Centre for Climate Finance & Investment

The Centre’s purpose is to unlock solutions within capital markets to address the challenges posed by global climate change.

We execute interdisciplinary research combining intellectual rigour and industry relevance. Through collaboration between academics and practitioners, we are generating a new understanding of the risks and investment opportunities arising in this changing climate; through climate scenarios, nature based-solutions, renewable energy, and climate-resilient infrastructure.

Courses

Learn to tackle business issues relating to climate change in our master’s programme, or take part in our EdX course designed for executives.

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Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

This workshop convenes experts from finance and ecology to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue on integrating ecological complexity into financial analysis and economic decision-making.

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Implementing a Just Transition in Southeast Asia: How Financial Institutions Can Support Fair and Sustainable Growth

The paper examines the key socioeconomic implications of Southeast Asia’s green transition, categorised into three groups: territories, participants, and sectors. It also outlines the critical roles and responsibilities of financial institutions.

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Driving Decarbonisation: Cross-Sectoral Second Order Impacts of High EV Penetration in India

Authors examine the potential consequences to Indian automakers’ financial performance, and to the transportation, power and industry sectors caused by a demand side shock where a share of electric mobility demand equal to 25% of total passenger road transportation by 2030 (DEM25 scenario).

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Nature Investing Survey

The Centre for Climate Finance & Investment is excited to announce the launch of its global survey on Nature Investing, designed to gather insights into equity investors’ perspectives on nature and biodiversity risks and opportunities.

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Enhancing Market Infrastructure and Integrity to Scale Up Carbon Markets in ASEAN (Policy Brief)

This policy brief provides insights into global carbon markets for ASEAN, drawing on discussions from a roundtable held in Singapore on 4 November 2024, supplemented by additional insights provided by the author.

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Financing Adaptation and Resilience in London and the UK: Moving from Aspiration to Reality

The research project, divided into three separate papers, takes a practical approach by focusing on the real estate and water sectors in London and the UK, ensuring the findings are directly applicable to the local context.

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Mapping Socioeconomic Risks in the Transition to Net-Zero: The Role of Financial Institutions in a Just Transition

How can financial institutions navigate the hidden socioeconomic risks of the net-zero transition? A new paper from the CCFI covers practical steps to safeguard investments and support a just transition, from engaging with governments to providing low-interest loans to SMEs.

Climate Risk Scenarios

Climate Finance Markets & Instruments

Nature

Adaptation & Resilience

Clean Energy Investing

Transition to Net Zero

Centre sponsorship

The Centre is grateful for the support of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, its founding partner benefactor. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners manages direct investments in low-carbon and renewable energy assets and businesses. The company’s management team has more than three decades of experience of investing in global power and energy infrastructure and is currently developing and constructing a $3 billion portfolio of natural gas, renewables and battery storage assets.

Centre partnership

Launched in October 2020, the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC) is Singapore’s first Centre of Excellence for sustainable finance. A joint initiative of Imperial Business School and Singapore Management University (SMU), the SGFC is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and nine leading global financial institutions: Bank of China, BNP Paribas, Fullerton Fund Management, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Schroders, SMBC, Standard Chartered and UBS. The SGFC is committed to creating a resilient and sustainable financial ecosystem, focussing on transition, carbon markets & products, impact, climate & nature, and adaptation.

Affiliated programmes

MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance – Imperial Business School tailored Master’s programme
GRASFI – Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment - The centre is a member of the academic alliance
LinkedIn Climate Risk Network – a LinkedIn group associated with the Climate Finance: Financial Risks and Opportunities course
The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment – leading authority on climate and environmental science at Imperial College

Challenge and opportunity

Stimulating economic growth and reducing greenhouse gas emissions could be the greatest business opportunity of the century. Learn more by watching our video.

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