Financing for climate action
This policy brief summarises recent research produced by thought leaders and researchers at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’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 911±¬ÁÏÍø’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.Â
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 |Â Sustainability Director, Design Portfolio; Policy Associate, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose
|Â Political Economy Research Institute and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Matthew Thompson |Â 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:Â /bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2021/nov/financing-climate-action