SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance

It was a great joy to announce last week during our London Climate Action Week event on "Financing the Future: Public Development Banks and Climate Action" that the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance has appointed Dr Stephany Griffith-Jones as Professor in Practice for Financing Sustainable Development. 🎉 Stephany is an inspirational scholar with an impressive track record not only in research but also in policy making. We are excited to work with her at SOAS University of London and push the frontiers of financing sustainable development. Here's the full announcement on our website: https://lnkd.in/eyTuvzYV

📣 One more voice joining the room We're pleased to announce that Marcelo Furtado, Head of Sustainability at Itaúsa and Executive Director of the Instituto Itaúsa, will also be joining us on 22 June at London Climate Action Week, adding to an already exceptional lineup for our session with SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance on building a global adaptation economy. The conversation will explore what a whole-economy approach to transformative adaptation looks like in practice, what it means for policymakers, investors and businesses, and what policy and regulatory action is needed to create markets that reward adaptation solutions and attract commercial capital. The session will bring together: - Marcelo Furtado, Head of Sustainability at Itaúsa and Executive Director of the Instituto Itaúsa - Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Director of Program, COP30 Brazil Presidency - Amal-Lee Amin from British International Investment - Catherine Desiree Gamper, Climate Change Adaptation Lead at the OECD - OCDE, and  - Simon Zadek, Managing Partner at Morphosis Moderated by Ulrich Volz, Professor of Economics at SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance. 📍 SOAS University of London  📅 22 June 2026, 16:00 to 18:00 🌍 London Climate Action Week Learn more about the event here: https://lnkd.in/dwTC6WS7 Register here: http://bit.ly/4aEXIQW Niall Murphy Jennifer Blanke Ingrid Kukuljan Sarah Djari Dorothy Maseke ,CFIRM Deborah Lehr Tony Goldner Lucy Oulton Simon Winter Ydir Vissers Sandrine Dixson-Declève Solomon Assefa

Guest Lecture | Climate Finance & the Global South We’re delighted to welcome Professor Ulrich Volz (SOAS) for a timely and important discussion on: “Climate Finance and the Global South: Scaling Up Sustainable Finance and Investment in the Global South.” As climate risks intensify and financing gaps widen, the question is no longer whether we need sustainable finance, but how we scale it where it’s needed most. 📅 Monday, 20 April ⏰ 17:15–18:45 📍 Room RG01, Main Building Hosted by SPS in collaboration with the Centre of Sustainable Finance. Join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking conversation on financing solutions for the Global South.

📌 Join us TODAY at SOAS University of London #Economics for a seminar organised by SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance with Nikhil Wilmink, Mushtaq Khan, Pallavi Roy and Ulrich Volz: 📈 Can Good Governance Tackle Bad Debt? The Political Economy of Public Debt Management 📊 Info 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g9uTeHAn

📌 Join us TODAY at #SOAS #Economics for a seminar organised by the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance for with Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, FREcon on: ♻️ Climate and Development Finance in a Fast-Changing World 🌍 Info 🔗 https://lnkd.in/enFncApg

Although the climate crisis has slipped down the policy agenda, it hasn’t gone away — and neither have its implications for central banking. In my new paper, I examine how the climate crisis is reshaping central banking and argue that the ECB’s current climate strategy is inconsistent with the climate new normal. By limiting itself to marginal adjustments to its policy framework, the ECB has fallen short of: 1️⃣ adapting its policy approach to the new realities of climate-induced inflation 2️⃣ supporting climate mitigation and adaptation 3️⃣ addressing the systemic risks stemming from more frequent and severe climate events In the paper I make the case for a climate paradigm shift in the ECB’s policy framework. I develop the theoretical underpinnings for such a shift and analyse what it would mean for the ECB’s policy toolbox and mandate. 🔗https://lnkd.in/ercikXHt