Effect of climate change on financial institutions and the financial system

Ozili, Peterson K (2020): Effect of climate change on financial institutions and the financial system. Forthcoming in:

Abstract

Climate change is emerging as an important issue, and has been a cause for increasing uncertainty in the business sector. It is important to understand the effects of climate change events on financial institutions and the financial system. This study analyzes the effect of climate change on financial institutions and the financial system, and show that climate change has serious consequences on the stability of financial institutions through its effect on the counterparties and clients of financial institutions. Climate change also has serious consequences on the stability of the financial system through its effect on financial institutions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Climate change, financial institutions, banks, financial system, financial sector
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G18 - Government Policy and Regulation; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance ; Insurance Companies ; Actuarial Studies; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G28 - Government Policy and Regulation; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q54 - Climate ; Natural Disasters and Their Management ; Global Warming; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth

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