Sustainable Finance

Transitioning to a climate-safe world requires mobilisation of massive financial resources by the public and private sectors into future-fit industries and infrastructure, and into climate resilience.

Sustainable Finance

 

 

We have very little time to radically re-engineer the financial system so that its rules, institutions and governance are fit for purpose and work for, rather than against, the future that we need to build.

Politics affects financial decisions, and finance influences politics. We work to influence key political decisions which can have cascading effects through the financial system.

Our finance work addresses European, national and international issues around the world where there is an opportunity for wider leverage through the system.

Our vision is that the financial system enables a smooth global transition to climate safety, and that financial actors use their full political voice.

Track record

  1. We are thought leaders on climate-safe reform of international financial institutions, including national and multilateral development banks.
  2. We played a key role in the development of European sustainable finance reforms.
  3. We have supported the development of strong national approaches to climate finance, including green banks, in countries around the world.

Focus areas

International Financial Institutions

International public financial institutions have a unique and vital role in the global transition to climate safety.

Our work focuses on the politics and governance of these institutions, and in assessing their progress in aligning with the Paris Agreement.

Kate Levick

Associate Director - Sustainable Finance

Sonia Dunlop

Programme Lead

Danny Scull

Policy Advisor

Dominique Schmutzer

Junior Researcher

Enrique Madereel

Senior Researcher

Erin Landy

Policy Advisor

Federico Guirado Wilson

Junior Researcher

Laura Sabogal Reyes

Policy Advisor

Viktor Ahlgren

Junior Researcher

Jonathan Walters

Senior Associate

Strategies and Policies

The global financial system is currently biased towards short-term goals at the expense of long-term opportunities and risks.

Policy change can accelerate the transition to a sustainable global economy and align the system to people’s values. Our work develops and encourages high impact reforms in Europe as well as in national and international jurisdictions.

Kate Levick

Associate Director - Sustainable Finance

Ed Matthew

Campaigns Director

Jurei Yada

Programme Lead

Sima Kammourieh

Programme Lead

Ben Gilbey

Senior Researcher

Elizabeth Jacobs

Senior Specialist

Heather McKay

Policy Advisor

Kate Ryan

Senior Policy Advisor

Pietro Cesaro

Researcher

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova

Senior Policy Advisor

David Nemecek

Senior Associate

George Triggs

Senior Associate

Marcela Jaramillo

Senior Associate

Nina Pimblett

Sector Guidance Lead (Transition Plan Taskforce)

System Reform

We focus on the national and international governance of climate-related financial risk, and the integration of climate change into macroeconomic thinking. This includes looking at the role of finance ministries and central banks, and at the relationship between finance and climate policy.

Kate Levick

Associate Director - Sustainable Finance

Sima Kammourieh

Programme Lead

Dileimy Orozco

Senior Policy Advisor

Franklin Steves

Senior Policy Advisor - Interim Head of the Better Recovery Unit

Sony Kapoor

Senior Associate

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