Publications +

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When Central Banks outline their Options for Climate Action

Wojtek Kalinowski & Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran

Our analysis of the latest NGFS report on the “greening” of monetary authority actions.

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The Case for a “Whatever it takes” Climate Strategy

Wojtek Kalinowski & Hugues Chenet

How to overcome the impediments that prevent monetary and prudential authorities from taking action.

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“The ECB at a time for decisions : our contribution to the strategic review

Wojtek Kalinowski & Hugues Chenet & Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran

As the ECB’s strategic review enters its decisive phase, two new Veblen notes show how central banks could strengthen their role in the ecological transition.

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The Role of Monetary Policy in the Ecological Transition : An Overview of Various Greening Options

Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran

By including “environmental sustainability” in the strategic review launched in early 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) signalled that it was taking...

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The European recovery plan should respect the “Green Oath”

Wojtek Kalinowski & Julien Hallak & Mathilde Dupré

Responses to the Covid-19 crisis must support the social and ecological transformations required to meet the climate and environmental goals of the EU and...

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“Helicopter money” to combat economic depression in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis

Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran

To avoid recession and reduce the social costs of the crisis, Europe needs an innovative monetary policy that is as coordinated as possible with fiscal aid packages.

Videos +

• Reform EU Trade Policy so that it serves the socio-ecological transition.
  Discover more in our report: Making Trade serve the ecological and social transition.

In Short +

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  Monetary Policy

  23 April 2021, by Wojtek Kalinowski

  Joint Call: 21st century central banking needs a renewed democratic mandate

  30 acadmics and civil society organisations call for an integration of social and environmental issues in the European central bank’s mandate

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  Financial and Banking

  19 November 2020

  "The ECB can and must start taking climate into account on December 10th"

  Together with a group of civil society organisations we ask the ECB to integrate climate objectives into its Covid emergency action programme.

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  Trade Agreements Accord UE/Mercosur

  17 September 2020, by Mathilde Dupré

  Beyond the Bolsonaro policy, it is the very content of the EU-Mercosur agreement that promises an environmental disaster

  The report of the Commission of Experts mandated by the French government warns of the environmental damage that the agreement could cause.