A €120bn investment programme for the European Union’s three-year Juncker Plan
Post, October 22, 2015By Michel Lepetit
Massive financing of the energy transition in schools, hospitals
and other public buildings.
and other public buildings.
Post, October 22, 2015By Michel Lepetit
Financing the Green Climate Fund
Post, October 22, 2015By Matthias Kroll
How central banks can contribute to staying below the 2°C benchmark by purchasing Green Climate Bonds.
Climate Finance in the Context of Sustainable Development
Post, October 22, 2015By Ottmar Edenhofer, Jan Christoph Steckel, Michael Jakob
Novel ideas how to spend climate finance in a way that reduces emissions and at the same time promotes recipients’ immediate development objectives are required. In this short commentary, we propose to regard climate finance in the broader context of sustainable development.
After TPP: the EU shouldn’t rush into concluding TTIP
Post, October 15, 2015By Sébastien Jean
Despite the magnitude of the Transpacific Partnership Agreement concluded by the United States, the EU should not heed calls to rush into concluding ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks under the Obama administration at any cost, and focus instead on negotiating a good agreement.
Why Finance Can Save the Planet
Post, October 15, 2015By Jean Pisani-Ferry
Most people hate finance, viewing it as the epitome of irresponsibility and greed. But, even after causing a once-in-a-century recession and unemployment for millions, finance looks indispensable for preventing an even worse catastrophe: climate change.
The “$100 000 000 000 per year” question
Post, October 8, 2015By Christian De Perthuis, Pierre-André Jouvet
A mechanism of carbon “bonus-malus” is proposed, where the average emission rate of world countries serves as the anchor: above the threshold, countries should pay a malus, under this level, they would receive a bonus.
Financial Innovation and The State: Lessons for 21st Century Climate Finance from the 19th Century Railways Era
Post, October 1, 2015By Dipak Dasgupta
This paper seeks to bring a historical perspective to current global financial architecture issues on the speed and scale of climate finance needed to achieve a safer two degrees world. We look back in history to a similar episode for lessons: the financing and building of railroads in the 19th century.
Supporting the energy transition: the role of low interest rates
Post, October 1, 2015By Pierre Monnin
Low interest rates tend to favor ‘green technologies’ competitiveness while also increasing their cost volatility.
The Role of International Financial Institutions, Central Banks and Monetary Policies in the Low-Carbon Transition
Post, October 1, 2015By Colin Hines
An argument in favor of Green infrastructure Quantitative Easing (GIQE).
Sovereign debt restructuring: alternative solutions
Post, September 24, 2015By Christophe Destais
The implementation of a multilateral mechanism for sovereign debt restructuring that the UN is calling for, is illusory. However, progress could be achieved in different ways: improving the contractual terms, introducing new clauses on automatic debt reprofiling and using the leverage of international funding.
