UK Finance responds to Bank of England discussion paper on climate-related risk

Commenting on the Bank of England's discussion paper on stress testing the financial stability implications of climate change, Chief Executive of UK Finance Stephen Jones said: 

?The banking and finance industry has a key role to play in supporting a sustainable future as firms embed climate risk and green finance into the heart of their business models.

?The publication of today's discussion paper is an important step towards testing the resilience of the financial system to climate risk.

?Scenario analysis is an integral part of the regime for assessing potential exposure to climate-related risks and it is good to see the Bank of England engaging in an early dialogue on the approach to be adopted in the 2021 Biennial Exploratory Scenario exercise.?

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Notes to editor

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<p> Today's Bank of England Discussion Paper can be found <strong><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F74n5c…;