Climate change puts balance sheets at risk

Podcast: Macro Waves

Climate change puts balance sheets at risk 6/28/2019

Episode1 : Climate change puts balance sheets at riskWilliam DE VIJLDER

Episode2 : Climate change: household balance sheets William DE VIJLDER

Episode3 : Climate change and the governance of non-financial companiesWilliam DE VIJLDER

Episode4 : Climate change: public sectorWilliam DE VIJLDER

Climate change puts at risk the balance sheets of numerous actors, such as households, companies and the public sector. The first episode of this series of podcasts sets the general framework, William De Vijlder is going to remind us what a balance sheet is and how climate change can impact it. The second episode will focus on households and the third one on companies. In the fourth and last episode William De Vijlder will explain how climate change is impacting the balance sheet of the public sector.

TRANSCRIPT // Climate change puts balance sheets at risk : June 2019

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TRANSCRIPT // Climate change puts balance sheets at risk : June 2019

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