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Speeches in the Green: The Political Discourse of Green Central Banking

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  • Martin Feldkircher
  • Viktoriya Teliha

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In this paper, we employ a keyword-assisted topic model to quantify the extent of climate-related communication of central banks. We find evidence for a significant increase in climate-related speeches by central banks, which address the topic mostly in parallel with topics on financial stability, payment innovations, and the banking sector. Price stability concerns play a minor role. Finally, we examine factors that can explain the extent of green communication by central banks. Controlling for macroeconomic and climate-related variables, we identify two external factors that can prompt central banks to prioritize climate research on their agenda: First, peer pressure, measured by membership of a working group on green financing, increases green communication. Second, a high degree of governmental climate engagement, reflected by the extent of national climate laws, is positively related to green communication by central banks. Whether the central bank has an implicit or explicit sustainability mandate, however, does not explain the extent of green communication.

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  • Martin Feldkircher & Viktoriya Teliha, 2024. "Speeches in the Green: The Political Discourse of Green Central Banking," CAMA Working Papers 2024-03, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:camaaa:2024-03
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    1. Chen, Yiyao & Jiang, Fuwei & Zhang, Huajing, 2026. "Central bank green communication and pollution premium: Evidence from China," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    2. Carolina Guerini & Donato Masciandaro & Alessia Papini, 2025. "Literacy and Financial Education: Private Providers, Public Certification and Political Preferences," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 11(2), pages 463-514, July.
    3. Karen Davtyan & Adel R. Kalozdi, 2025. "The Power of Words: Central Bank Green Communication and Performance of Energy Sectors," Working Papers wpdea2515, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona.
    4. Masciandaro, Donato & Russo, Riccardo, 2024. "Monetary and macroprudential policies: How to Be green? A political-economy approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    5. Borghi, Elisa & Masciandaro, Donato & Papini, Alessia, 2024. "European politicians and financial literacy activism: Does financial (in)stability matter?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
    6. Emanuele Campiglio & Jérôme Deyris & Davide Romelli & Ginevra Scalisi, 2025. "Warning words in a warming world: central bank communication and climate change," Working Papers hal-04978072, HAL.
    7. Campiglio, Emanuele & Deyris, Jérôme & Romelli, Davide & Scalisi, Ginevra, 2025. "Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    8. Ginn, William & Saadaoui, Jamel & Salachas, Evangelos, 2025. "Can Green Transition Only Thrive with Price Stability?," MPRA Paper 126542, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination

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