# UAE central bank convenes second climate forum on financial risks > The 8–9 October Abu Dhabi forum examined climate change implications for financial stability and monetary policy. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Finance - Country: United Arab Emirates - Published: 2026-10-20T15:49:36+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-20T15:49:36+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-08 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026.md) The Central Bank of the UAE opened its second Climate Forum in Abu Dhabi on October 8, with a programme announced for October 8–9. Policymakers, financial institutions and international experts discussed climate risks, financial stability, monetary policy and sustainable finance. The governor highlighted preparations for a climate-risk stress test, sustainability principles for reserve management and climate-related financial-risk regulation. He said sustainable sukuk enable banks to refinance more than US$100 billion of sustainable assets; this describes refinancing potential, not completed lending. The October 8 report also announced a first Climate Research Seminar with LSE CETEx scheduled for October 9. ## Data ### Sustainable assets refinancable through sustainable sukuk Source-stated capacity indicator. Methodology: The CBUAE governor described capacity above US$100 billion; this is not completed financing and the value is a lower bound. | Reported capacity | USD, lower bound | |---|---| | Assets banks can refinance through sustainable sukuk (USD) | 100000000000 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026/data/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026-facts?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026/data/cbuae-second-climate-forum-2026-facts?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Emirates News Agency (WAM)]() (Source checked: 2026-10-20; Published: 2026-10-08) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)