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MNI BRIEF: Disorderly Green Transition Stability Threat - ESRB

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A disorderly green transition could lead to corporate defaults and credit losses for banks, with implications for investment funds and insurers also affected by sharp repricing of climate risks, according to a new ECB/ESRB report that calls for a coordinated micro- and macroprudential approach to mitigating the danger.

“In a disorderly transition scenario, marked by an immediate and substantial increase in carbon prices, respective market losses of insurers and investment funds could potentially amount to 3% and 25% on stress-tested assets in the near term,” the report concludes.

“An orderly transition towards net zero by 2050 could soften such shocks and alleviate the fallout for companies and banks, reducing the probability of corporate defaults by around 13-20% in 2050 compared with today’s policies. It would also lessen credit losses for banks,” the report adds.

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