Claudia Buch: Coordinating climate policies internationally - What’s the state of play? And where are we heading? Welcome address by Prof Claudia Buch, Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the online event "Coordinating climate policies internationally – What’s the state of play? And where are we heading?”, 5 July 2021.
* * * Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me welcome you to the 2nd panel discussing climate policies. Last week, we discussed the role of the corporate sector and government.1 There was a broad consensus that national climate policies need to provide a reliable framework for firms to operate and to plan investments consistent with the goal of carbon neutrality.