{"version":"1","article":{"id":"cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","slug":"cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=en","title":"UAE central bank forum examines sustainable finance and reserve management","summary":"The CBUAE said sustainable bonds averaged 5% of its reserves, which stood at US$257 billion at September-end.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-09T00:42:43+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-09T00:42:43+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1i8z-cbuae-hosts-2nd-climate-forum-2026","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-09"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"cbuae-sustainable-reserves-september-2026","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"CBUAE sürdürülebilir tahvil payı ve döviz rezervleri","en":"CBUAE sustainable-bond share and foreign reserves","ar":"حصة السندات المستدامة واحتياطيات النقد الأجنبي لدى المصرف","fr":"Part des obligations durables et réserves de change de la CBUAE","es":"Proporción de bonos sostenibles y reservas de divisas del CBUAE"},"description":{"tr":"CBUAE Başkanı’nın 8 Ekim 2026 forum açılışında verdiği portföy oranı ve eylül sonu rezerv stoku.","en":"Portfolio share and end-September reserve stock cited by the CBUAE Governor at the 8 October 2026 forum opening.","ar":"حصة المحفظة ومخزون الاحتياطيات في نهاية سبتمبر كما ذكرهما المحافظ في افتتاح المنتدى يوم 8 أكتوبر 2026.","fr":"Part de portefeuille et stock de réserves de fin septembre cités par le gouverneur à l’ouverture du forum le 8 octobre 2026.","es":"Proporción de cartera y stock de reservas a final de septiembre citados por el gobernador al abrir el foro el 8 de octubre de 2026."},"methodology":{"tr":"Yüzde 5 sürdürülebilir tahvil varlıklarının döviz rezervlerindeki ortalama payıdır; 257 milyar dolar eylül sonu rezerv stokudur. Bunlar farklı ölçülerdir ve çarpılarak üçüncü bir tutar türetilmemiştir.","en":"The 5% is the average share of foreign reserves represented by sustainable-bond holdings; US$257 billion is the end-September reserve stock. These are different measures and are not multiplied to derive a third amount.","ar":"تمثل نسبة 5% متوسط حصة حيازات السندات المستدامة من الاحتياطيات الأجنبية؛ أما 257 مليار دولار فهو مخزون الاحتياطيات في نهاية سبتمبر. المقياسان مختلفان ولم يُضرب أحدهما في الآخر لاشتقاق مبلغ ثالث.","fr":"Les 5 % correspondent à la part moyenne des réserves de change représentée par les obligations durables; les 257 milliards de dollars sont le stock de réserves de fin septembre. Ces mesures distinctes ne sont pas multipliées pour dériver un troisième montant.","es":"El 5% es la proporción media de las reservas de divisas representada por los bonos sostenibles; 257.000 millones de dólares es el stock de reservas a final de septiembre. Son medidas distintas y no se multiplican para derivar una tercera cifra."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1i8z-cbuae-hosts-2nd-climate-forum-2026"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T21:28:23+00:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Sürdürülebilir tahvil varlıklarının döviz rezervlerindeki ortalama payı","en":"Average share of foreign reserves held as sustainable bonds","ar":"متوسط حصة الاحتياطيات الأجنبية المحتفظ بها في صورة سندات مستدامة","fr":"Part moyenne des réserves de change détenue sous forme d’obligations durables","es":"Proporción media de reservas de divisas mantenida en bonos sostenibles"},"value":5,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-10-08","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"cbuae-sustainable-bond-share-reserves","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-arab-emirates","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"announcement-date"}},{"label":{"tr":"Eylül sonu döviz rezervi stoku","en":"Foreign-reserve stock at September-end","ar":"مخزون الاحتياطيات الأجنبية في نهاية سبتمبر","fr":"Stock de réserves de change à fin septembre","es":"Stock de reservas de divisas a final de septiembre"},"value":257,"unit":"billion USD","period":"2026-09-30","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"cbuae-foreign-reserves-september-2026","unitCode":"billion-usd","geography":"united-arab-emirates","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"cbuae-sustainable-reserves-september-2026","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"cbuae-sustainable-reserves-september-2026","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026/data/cbuae-sustainable-reserves-september-2026?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-climate-forum-sustainable-finance-2026/data/cbuae-sustainable-reserves-september-2026?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) opened its second Climate Forum in Abu Dhabi on 8 October. A first-day report from Emirates News Agency said the forum was scheduled for 8–9 October and brought together central banks, financial institutions and climate specialists to discuss the effects of climate risk on financial stability and monetary policy. In the opening session, CBUAE Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama called for climate-risk analysis to be integrated more deeply into central-bank and financial-sector practice. The report highlighted reserve management, climate stress testing and sustainable-finance instruments as current areas of work.","WAM reported that the CBUAE’s sustainable-bond holdings averaged 5% of its foreign reserves, while the reserve stock stood at US$257 billion at the end of September. The first figure is a portfolio share; the second is a reserve stock measured at a point in time. They are different measures, and this article does not multiply them to derive a bond value. The CBUAE also said sustainable sukuk operations enable banks to refinance over US$100 billion of sustainable assets. That is a facility capability for eligible assets, not a report of completed refinancing transactions or their realised volume.","The forum’s agenda examined how climate risk can affect financial stability and monetary policy. The report lists preparations for a climate-risk stress test, implementation of the Climate-related Financial Risk Management Regulation and the integration of environmental considerations into monetary-policy operations among CBUAE initiatives. These mechanisms can help banks and supervisors connect long-term climate