Conference on climate change and green transition – implications for the financial sector

On 19 June, 2025, Danmarks Nationalbank hosted a conference on implications for the financial sector from climate change and green transition. Climate change remains a major challenge and will, if not addressed, impact our economies and financial sectors. A green transition is therefore necessary to limit the consequences of climate change. The conference focused on how authorities and financial institutions manage risks related to the green transition and climate change in a period, where attention is increasingly being drawn to other agendas.

To shed light on the consequences of climate change and the green transition for the financial sector, we invited a broad range of speakers and panelists, including Katherine Richardson (University of Copenhagen), Patrick Amis (European Central Bank), Mark Irubetagoyena (BNP Paribas), Megan Greene (Bank of England), Jacob Gyntelberg (Jyske Bank), Martin Oksbjerg (Danmarks Nationalbank), Ulrik Nødgaard (Danmarks Nationalbank) and Signe Krogstrup (Danmarks Nationalbank).

​​​Programme

09:00

Arrival and registration

09:30

Welcome

09:35

Signe Krogstrup  //  Danmarks Nationalbank

Signe spoke about the importance of continued focus on climate in a time of uncertainty and policy shifts. Climate risks are intensifying and this conference is an opportunity to discuss how to include these risks in the financial sectors risk management.

10:00

Katherine Richardson  //  Københavns Universitet

Katherine spoke about climate change and its consequences for our societies. The more we learn about it, the worse the consequence look.

10.30

Coffee break

11:00

Patrick Amis  //  ECB

Patrick spoke about the European Central Bank's experiences with assessing climate risks, learnings from supervision of credit institutions and what ECB's next steps are.

11.30

Martin Oksbjerg  //  Danmarks Nationalbank

Martin spoke about Danmarks Nationalbank's experiences with evaluating climate risks in the Danish banking sector.

12.00

Lunch
13:00

Marc Irubétagoyena  //  BNP Paribas

Marc spoke about his experience developing BNP Paribas' climate scenario platform and contributing to authorities' scenario analysis exercises around the world.

13.30

Megan Greene  //  Bank of England

Megan spoke about how materialisation of physical and transitional risks and their interactions can affect the economic outlook, and how central banks can best prepare.
14:00

Coffee break

14:15

Jacob Gyntelberg  //  Jyske Bank

Jacob spoke about how Jyske Bank organize its management of climate related risks across the bank and what risks are assessed as important for their exposures.
14:45

Jacob Gyntelberg  //  Megan Greene  //  Ulrik Nødgaard

The panel discussed what we achieved so far, current challenges and what lies ahead for the financial sector.
15:25

Goodbye and thank you for today

 

 

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