Frank Elderson: From climate and nature risks to economic resilience and competitiveness
Why this matters
The document is a speech by Frank Elderson (ECB Executive Board member) at the Green Swan 2026 Conference. It discusses climate and nature risks as systemic macroeconomic and financial risks, the adaptation/mitigation balance, the green transition as a competitiveness argument, and barriers to green investment such as uncertainty and access to finance. It contains no new rules, consultations, or deadlines. Sectors are limited to banking and insurance because the text references bank lending, banks' credit standards, and bank-based financing; the speech does not address insurers or pensions directly, so Insurance is a weaker fit and could reasonably be dropped. Topic is ESG / Sustainability as the central theme. Urgency is null because the content is informational.
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This update is classified under ESG / Sustainability, Banking & Credit and Insurance & Pensions.