2021

Published Date: 06 April 2021

Jurisdiction(s): United Kingdom

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The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and the International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research and Exchange (INSPIRE)—one of the NGFS’s research stakeholders—have announced the launch of a joint study group on ‘Biodiversity and financial stability’. The goal of the research initiative is to establish an evidence-based approach to how central banks and supervisory authorities could fulfil their mandates in the context of biodiversity loss, with a focus on land-use and deforestation.

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