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A mobile ethnography of climate-related (financial) knowledge: the ‘plumbing’ and ‘flows of information’ underpinning green finance

We reflect on what this approach makes visible in the context of the rapid evolution of green finance, and its potential for advancing our understanding of finance’s role in the ecological crisis.
The tragedy before the horizon: avoided emissions and the need to decarbonise now

But what exactly is the idea of avoided emissions and what is it actually good for? We argue that there are several conceptual, methodological and usage-related caveats that considerably limit the usefulness of avoided emissions as a metric for finance.
A call for clarity: what is finance’s theory of (climate) change?

For years, an image has been cultivated of finance seemingly being able and wanting to play an active, if not decisive, role in combating climate change – but how is it going to deliver? And can it even know whether it is delivering?

Conference season 2024

This year, our team will be present at a variety of academic workshops and conferences across Europe – if you are attending as well, please get in touch so we can catch up over coffee!

AOSLink opens in a new window – Accounting, Organization and Society Workshop on Accounting and Grand Challenges

25-26 April, Stockholm, Sweden

SASELink opens in a new window – Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics

27-29 June, Limerick, Ireland

EASST-4S 2024Link opens in a new window – European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

16-19 July, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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The Climate Finance Newsletter

A mobile ethnography of climate-related (financial) knowledge: the ‘plumbing’ and ‘flows of information’ underpinning green finance

The tragedy before the horizon: avoided emissions and the need to decarbonise now

A call for clarity: what is finance’s theory of (climate) change?

Conference season 2024

For academics

For professionals

For interviewees