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The European Central Bank on Tuesday hinted it could make its monetary policy greener as part of a new push to take climate change into account in its work....

The ECB had previously applied a green ‘tilt’ to reinvesting proceeds from one of its main portfolio of bonds, but this came to a standstill as part of the inflation fight

Here’s what Friends of the Earth Netherlands’ latest legal action could mean for global banks financing major polluters.

Most big banks in Europe are failing to adjust their business to the looming decarbonisation of the blocs economy and thus face increased financial, reputational and legal risk, the European...

‘Mario Draghi was there for the ECB while the ECB seems to be there for Christine Lagarde,’ one staff member writes in major survey.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Brigid Riley There were no surprises at the end of the Bank of Japans December monetary policy meeting on...

There were no surprises at the end of the Bank of Japan's December monetary policy meeting on Tuesday, which handed down the widely expected decision to leave ultra-easy policy settings and dovish forward guidance unchanged. There's still a crackle of anticipation left this Tuesday, however, over the BOJ governor's press conference at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT). The markets will be listening closely for any hints that Governor Kazuo Ueda may drop about when the central bank plans to m...

A look at the day ahead in global markets from Brigid Riley

A few days after French president Emmanuel Macron performed an unending monologue at COP28, serenading every actor but France about their responsibility to do more, it is worth looking at the French government's behaviour in EU negotiations.

Governments, fossil fuel firms and airlines are increasingly becoming embroiled in climate litigation. Isabella Kaminski analyses what difference this legal action is making.