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agnieszka smoleńska

@apsmolenska.bsky.social

#ESG #FinReg #transition #euro | Senior Policy Fellow @CETEx_LSE | Assistant Prof @PAN_akademia | law for sustainable, inclusive & resilient economies

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27.02.2026 18:34 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency Geopolitical uncertainties and the recent US shifts on monetary and climate policy have created a rare opening for the euro. With the international monetary order shifting, the euro has the potential ...

🟢 US policy shifts are opening doors for the € as the world's leading green currency. With 50%+ of global green bonds already in €, can 🇪🇺 leverage this advantage?
📅 Join our webinar on 24/02, 13:00 CET
✅ Register here ▶️ calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur...
@jvtk.bsky.social @apsmolenska.bsky.social

11.02.2026 08:27 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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What climate risk management can teach banks about geopolitical risk - LSE Business Review Climate and geopolitical risks increasingly interact, creating shocks to financial stability. How can tools for climate risk improve banks' management of geopolitical exposures?

#ClimateChange and geopolitical tensions increasingly interact, compounding risks that can amplify shocks to banks and financial stability.

Martina Menegat and @apsmolenska.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social explain why banks should embrace tools developed for climate risks on @lsebr.bsky.social

24.11.2025 14:27 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

The upheaval in US monetary and climate policy has opened a strategic window for Europe. With its leadership in sustainable finance, regulatory clarity and the European Central Bank’s integration of climate considerations, the EU is well placed to position the euro as the world’s leading green currency. Global demand for euro-denominated green debt and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments is already rising. A new Böll EU Brief by Agnieszka Smoleńska & Jens van ‘t Klooster examines how ‘green internationalisation’ could strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy, reduce vulnerability to external shocks and anchor global clean-energy finance. It sets out a practical roadmap for EU policy-makers to align ambition with action and seize this ‘euro moment’: https://eu.boell.org/en/green-euro-rising

🟢💶🌐 New Böll EU Brief "Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world’s green currency", by @apsmolenska.bsky.social & @jvtk.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/green-eur...
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@boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @antonmoeller.bsky.social @rasmusandresen.bsky.social @baseickhout.bsky.social

26.11.2025 11:09 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

It's a real journal article! 🥳 Delve in to explore with me how sustainable finance differs depending on institutional context and what this means for the EUs sustainable finance agenda!

18.07.2025 12:30 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It's happening: very lively @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social EMPN panel lays out the feasibility and immense EU and global benefits of euro internationalisation - @maxkrahe.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @apsmolenska.bsky.social and Eric Monnet

24.06.2025 12:45 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Banks and climate litigation risk: navigating the low-carbon transition - CETEx This report investigates how credit institutions engage with climate- and environment-related legal risks and explains how insights from bank current practice should be addressed with targeted prudent...

Our new CETEx report looks into how EU banks are managing climate litigation risks. Key findings: banks already identify CL risks as material but underestimate physical risk related & transition management litigation, as well as systemic effects of court cases.
Full report cetex.org/publications...

18.06.2025 13:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Select tickets – Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting – Queen Mary University of London, iQ East (Scape) 0.14 This event brings together scholars to discuss political economy and accounting perspectives on the challenges for transforming...

This Wednesday at QMUL - @aargatsbmatqmul.bsky.social hosts 'Transforming Central Banking in the Ecological Crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting'.

Register and share:

www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

02.06.2025 13:51 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
Select tickets – Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting – Queen Mary University of London, iQ East (Scape) 0.14 This event brings together scholars to discuss political economy and accounting perspectives on the challenges for transforming...

🗣️ Join us at Queen Mary on 4th June for an event on transforming central banking in the ecological crisis. The event brings together political economists, accountants, policy experts & more to explore the challenges. All welcome! Register free:

www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

12.05.2025 10:33 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Join top professionals for a comprehensive course on Transition Plans in the Financial Sector, organised w/ LSE -CETEx.

📅 12–14 May 2025 | 📍 Florence, Italy
🔔 Register by 21 April
🔥 15% Group Discount available for min. 3 participants

Full programme & registration 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/trans...

18.03.2025 11:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How new guidelines on ESG risks for European banks reduce regulatory complexity - CETEx The practical approach to supporting coherence seen in the European Banking Authority’s new Guidelines on the management of ESG risks is an example to follow, writes Agnieszka Smoleńska.

In a world of compounding risks regulatory simplification is needed.

On how to simplify without loosing sight of policy goals see this piece on EBA's Guidelines on ESG risk. ⬇️

cetex.org/publications...

07.03.2025 16:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The financial sector is evolving - are you ready to lead the transition?

Join professionals from across Europe and beyond for a course on Transition Plans in the Financial Sector, organised in collaboration with CETEx - LSE.

📅 12–14 May
📍 Florence
🔔 Register by 21 April

fbf.eui.eu/course/trans...

27.02.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

With bank transition plans increasingly coming under microprudential scrutiny, could they help identify & address financial instability risks along the transition as well?

Highly recommend watching this discussion with great insights from P Hiebert (ECB), M Nieto (Bank of Spain) & J Berkey (UBS)!

07.02.2025 13:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How new guidelines on ESG risks for European banks reduce regulatory complexity - CETEx The practical approach to supporting coherence seen in the European Banking Authority’s new Guidelines on the management of ESG risks is an example to follow, writes Agnieszka Smoleńska.

If EU is serious about improving regulatory efficiency, it should seek to consistently interpret & enforce 'greening' rules rather that blindly cut red tape.

EBA's take on ESG risk management is an example to follow, as I argue in this @granthamlse.bsky.social/CETEx blog: cetex.org/publications...

07.02.2025 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What are the prospects for €uro adoption in Central and Eastern Europe?

In case you have missed our @LSEEI @CETEx_LSE
panel you can now watch the recording here: youtu.be/hB7IThZLlxU?...

w/ Reiner Martin, @nagymohacsi.bsky.social, @atanaspekanov.bsky.social and @apsmolenska.bsky.social

10.12.2024 16:45 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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TP or not TP? The Macroprudential Use of Transition Plans. Join us online! 💻

21 Jan 2025, 12:30–13:00
Speakers: @apsmolenska.bsky.social, María Nieto, Paul Hiebert

Organised with CETEx (LSE), we’ll explore the role of #TransitionPlans in #FinancialStability.

Register: fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

06.12.2024 11:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate needs to go back into the Treasury’s remit letters The remit letters to be sent by the Chancellor on November 14 to the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority are a critical opportunity to re-establish that these bodies should have regard …

"Reeves should strengthen the language on #NetZero and environmental #Sustainability."

Irene Claeys, Ira Poensgen, David Barmes and @apsmolenska.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social call for #Climate to be re-instated in the #Treasury's remit letters on LSE British Politics and Policy #COP29

14.11.2024 14:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0