exposure with lending, asset valuation and liquidity decisions. That is an explanation of their possible function; the event report does not say that implementation is complete across every institution or that measured effects have been published.","Participants also discussed sustainable finance as a way to mobilise capital for the net-zero transition, opportunities in the blue economy and innovation in green financial products. Digitalisation and financial innovation were presented as tools that could make these solutions more accessible and scalable. WAM said sessions also considered possible uses of digital public and private money in payment and settlement systems. The discussion points to an effort to connect climate objectives with payment infrastructure and data systems as well as lending policy. It does not establish that a specific new product or regulation has entered operation.","The forum also referred to the CBUAE’s participation in the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and its co-chair role in the network’s workstream on central-bank operations. The source says the network comprises more than 140 central banks and financial supervisors; that is a lower bound, not an exact membership count. The CBUAE said supporting sustainability had recently been incorporated into its mandate and that climate stress-test preparations were under way. A role in the international network can provide a channel for sharing methods and experience, but it does not by itself establish a common policy or identical practice among members.","Alongside the first-day discussions, WAM reported that the CBUAE planned to hold a climate research seminar on 9 October with the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Transition Expertise. The source said the seminar would examine climate-risk modelling, responsible investment and policy issues linked to the net-zero transition; it did not report a completed outcome. The forum’s economic relevance lies in efforts to bring climate-related risks into financial institutions’ measurement and management processes. Their practical effects can be assessed as stress-test results, supervisory implementation and sustainable-finance flows are disclosed."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The CBUAE said sustainable bonds averaged 5% of its reserves, which stood at US$257 billion at September-end.\n\nThe Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) opened its second Climate Forum in Abu Dhabi on 8 October. A first-day report from Emirates News Agency said the forum was scheduled for 8–9 October and brought together central banks, financial institutions and climate specialists to discuss the effects of climate risk on financial stability and monetary policy. In the opening session, CBUAE Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama called for climate-risk analysis to be integrated more deeply into central-bank and financial-sector practice. The report highlighted reserve management, climate stress testing and sustainable-finance instruments as current areas of work.\n\nWAM reported that the CBUAE’s sustainable-bond holdings averaged 5% of its foreign reserves, while the reserve stock stood at US$257 billion at the end of September. The first figure is a portfolio share; the second is a reserve stock measured at a point in time. They are different measures, and this article does not multiply them to derive a bond value. The CBUAE also said sustainable sukuk operations enable banks to refinance over US$100 billion of sustainable assets. That is a facility capability for eligible assets, not a report of completed refinancing transactions or their realised volume.\n\nThe forum’s agenda examined how climate risk can affect financial stability and monetary policy. The report lists preparations for a climate-risk stress test, implementation of the Climate-related Financial Risk Management Regulation and the integration of environmental considerations into monetary-policy operations among CBUAE initiatives. These mechanisms can help banks and supervisors connect long-term climate exposure with lending, asset valuation and liquidity decisions. That is an explanation of their possible function; the event report does not say that implementation is complete across every institution or that measured effects have been published.\n\nParticipants also discussed sustainable finance as a way to mobilise capital for the net-zero transition, opportunities in the blue economy and innovation in green financial products. Digitalisation and financial innovation were presented as tools that could make these solutions more accessible and scalable. WAM said sessions also considered possible uses of digital public and private money in payment and settlement systems. The discussion points to an effort to connect climate objectives with payment infrastructure and data systems as well as lending policy. It does not establish that a specific new product or regulation has entered operation.\n\nThe forum also referred to the CBUAE’s participation in the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and its co-chair role in the network’s workstream on central-bank operations. The source says the network comprises more than 140 central banks and financial supervisors; that is a lower bound, not an exact membership count. The CBUAE said supporting sustainability had recently been incorporated into its mandate and that climate stress-test preparations were under way. A role in the international network can provide a channel for sharing methods and experience, but it does not by itself establish a common policy or identical practice among members.\n\nAlongside the first-day discussions, WAM reported that the CBUAE planned to hold a climate research seminar on 9 October with the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Transition Expertise. The source said the seminar would examine climate-risk modelling, responsible investment and policy issues linked to the net-zero transition; it did not report a completed outcome. The forum’s economic relevance lies in efforts to bring climate-related risks into financial institutions’ measurement and management processes. Their practical effects can be assessed as stress-test results, supervisory implementation and sustainable-finance flows are disclosed.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"}}}