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Climate Change Toolkit

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Climate Change Toolkit

Year Published

2017

Contributing Organizations

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Toronto Centre
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Type of Resource

Research/Insights Report

Languages

English

Relevant Topics

Core Topic
Risk Management
Topic 2
Transition Plans

Target Audience

All

Relevant Geography

Global
Climate Change Toolkit

Resource Description

This resource offers guidance to help financial supervisors identify, assess, and respond to climate-related risks within financial systems. It serves as a toolkit to support climate integration across supervisory activities.

Why This Matters

Climate risks threaten financial stability, especially in vulnerable economies. Supervisors are key to strengthening institutions’ resilience, improving disclosure, and promoting sustainable finance.

Key Insights

  • Explains how physical and transition risks impact financial institutions across credit, market, and operational channels
  • Advises supervisors to assess governance, risk management, capital adequacy, and disclosures related to climate risk
  • Recommends tools such as scenario analysis and stress testing to evaluate institutions’ resilience
  • Promotes alignment with international disclosure standards, to improve transparency
  • Encourages supervisors to support inclusive, climate-aligned finance through regulation and engagement

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