CfP Deadline Date:
June 30, 2020
Conference Event:
September 10-11, 2020
Event Location:
Online Conference
Keynote speaker(s):
Beata Javorcik
Organizer(s):
Center for Banking Research at Cass Business School, in collaboration with the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria and the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA)
The fifth IWFSAS conference offers leading academics, practitioners and policymakers the opportunity to discuss innovative research on a range of topics related to climate risk and sustainable finance. This call for papers asks for reflections on the impact of climate related risks the stability of the financial system and the role of various stakeholders to meet the challenges and opportunities in the transition to a low carbon economy.
We invite authors to submit high quality papers on topics related to climate risk and sustainable/green finance including, but not limited to, such topics as:
- Asset pricing and climate risk
- Green bonds and transition-linked financial instruments
- Climate risk, fiduciary duties and other financial regulations
- Divestment vs engagement vs ESG integration strategies by asset managers
- Stranded assets and carbon bubble risks
- Climate-related financial disclosure
- Central banks and the greening of the financial sector
- Insurance, banking & pension funds exposure to climate risks and other ESG issues
- Impact investing, SRIs, and other sustainable finance trends
- Climate and environmental risk management at corporate level
- Taxonomy and other global, regional and national policy issues
- Climate risks and inequality
- Financial innovation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Sustainability in financial systems: stability and crises
We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions on the above topics, in addition to other general topics that relate to the structure and stability of the financial system.
Further Information:
Full manuscripts should be sent in PDF format by June 1 via email to: iwfsas2020@iwfsas.org. Notifications of acceptance will follow on June 6.
Link Conference: IWFSAS 2020