Climate Change and Central Banking Workshop - Bank of Canada

Friday, May 10, 2019
08:00–09:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast Note that all sessions will take place at the Bank of Canada, in the Conference Centre. To enter the Bank, please use the entrance to the Bank of Canada Museum, located at 30 Bank Street (corner of Bank and Wellington Streets) and bring a piece of government-approved photo identification.
09:00–09:10	Opening Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins (Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada)
09:10–10:40	Climate Change, Financial Stability and Central Banking Chair: Sheryl King (Bank of Canada)
	The Impact of Climate Change on Central Banks’ policy objectives Sandra Batten (Bank of England)
	Holding company affiliation and risk: Evidence from the US Banking Sector Radoslav Raykov (Bank of Canada)
10:40–11:00	Refreshment Break
11:00–12:30	Transition Risk: Firm-level Evidence Chair: Miguel Molico (Bank of Canada)
	Carbon Risk Ryan Riordan (Smith School of Business, Queens University)
	Do Environmental Regulations Affect the Decision to Export? Jevan Cherniwchan (University of Alberta)
12:30–13:45	Lunch
13:45–15:00	Keynote Presentation: The Role of Economic Analysis in Combatting Climate Change Per Krusell (Stockholm University)
15:00–15:20	Refreshment Break
15:20–16:50	Extreme Weather Events and Growth Chair: Geoffrey Dunbar (Bank of Canada)
	Estimating the Consequences of Climate Change from Variation in Weather Derek Lemoine (University of Arizona)
	Macroeconomic Consequences of Climate Change: Cross-Country and Within-Country Evidence Kamiar Mohaddes (University of Cambridge)
16:50–17:00	Closing Remarks Timothy Lane (Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada)