Description
The JRC Summer School on Sustainable Finance aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss recent developments and innovations in the field of sustainable finance. The School exposes researchers to the most demanding issues that the industry is facing and helps them produce policy-relevant research. At the same time, it provides independent scientific advice to policy, reaffirming the crucial role of research in informing policymaking.The School operates in a context where policy actions to combat climate change are gaining momentum, and the analysis of climate-related financial risks matures: thus, experts are starting to shift their focus towards risks that are more broadly associated with nature, such as riks stemming from environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, and the links between sustainability and digital technologies.
While continued global disruptions and geopolitical crises may become bumps in the road to a sustainable economy, digital technologies have huge potential in the context of the green transition. There are also increasing opportunities to amplify sustainable finance in emerging and developing economies, despite their limited financial resources and infrastructure. Yet, there is a pressing need for tools and analyses to evaluate relevant risks and their consequences. This includes, for example, the practical execution of stress tests that should investigate environmental risks more broadly, by considering value chains, macro-financial feedback loops, and secondary effects. Finally, the integration of the social and governance dimensions into mainstream financial decision-making remains notably inadequate.
| Period | 27 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 6 |
| Location | ItalyShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- green economy
- EU policy
- climate change policy
- ecosystem services
- adaptation to climate change
- risk management
- sustainable finance