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The video introduces the impact of climate risk on financial institutions and the economy, specifically on banks and financial service companies. Climate risk poses a challenge for banks as it is forward-looking, and banks need to predict potential future events without reliable data. Regulators recognize the need to update the risk framework to account for climate risk, and some banks have already started incorporating climate risk factors, although it may be a big challenge for them to do it properly. There is a need to assess climate risks separately and report the concentration of assets on the balance sheet related to sectors prone to impact due to climate risk, which is necessary to understand the potential impact on the real economy and overall financial stability. It is critical to implement a macroprudential approach across all banks within a country to account for not just one but several banks.
In this section, the speaker discusses the impact of climate risk on financial institutions and the economy. Climate science indicates that global warming is inevitable and that temperature will continue to rise, resulting in significant financial risks. This poses a challenge for banks to manage their exposure and ensure that it is not concentrated in industries that will be heavily impacted by climate change, such as the food industry. Although regulators and policymakers have reached a consensus on the financial risks of climate change, it is difficult to assess due to lack of data and academic work. As a result of increased losses, banks may reduce lending to impacted companies and other industries. This will affect the real economy and increase systemic risk.
In this section, the video discusses the impact of climate risk on banks and financial service companies, particularly the significant tail risk that a single event can have on the bank's loss. Climate risk poses a challenge for banks as it is forward-looking, and banks need to predict the possible future events without reliable data. Unlike other risk types, climate risk can be captured through credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk. However, existing frameworks for these types of risk do not consider the impact of climate risk. Therefore, banks need to have a sufficient capital buffer to survive any potential loss.
In this section on climate risk for banks and financial services, the question arises if more capital is needed to account for climate risk specifically, and if climate risk can be incorporated into advanced IRB techniques for modeling. The banks have the flexibility to build their own models, and some banks have already started incorporating climate risk factors, but it may be a big challenge for them to incorporate climate risk factors properly. The data gaps, uncertain long-term future looking models, and the limitations of the current modeling method are still problematic. Regulators recognize this as a big challenge, and they think updating the regulatory frameworks is essential in the long run to tackle these challenges.
In this section, the video discusses the need for regulators to update the risk framework to account for climate risk, which is a challenging task that could cause nightmares even if regulators can update regulations on time. Therefore, banks should report some of the numbers instead of building models or updating them. Also, banks need to assess climate risks separately and report the concentration of assets on the balance sheet related to sectors prone to impact due to climate risk. This is necessary to understand the potential impact on the real economy and overall financial stability. It is critical to implement a macroprudential approach across all banks within a country that does not only account for one bank but several banks. The consensus among experts in regulatory firms is that implementing this approach right away will bring a lot of issues and be a burden for the banks, so further exploration is necessary.
In this section, the speaker discusses the long-term approach that will need to be taken to update the current risk management frameworks across different types of services to account for the financial risk caused by climate change. However, in the near future, regulators want banks to report certain numbers, and they have already started talking to banks about various approaches such as large exposure limits and concentration charges. Climate risk is still an area that is being explored and will continue to evolve over time. It is essential to understand that the risk is not just for individual banks but poses a threat to the financial system, the real economy, and even the entire world. The speaker encourages those interested in learning more to visit various financial institution websites and contact him with any questions.
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