Climate-related corporate disclosures are the next big thing in fostering the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The Qatar Centre of Global Banking & Finance convened a policy forum of experts to debate the issues involved in designing a set of coherent standards.
Catch up on the Virtual Seminar Series
The next virtual seminar series will begin on Monday 15 February 2021 with the full details being announced soon. These seminars aim to provide a forum for researchers at central banks and academics working on central banking issues to present their research. Seminars take place fortnightly every Monday each term and last one hour, including time for questions from the attendees.
Annual Conference 2021: Challenges facing central banks in the 2020s
The conference to be held on 17th & 18th of May 2021 will focus on new directions in central bank research and policymaking. Areas of interest include but are not confined to:
Central bank mandates, policy frameworks and governance arrangements,
Understanding the interaction of fiscal, monetary and macroprudential policies,
Understanding new and emerging threats to economic stability, including COVID, climate change and new financial technologies,
Conducting monetary and macroprudential policies in times of uncertainty, and
Data analytics for central banking.