The chair of the US Federal Reserve named climate change as one of three top risks to financial stability this week. In comments at a European Central Bank forum Wednesday, he named both physical and transition risks as key in long-term financial stability, agreeing with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. The World’s Marco Werman has details.
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