At the Climate Action Summit in New York last week, 31 banks and financial institutions signed the Collective Commitment to Climate Action (CCCA), which sets out concrete actions to increase their contribution to and align their lending with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The global head of Sustainable Finance at one of these banks, ING Groep NV (AMS:INGA), tells Renewables Now that the role of finance in tackling climate change is pivotal.