Part of the Elgar Series on Central Banking and Monetary Policy, this book explores the relationship between central banking, monetary policy and the economy at large. It focuses on the specific relationship between central banking, monetary policy and the environment as central banks wake up to new realities.

Contents: Introduction to Central Banking, Monetary Policy and the Environment 1 Louis-Philippe Rochon, Sylvio Kappes and Guillaume Vallet 1 Central banks and the zero-carbon transition: an institutional challenge 21 Robert Guttmann 2 Monetary policy, environmental sustainability and the climate emergency 54 Malcolm Sawyer 3 Endogenous money, green finance and central bank power 72 Basil Oberholzer 4 Monetary and financial policies for an ecological transition: An overview of central banks’ actions and some reflections on post-Keynesian insights 90 Romain Svartzman 5 Environmental change and the international lender of last resort 110 Michel Aglietta and Etienne Espagne 6 Climate change, financial instability and central banking 134 Giada Valsangiacomo 7 Towards an ecological market 154 Wesley C. Marshall 8 Financial regulation, uncertainty and the transition to a net-zero-carbon economy 175 Josh Ryan-Collins 9 Money and the environment 199 Eric Kemp-Benedict 10 A green mandate: The Central Bank of Nigeria and sustainable development 218 Salewa Olawoye-Mann 11 Mind the gap: Monetary policy and financial regulations for supporting green finance 233 Lilit Popoyan and Giorgos Galanis Index

‘The editors of this book have produced an amazing book for an equally amazing new series on central banking that could not have come out at a better time. Climate change and environmental issues are at the top of our concerns, and many are wondering what role central banks have to play in this saga. The editors have brought together an incredible list of established and younger scholars alike, from a heterodox perspective. They offer a refreshing analysis of the current situation and dare to offer credible and bold solutions for a green way forward. This book must be on the shelf of every student of economics.’