{"id":1802,"date":"2024-02-15T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:08:51","slug":"what-climate-related-financial-risk-means-for-communities-part-3-community-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\/2024\/02\/15\/what-climate-related-financial-risk-means-for-communities-part-3-community-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"What Climate-related Financial Risk Means for Communities: Part 3 \u2013 Community Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate change-driven events\u2014like heat waves, droughts, floods, and fires\u2014cause damage to communities\u2019 and individuals\u2019 health and safety. But these events also threaten the financial well-being of communities across the U.S. through their impact on markets and local economies. These risks are increasingly visible in the housing and mortgage markets.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this three-part series, we\u2019ll be breaking down how the climate crisis is creating risk for three key financial systems\u2014and how these risks to<\/span><\/i><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the insurance system, the real estate market, and community banking <\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can affect communities.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Part 3: Climate-related Risks to Community Banking and Credit Unions<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate change poses risks to individual banks as well as the entire banking system by damaging banking infrastructure, destroying collateral, and causing borrowers to default on loans. Threats to banks, especially to smaller banks, translate to risks to communities and individual households. Small banks serve local economies, engaging in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/how-u-s-regulators-can-help-community-and-regional-banks-address-climate-related-financial-risks\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> relationship banking<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">with small businesses and individuals.\u00a0 Some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/how-u-s-regulators-can-help-community-and-regional-banks-address-climate-related-financial-risks\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">smaller banks also provide<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> higher interest rates for deposits, more favorable loans than larger banks, and \u201cbetter overall economic performance for their communities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Impacts on Communities<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When climate disaster strikes a small geographic area, local banks may encounter difficulties in providing these tailored services to their communities, leaving households and individuals without vital resources.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For example, when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutimes.com\/2012\/11\/14\/hundreds-of-cus-swallowed-by-darkness-hurricane-sandy\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hurricane Sandy hit New York<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, local credit unions lost power and were unable to credit direct deposit checks to members\u2019 accounts, answer customers\u2019 phone calls, or provide online banking or ATM services. These issues lasted nearly a week and \u201caffected more than 14,000 members, including many who complained that they had no access to cash to get through the storm\u2019s aftermath or enough money in their accounts to pay bills.\u201d Without timely access to banking services, the impacts of a crisis become even more dire, as people are left without the means to access food, shelter, and transportation. This example clearly shows how crucial it is to protect the banking system from the risks posed by climate change. In addition to operational risks like these, banks and credit unions may also face credit, market, and other financial risks, as climate-related impacts affect borrowers\u2019 ability to repay loans and the value of investments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How regulators are responding to climate-related risks to community banking<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three U.S. banking regulators \u2013 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Federal Reserve \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/us-banking-regulators-issue-new-guidance-climate-risk-management\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">took a critical step<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by jointly releasing principles for climate-related financial risk management in October 2023. However, those principles apply only to the largest banks. Other areas of federal banking oversight critical for climate resilience and environmental justice include the OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve\u2019s joint Community Reinvestment Act regulations, updated in late 2023, and the Treasury Department\u2019s Community Development Finance Institutions Fund, both of which help ensure access to banking services for low-income community members.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has taken important preliminary steps as well. On July 18, 2023, Rendell Jones\u2014Deputy Executive Director for the NCUA\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncua.gov\/newsroom\/testimony\/2023\/ncua-deputy-executive-director-rendell-l-jones-testimony-us-house-representatives-subcommittee\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">testified<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> before Congress regarding the NCUA\u2019s work to \u201caccount for climate-related financial risks.\u201d\u00a0 Jones <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/BA\/BA20\/20230718\/116235\/HHRG-118-BA20-Wstate-JonesR-20230718.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">noted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that the NCUA, along with other financial regulators, must continue working to protect the financial resilience of vulnerable communities since climate-related financial risk will impact credit unions, credit union members, the credit union system, and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jones also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncua.gov\/newsroom\/testimony\/2023\/ncua-deputy-executive-director-rendell-l-jones-testimony-us-house-representatives-subcommittee\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">noted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that the NCUA has made several tangible efforts to address climate-related financial risk, including becoming a working member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council\u2019s (FSOC) Climate-related Financial Risk Committee (CFRC), publishing a research note summarizing estimates of credit union exposure to climate-related physical risks, and issuing a Request for Information (RFI) seeing input on the NCUA\u2019s ability to identify and assess credit unions\u2019 current and future climate-related financial and natural disaster risks.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NCUA\u2019s actions to understand and address climate-related financial risk are particularly important because its efforts are concentrated at a local level. As a Center for American Progress (CAP) report <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">notes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, most efforts to understand climate-related financial risk have a larger geographical scope due to banking regulators\u2019 emphasis on large banks with vast resources; however, the NCUA has taken the lead on gathering information on how climate-related financial risks will impact community-level institutions, as seen in its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncua.gov\/news\/publication-search\/climate-financial-risk\/estimating-credit-union-exposure-climate-related-physical-risks\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">detailed research note<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 The NCUA\u2019s research note concludes that credit unions are \u201cnot immune to climate-related financial risks\u201d and that the costs and number of climate-related natural disasters is increasing. The NCUA\u2019s efforts are important because many community-level financial institutions are both highly vulnerable to climate-related risks and important to people\u2019s financial well-being.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additionally, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/04\/25\/2023-08715\/climate-related-financial-risk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NCUA\u2019s RFI<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> illustrates the agency\u2019s commitment to addressing the impact of climate-change on community-level financial systems. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncua.gov\/files\/agenda-items\/climate-financial-risk-rfi-20230420.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">RFI<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, released in April 2023, requests information from interested stakeholders on current and future climate and natural disaster risks to federally insured credit unions, related entities, their members, and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. The RFI emphasized the disproportionate impact of climate-related financial risk on low-income communities and communities of color. The RFI also urged credit unions to consider what \u201csteps [they] could take to mitigate physical risks to ensure continued lending to these populations.\u201d The RFI further advised credit unions to consider that \u201c[f]inancially vulnerable households and communities are the least able to absorb the costs associated with climate-related disasters, so these consumers may have more difficulty adapting to changes in government policies and the natural environment,\u201d meaning that \u201cclimate-related financial risks may be amplified for [credit unions] serving these communities.\u201d This RFI highlights the NCUA\u2019s commitment to protecting community banking institutions from the escalating threat of climate-related financial risks.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How EDF is helping address climate-related risk to community banking<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On June 6, 2023, EDF and the Institute for Policy Integrity (IPI) submitted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrrl.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/102\/files\/NCUA-Comment-Letter.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">joint comment letter<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the NCUA in response to its RFI. Our comment letter commended the NCUA\u2019s intention to promote safety and soundness by developing guidance, reporting requirements, and other regulatory actions to bolster credit unions\u2019 management of climate-related financial risks. Our comment letter also suggested that the NCUA work with other regulators to address climate-related financial risk, provide credit unions with climate risk guidance, use information from larger banks\u2019 climate scenario analyses, and consider how to mitigate potential harm to disadvantaged communities from climate risk management strategies. EDF and IPI likewise submitted comment letters with similar recommendations in response to the OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve\u2019s draft climate-related financial risk management principles.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate-related financial risks are no longer a far off possibility; they are a concrete reality affecting people today. U.S. banking and credit union regulators must follow through on their important early steps to ensure people have stable and equitable access to critical financial resources amid a changing climate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change-driven events\u2014like heat waves, droughts, floods, and fires\u2014cause damage to communities\u2019 and individuals\u2019 health and safety. But these events also threaten the financial well-being of communities across the U.S. through their impact on markets and local economies. 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