Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret has warned financial institutions against underestimating climate risks. The financial sector is being increasingly affected by the rising costs resulting from extreme weather events, as well as by far-reaching changes in climate policy, he said in a speech in Singapore.

The upswing in the global economy is gaining momentum, believes Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret. In the run-up to the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund, he argued for taking advantage of favourable economic conditions to increase the growth potential of national economies through structural reforms.