Green Swan 2022: Finance for the transition, a transition for finance

31 May – 1 June 2022 | virtual

About the conference

A virtual conference co-organised by the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, the Network for Greening the Financial System and the People's Bank of China.

Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, Holcim
Sarah Breeden, Executive Director, Financial Stability Strategy and Risk and member of the Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England
Markus Brunnermeier, Edwards S Sanford Professor of Economics and Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University
Roberto Campos Neto, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
Alice Carr, Executive Director for Public Policy, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
Bruno Carrasco, Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency
Masyita Crystallin, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Indonesia; Sherpa for the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Paulina Dejmek Hack, Director for General Affairs, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Al Gore, Chairman, Generation Investment Management
Fernanda Guardado, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Standard Chartered Bank
Alexander Hartman, Chief Financial Officer, Northvolt
Irene Heemskerk, Head of Climate Change Centre, European Central Bank
Kamran Khan, Managing Director, Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank
Klaas Knot, President, De Nederlandsche Bank; Chair, Financial Stability Board
Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
Lyu Zheng, Deputy Secretary General of Monetary Policy Committee, People's Bank of China
Ma Jun, Co-Chair, G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group; Chairman, China Green Finance Committee; President, Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability
Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Chair, NGFS
Ivan Odonnat, Deputy General Director for Financial Stability and Operations, Banque de France
Vivek Pathak, Global Head of Climate Business, IFC - International Finance Corporation
Luiz Pereira da Silva, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
Laura Piovesan, Deputy Director General, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
Julia Reinaud, Senior Director, Europe, Breakthrough Energy
Frédéric Samana, Head of Strategic Development, S&P Global Sustainable1
Tokiko Shimizu, Assistant Governor, Bank of Japan
Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
James Talbot, Director, International Directorate, Bank of England
François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de France
Yi Gang, Governor, People's Bank of China
Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia; former Governor, People's Bank of China

Building on the foundation of the inaugural Green Swan Conference in 2021, which brought together a wide range of high-calibre policymakers, experts and practitioners from different sectors, Green Swan 2022 offers a deeper dive into the topics of (i) monetary policy setting and operations in the context of climate change, and (ii) the role of finance in the climate transition, including transparency and disclosures, transition plans and financing green innovation.