Climate change presents material financial risks to Nepal's banking and financial sector — from physical risks affecting collateral values and borrower creditworthiness to transition risks arising from policy and technology shifts in carbon-intensive sectors.
Climate Risk Categories
Financial institutions should consider both physical risks (acute events such as floods and landslides, and chronic changes such as temperature and precipitation pattern shifts) and transition risks (policy changes, technology developments, and market shifts associated with the transition to a lower-carbon economy).
TCFD Alignment
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures provides a widely adopted framework for climate risk disclosure, organised around four pillars: Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, and Metrics & Targets. NRB's guidance on environmental risk management draws on these principles.
Practical Integration
Climate risk integration need not be overwhelming. Financial institutions can begin with sector-level analysis of climate exposure in their lending portfolios, identification of concentration risks, and development of scenario analysis capabilities proportionate to their size and complexity.
BGNA Perspective
We help financial institutions develop pragmatic approaches to climate risk assessment and disclosure, building capacity incrementally while meeting evolving regulatory and stakeholder expectations.