Professor Ulrich Volz contributes to new landmark report on biodiversity and financial stability

A new report on ‘Central banking and supervision in the biosphere: An agenda for action on biodiversity loss, financial risk and system stability’ argues that biodiversity loss poses systemic risks in the same way as climate change

24th March 2022

Harald Heubaum contributes to IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

Harald Heubaum, the Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance, served as Contributing Author to the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

28th February 2022

Ulrich Volz joins senior officials from climate-vulnerable countries at OECD Development Talk event to discuss solutions to the looming debt crisis in the Global South

Professor Ulrich Volz joined senior officials from climate-vulnerable countries, the IMF and civil society to discuss the looming debt crisis in the Global South.

20th January 2022

Research by Senior Fellow Moritz Kraemer on “The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness” shortlisted for the Financial Time’s Responsible Business Education Awards 2022

Research by Moritz Kraemer, Senior Fellow at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, with colleagues at the University of Cambridge was shortlisted for the Financial Time’s Responsible Business Education Awards 2022.

19th January 2022

Professor Ulrich Volz writes foreword to World Wide Fund for Nature’s first annual report on Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities

Ulrich Volz, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, wrote a foreword to World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) inaugural annual report on Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities (SUSREG).

28th October 2021

New Research Report from the Centre of Sustainable Finance: “The Price of Hesitation: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Price Stability and What the ECB Must Do about It”

A new report published by Greenpeace, the German Institute for Economic Research and the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance presents for the first time empirical evidence of the impact of natural disasters on inflation in the eurozone, highlighting the challenges facing the ECB to achieve price stability in the era of the climate crisis.

9th September 2021

Appointment of Barbara Buchner as Professor in Practice at the Centre for Sustainable Finance

The SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Buchner as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance.

2nd August 2021

New report co-authored by SOAS urges G20 to support debt relief to enable sustainable economic recoveries

A new report co-written by economists at the SOAS University of London calls for a new approach to debt relief which is linked to a green and inclusive recovery.

30th June 2021

SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance to host three events as part of London Climate Action Week

24th June 2021

Yannis Dafermos and Ulrich Volz spoke at the ‘Green Swan Conference’

SOAS researchers contributed at major conference on climate risk and financial markets hosted by the Band for International Settlements, Banque de France, International Monetary Fund, and the Network of Central Banks and Financial Supervisors for Greening the Financial System.

4th June 2021

Europe’s Central Banks Need to be More Aligned with Climate Neutrality Target

New report by the LSE Grantham Research Institute and the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance highlights the need for European central banks to “mainstream net-zero” across all their operations to align them with the climate neutrality targets of the European Union and the member states.

24th May 2021

Ulrich Volz Presents on ‘Inclusive Green Finance’ at the G-24/AFI Policymaker’s Roundtable at the Virtual 2021 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

13th April 2021

Ulrich Volz to Host Fireside Chat on the Future of Central Banking with the Former Governor of Pakistan’s Central Bank and the Deputy Governor of Brazil’s Central Bank

25th January 2021

New report demands G20 to go beyond recent announcements and tackle the escalating debt, pandemic and climate crisis.

16th November 2020

ECB’s purchasing policies skewed towards carbon-intensive industries – report

29th October 2020