Policy entrepreneur
In a new Policy Paper co-written with colleagues at Sustainable Finance Lab, we presents a proposal to advance Europe’s green transition: the introduction of a green interest rate by the European Central Bank (ECB). The proposal outlines how targeted monetary policy can play a crucial role in combating climate change, promoting sustainable investment, and supporting the ECB’s mandate of low
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New Positive Money Europe policy paper written together with Uuriintuya Batsaikhan proposes to repurpose the European Central Bank’s TLTRO programme into a dedicated financial instrument to scale up bank lending for energy-efficient home renovations.
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A recurring misinterpretation of “Green QE” is that central banks should restrict their asset purchases solely to green bonds. This op-ed was originally published on FT Alphaville on December 18, 2019, in the context of my former role as Executive Director at Positive Money Europe. The recent declarations of new European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde on the possible role
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Positive Money Europe coordinated a group of 165 academics and civil society organisations to deliver an open letter to Christine Lagarde, calling on the ECB President to accelerate its efforts in addressing climate change.
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A new study co-written with Wojtek Kalinowski based an updated analysis of the ECB’s corporate bond purchae programme reveals a mismatch between the EU climate targets and the policies of the ECB.
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