16 January 2026

• ECB successfully embedded climate and nature risks into day-to-day processes, in line with its climate and nature plan 2024-2025
• ECB remains committed to accounting for climate and nature-related risks within its mandate, in view of growing economic and financial impacts
• Future work aims to improve analytical and operational readiness across the institution

The European Central Bank (ECB) has further embedded climate and nature-related risks into its core work, by concluding its climate and nature plan 2024-2025. Over the past two years the ECB has refined its assessment of climate and nature-related risks, including the way they inform policy decisions. It has also improved how it supervises banks and manages its own portfolios and operations. This reinforces the ECB’s ability to deliver on its mandate and helps safeguard the stability of the European banking system.

Climate and nature-related risks are now more deeply integrated across the relevant…