2025 International Symposium on Climate, Finance, and Sustainability

8:45 - 9:00 (15min)

Opening Remarks and Welcome Note

9:00 - 9:15 (15min)

Registration & Coffee

9:15 - 10:15 (1h)

Economics and the dynamics of energy transition: conceptual confusions and missing pieces of the puzzle

Michael Grubb

10:15 - 10:30 (15min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A1: Climate Finance I

Room 1

Linh Tran, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

› Financial Incentives for US Corporate Green Bonds - Kyuri Kim, Texas A&M University, United States 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Market Valuation of Climate Patents: What are the Most Valuable Innovations ? - Murad Nuriyev, Université des Sciences Sociales - Toulouse I, AMUNDI Asset Management, France 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Weathering the Storm: How Natural Disasters Shape Bank Consolidation - Linh Tran, University of Bristol, United Kingdom 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A2: Climate Negotiations and Scenarios

Room 2

Christopher Monckton Of Brenchley, Science and Public Policy Institute, United Kingdom

› Market power and global public goods - Sebastian Kessing, University of Siegen, Germany 10:30-10:52 (22min)

› The impact of geopolitical risk on the connectedness between carbon and energy markets: A multiscale higher-moment analysis - Ling Xiao, University of London, United Kingdom 10:52-11:14 (22min)

› Optimal level of Government Controls for Electric Vehicle transition - Paul Johnson, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 11:14-11:36 (22min)

› An error of temperature feedback formulism and its consequences - Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, Science and Public Policy Institute, United Kingdom 11:36-12:00 (24min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A3: Natural Resources and Climate Finance

Room 3

Thao Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

› Green Strategies and Financial Stability: Unveiling the Impact of Waste Management on Default Risk - Ammar Ali GULL, De Vinci Research Center, France 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Firm Biodiversity risk and Distance-to-Default - Thao Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A4: Green Finance and Climate Risk

Room 4

Hoa Luong, University of Otago, New Zealand

› Climate beta uncertainty in corporate bonds - Ricardo Henriquez, Aix-Marseille Université, France 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Monetary Policy and ESG Dilemma: How Higher Real Interest Rates Hamper Corporate ESG Performance - Hoa Luong, University of Otago, New Zealand 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› The Allure of ESG: Do Sustainable ESG Investments Truly Attract Fund Investors? Insights from New Portfolio Analysis - You Zhou, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 11:30-12:00 (30min)

12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B1: Climate Finance, Natural Resources and Green Finance

Room 1

Nadia Ameli, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, United Kingdom

› Environmental Penalties and Green Talk evidence from conference calls - Chiara De Amicis, SKEMA Business School, France 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Financial Markets and Climate Change: Theory and Empirical Evidence of a Critical Return Threshold - Francis Didier Tatoutchoup, Université de Moncton, Canada 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› The ‘Hidden Cost' of Sustainable Debt Financing in Emerging Markets - Nadia Ameli, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, United Kingdom 14:30-15:00 (30min)

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B2: Climate Finance and Climate Risk

Room 2

Maria Victoria Landaberry, Banco Central del Uruguay, Uruguay

› Are sovereign debts sustainable under energy transition? - Veronica Mammetti, Sapienza University Rome, Italy 13:30-13:52 (22min)

› Climate Stress Testing Vietnamese Banks Using a Blended Modeling and Scenario Based Approach - Jesse Grabowski, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Centre Des Sciences Economique, France 13:52-14:14 (22min)

› EU ETS Market Expectations and Rational Bubbles - Robinson Kruse, University of Hagen, Germany 14:14-14:36 (22min)

› An estimate of the Uruguayan banking system's carbon footprint - Andrea Barón Vanoni, Banco Central del Uruguay, Uruguay 14:36-15:00 (24min)

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B3: Role of Financial Institutions and Climate Resilience

Room 3

Viet Nguyen-Tien, London School of Economics and Political Science , United Kingdom

› Explosive Financing? Bank Share Price Reactions to Carbon Bomb Exposure - Martin Wallmeier, University of Fribourg, Switzeland 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› From Rents to Renewables: The Financial Tipping Point in OPEC's Energy Divide - Marco Baudino, University of Cote d'Azur, France 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› Pathways to Green Innovation: The Roles of Green Knowledge Relatedness and Complexity - Viet Nguyen-Tien, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom 14:30-15:00 (30min)

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B4: Carbon Finance, Energy and Marcoeconomic Implications

Room 4

Zied Ftiti, EDC Paris Business School, France

› EU Carbon Market Forecasting Amid Global Economic and Financial Uncertainty - Zied Ftiti, EDC Paris Business School, France 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Analyzing CBAM's Effects on the Supply Chain: Green Growth or Green Inflation? - Raphaël Semet, University of Evry Paris Saclay, France 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› Peer-to-Peer Basis Risk Management for Renewable Production Parametric Insurance - Alicia Bassiere, Laboratoire Génie Industriel, France 14:30-15:00 (30min)

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30 (1h)

Meet with Editor Session

Room 1

Monica Contestabile

16:30 - 17:30 (1h)

Nature-based Financial Instruments for Climate Change Mitigation

Room 1

Andreas Kontoleon, Professor of Environmental Economics and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

16:30 - 17:30 (1h)

Climate and Economic Modeling in Policy Making

Room 2

Jan Rielaender, Head of Country Diagnostics and Strategy at OECD, United Kingdom

19:00 - 22:00 (3h)

Dinner

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