Thu 17/09/2015 - 12:00 By Billy Pizer (Duke University) - Four guideposts for efficient low carbon finance: remove subsidies for high-carbon technologies, improve the cost-effectiveness of low-carbon subsidies, encourage private sector innovation and maintain transparent public policy tools that support cost-benefit accounting.

Fri 18/09/2015 - 12:00 In the 1960s, France’s economy was growing fast. Having successfully recovered from World War II, it had embarked on comprehensive modernisation. New cities were built to accommodate massive migration from the countryside, ambitious transport and communication infrastructure programmes were rolled out, consumer durable industries were booming and innovative new products were being launched. By Jean Pisani-Ferry

Tue 22/09/2015 - 12:00 Alfredo Sirkis (Centro Brasil no Clima) - This article is part of a special series discussing the economic dimensions of environmental issues ahead of the COP 21 Climate change Conference held in Paris on 30 November-11 December 2015.

Tue 22/09/2015 - 12:00 By Sam Fankhauser (Grantham Research Institute - London School of Economics) - Three factors hold back low-carbon investment in Europe: the risk/return profile of low-carbon investment projects, regulatory and behavioural features in the financial sector and a more global political economy context. These are key issues to create an investment climate for climate investment.

Thu 01/10/2015 - 12:00 By Dipak Dasgupta (Board Member of Global Climate Fun, India) - This paper seeks to bring a historical perspective to current global financial architecture issues on the speed and scale of climate finance needed to achieve a safer two degrees world. We look back in history to a similar episode for lessons: the financing and building of railroads in the 19th century.

Thu 22/10/2015 - 12:00 By Michel Lepetit (SFTE Spokesman) - Massive financing of the energy transition in schools, hospitals and other public buildings

Thu 22/10/2015 - 12:00 By Ottmar Edenhofer, Jan Christoph Steckel and Michael Jakob.

Mon 09/11/2015 - 12:00 By Abdeldjellil Bouzidi, economist and Managing Partner, Emena Advisory and Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group - Linking public debt to CO2 emissions could give governments a strong incentive to deliver on climate change action.

Fri 27/11/2015 - 12:00 By Dr. Matthias Kroll - Based on "How central banks can contribute to staying below the 2°C benchmark by purchasing Green Climate Bonds.", Future Finance - Policy Brief No. 1, 4/2015

Wed 02/12/2015 - 12:00 By Prof. Dr. D.A. Loorbach and Drs. R. Lijnis Huffenreuter - Dutch Research Institute For Transitions, Erasmus University Rotterdam