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Financing for climate action
This policy brief summarises recent research produced by thought leaders and researchers at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) exploring key questions around climate.
22 November 2021
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) policy brief series: IIPP PB 17
This policy brief summarises some of the recent research produced by thought leaders and researchers at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) exploring key questions around climate-aligned finance and sustainable growth. These include the pricing and financial risks related to the loss of nature and biodiversity; the importance of heterogeneous investors; scale economies and the commercialisation of innovative renewable energy technologies; and the role of central banks and public wealth funds in enabling a more rapid transition to a green economy.
Lead authors:
Mariana Mazzucato | Director, and Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Josh Ryan-Collins | Head of Finance and Macroeconomics and Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Contributing authors:
Ryan Bellinson | Senior Research Fellow in Cities, Climate, and Innovation, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
José Alejandro Coronado | Coronado Research Fellow in Green Transition Financing, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
Gyorgyi Galik | Head of Strategic Partnerships, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
Laurie MacFarlane | Research Associate, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Katie Kedward | Policy Fellow in Sustainable Finance, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
Martha McPherson | Sustainability Director, Design Portfolio; Policy Associate, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
Gregor Semieniuk | Political Economy Research Institute and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Matthew Thompson | Research Fellow in Rethinking Public Value, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
Reference:
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (2021). Financing for Climate Action. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, policy brief (IIPP PB 17). Available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2021/nov/financing-climate-action