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Implementing Effective Regulation and Supervision of Climate-related Financial Risks

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Session No.: SA 25.06

Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Date: January 27-31, 2025 (1 week)

Delivery Method: In-person Training

Primary Language: English

Target Audience

Banking supervisors, regulators and officials working in macroprudential or any other climate related area having at least 3 years of experience from central banks and supervisory authorities from SARTTAC member countries.

Qualifications

To have experience in banking supervision/regulation.

Course Description

The course will outline guidance on concrete steps in establishing climate related risks supervision. It will cover issues which need to be reflected by supervisors in developing their capacity for climate related risks supervision, as well as essential considerations for tailoring the supervisory process. The course will discuss practical aspects of establishing climate risk supervision, including updates to the monitoring process to capture climate-related risks, the development of onsite examination protocols, enhancements to the risk matrix and similar tools to reflect climate related risks, etc. It will also touch central issues and challenges of designing the climate information architecture or crafting supervisory tools with the use of scenario analysis.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: 

  • Understand the application of regulatory frameworks on climate related risks supervision, and the scope for potential adjustments to the existing regulation; 
  • Explain essential areas of climate related risk regulation; 
  • Lead discussions with banks on climate related issues and reflect these discussions in the supervisory process; 
  • Initiate updates to supervisory tools and approaches to cover climate related risks.

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