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title: Principles On Financing US Shift To A Low-Carbon Economy
description: 11 financial trade associations have published a transition framework.
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# [Principles On Financing US Shift To A Low-Carbon Economy](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/principles-on-financing-us-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy)

 Written by [Shanny Basar](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/author/shanny-basar) | Feb 19, 2021 11:07:52 AM

Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges facing our society, and financial firms as global capital providers play a key role in financing the creation and deployment of solutions that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, promote green energy generation and strengthen community resilience. While individual institutions have a significant role to play in the global effort to address climate change, policy must provide a critical foundation.

On February 17, the US Climate Finance Working Group, which comprises ISDA and 10 other trade associations, published principles for a US transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy. The principles are intended to serve as a useful framework, offering perspectives from the full spectrum of the financial services industry including banks, investment banks, insurers, asset managers, investment funds, pension funds and other financial intermediaries.

https://twitter.com/ISDA/status/1362374140980834304

The principles are:

- Set science-based climate policy goals that align with the Paris Agreement
- Increase and strengthen US international engagement
- Provide clear long-term policy signals that foster innovation in financial services
- Price carbon and leverage the power of markets
- Minimize costs and support jobs in the transition
- Foster international harmonization of taxonomies, data standards and metrics
- Promote more robust climate disclosure and international standards
- Ensure climate-related financial regulation is risk-based
- Build capacity on climate risk modeling and scenario analysis
- Strengthen post-disaster recovery, risk mitigation and adaptation

The full PDF of the principles, *Financing a US Transition to a Sustainable Low-carbon Economy*, is [available here](https://www.isda.org/a/qXITE/Financing-a-US-Transition-to-a-Sustainable-Low-carbon-Economy.pdf).

Source: ISDA

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