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Climate transition risks in Chile’s banking industry: A loan-level stress test

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This study provides the first loan-level climate transition risk stress test for Chile’s banking sector, combining granular credit data with NGFS short-term scenarios stemming from a general equilibrium framework. We estimate credit losses under orderly and disorderly transition pathways, integrating sectoral shocks with firm-level probabilities of default and addressing uncertainty through resampling. Results show that despite a gradual decline in exposure to carbon-intensive sectors, bank losses under a disorderly transition could be sizable and rapidly approach levels seen during the Global Financial Crisis, with significant heterogeneity across institutions. These findings highlight the systemic and institution-specific nature of transition risks and underscore the need to embed climate risk into supervisory stress testing and capital planning to safeguard financial stability.

Source: Latin American Journal of Central Banking

DOI: 10.1016/j.latcb.2026.100202

Authors: Felipe Córdova, Francisco Pinto, Mauricio Salas

Institution: Banco Central de Chile

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,700