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Nature Risk Is Becoming Impossible for Finance to Ignore
Climate and nature risks are becoming increasingly interconnected, forcing financial institutions to rethink environmental risk frameworks. Stéphane Dees of Banque de France explains why geospatial analysis, supply chain mapping and integrated scenarios will be critical to understanding how localized ecosystem degradation can develop into financial risk.
Sep 23, 2026
Stephane Dees
Stephane Dees, Head of Climate Economics Unit, Banque De France
Tags: ESG and Climate Risk
Nature Risk Is Becoming Impossible for Finance to Ignore
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  • Climate and nature risks already overlap across agriculture, forestry and real estate
  • Financial institutions can incorporate water stress and geospatial analysis into existing risk frameworks
  • Translating localized ecosystem degradation into systemic financial risk remains a major methodological challenge
  • Future frameworks could integrate climate pathways, ecosystem degradation and double materiality 
  • A planetary boundaries approach may ultimately reshape environmental risk management
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