The heat is on: A framework for measuring financial stress under disruptive energy transition scenarios

B-Tier
Journal: Ecological Economics
Year: 2021
Volume: 190
Issue: C

Authors (6)

Vermeulen, Robert (de Nederlandsche Bank) Schets, Edo (not in RePEc) Lohuis, Melanie (not in RePEc) Kölbl, Barbara (not in RePEc) Jansen, David-Jan (Tinbergen Instituut) Heeringa, Willem (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 6 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper introduces a stress test framework designed to quantify financial stability risks related to the energy transition. As is standard in financial stress testing, we first construct various tail-event scenarios, in which we incorporate shocks to climate policy and energy technology. We then use various modeling approaches to derive macroeconomic and industry-specific implications of these shocks. To illustrate the framework, we use granular data on EUR 2.3 trillion in assets of more than 80 Dutch financial institutions. We find that financial losses due to credit and market risk could be sizeable. For instance, portfolios values can decline by up to 11%. Such magnitudes suggest that climate-transition risks warrant close attention from a financial stability perspective, while also underlining the importance of avoiding transitions that would be too late and too sudden.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolec:v:190:y:2021:i:c:s0921800921002640
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
6
Added to Database
2026-01-25