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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Solving the wickedest problem
New VoxTalks Climate Finance Episode. In the brief history of climate finance, Professor Andrew Karolyi has been one of the pioneers, both as an author and a catalyst to encourage other finance experts to become involved. He talks to Alissa M. Kleinnijenhuis and Tim Phillips about what inspired him to take on what he calls “the wickedest of wicked problems”, how he kickstarted research on the topic, and the little-known involvement of King Charles III in the genesis of climate finance.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Decarbonising the Global South
On 8-13 December 2023, the CEPR Paris Symposium took place, hosted by Banque de France (8 December) Sciences Po (9-13 December).
I presented my work on “The Economic Case for Decarbonizing Emerging and Developing Market Economies (EMDEs).”
I presented as part of a lively panel on Decarbonizing the Global South with Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro as insightful chair, and Professor Patrick Bolton, myself, Jean Pisani-Ferry as panelists.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The Economic Case for Decarbonising the Emerging and Developing Market Economies
On 12 December 2023, I organized an event at EU’s leading economic thinktank, Bruegel, entitled “The Economic Case for Decarbonizing Emerging and Developing Market Economies.”
In this event, chaired by Bruegel Director, Jeromin Zettelmeyer, I presented my co-authored paper on the topic, and we invited experts on climate finance deals to comment on our paper and share their expertise. Abhishek Bhaskar (Climate Investment Funds), Lida Fitts (US Department for the Treasury), and Cao Li (Bao Forum for Asia Academy) insightfully joined us.
In this event we essentially asked the question: What are the economic and cooperative mechanisms for developed countries to assist EMDEs in decarbonisation?
Monday, December 11, 2023
Into Unchartered Realms: How Tipping Points Accelerate Climate Change
On Tuesday 31 October 2020, Professor Tim Lenton, one of the foremost experts on “climate tipping points” and top climate scientist known for his work on “planetary boundaries” came to give a guest lecture in my novel Climate Finance course at Cornell University, offered as part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business curriculum.
As finance scholars in the field of climate finance, it is essential to take the latest climate science into account.
Professor Lenton’s work highlights the huge risks posed by climate tipping points for the habitability of this earth. See also his “Global Tipping Points” report published at COP28 in collaboration with the Bezos Foundation.
* Please note that this newsfeed started from December 2023, so does not contain any news prior.