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Collection  13 February 2023

Role of green finance in achieving sustainable development

In the field of energy and environment, several pressing issues are confronting both developing and developed countries, including high energy prices, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, global warming, unachieved energy efficiency goals, and a lack of public support for renewable energy development. The financial industry is expected to be essential in tackling these enormous challenges. Establishing the required technology and legislative frameworks to handle these issues is not enough. Inadequate financial resources are a crucial hurdle to addressing these issues and guaranteeing equitable and sustainable development for everyone while maintaining within the bounds of the planet's boundaries. These solutions are not being deployed at scale in the priority regions.  

Energy transition and increasing the share of renewable energy in our energy baskets would help reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, electricity prices, and GHG emissions to achieve sustainability goals. However, renewable energy projects have more difficulties than other projects in accessing finance. The main challenges that renewable energy projects face in accessing finance are lack of long-term financing, the existence of various risks, Lower rate of return in renewable energy projects, and lack of capacity in market actors (Taghizadeh-hesary and Yoshino, 2019). Hence, If we plan to achieve a sustainable global economy, serious policy reform on financial management is required, and we need to scale up the financing of investments that provide environmental benefits, known as “Green Finance.” (Sachs et al. 2019). In the wake of COVID-19, the importance of green finance for enhancing investments in renewable energy projects to achieve climate-related goals is highlighted.

The purpose of this call is to provide comprehensive solutions covering many aspects of green finance, especially on ways to unlock private investments into green projects for the energy transition and sustainable development. This Collection seeks theoretical, empirical, case studies, and policy-oriented papers that deal with innovative and market-based solutions for unlocking private investments for the energy transition and sustainable development. Successful manuscripts will consist of papers developed based on a sound theoretical framework and significantly contribute to the literature. The Collection will collectively provide policy recommendations for designing green finance strategies for energy transition and sustainable development. The Collection aims to provide lessons to end-users and market players on access to green finance for the energy transition.

Relevant themes include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Green finance, energy transition, and sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• Investing in the energy transition in the post-COVID-19 world
• Green finance for green recovery
• Financial management and energy transition
• Financial institutions and green finance
• Role of governments in accelerating green finance and energy transition
• Carbon taxation and sustainability
• Green central banking and sustainability
• Green financing as a policy tool for financial development to promote the energy transition and sustainability
• Green finance and carbon neutrality
• Green finance and financial inclusion
• Green finance and small and medium-sized enterprises
• Green finance and technological progress
• Blockchain technology and green finance
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and green finance
• Green bonds and sustainable development
• Green banks and sustainability
• Role of green digital finance in accelerating the energy transition
• Green finance and energy efficiency
• Energy efficiency financing role in the energy transition
• Green financing as a new determinant of green fiscal policies for the energy transition
• Green and transition finance

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 11.

• Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary

Tokai University, Japan

Naoyuki Yoshino

Keio University, Japan

Heriot-Watt University, UK

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Ecological money and finance—upscaling local complementary currencies

• Thomas Lagoarde-Ségot
• Alban Mathieu

Green digital finance and technology diffusion

• Yishuang Liu

Assessing the effect of urban digital infrastructure on green innovation: mechanism identification and spatial-temporal characteristics

• Chengming Li
• Huaxing Wang

Exploring low-carbon and sustainable urban transformation design using ChatGPT and artificial bee colony algorithm

Utilizing virtual arts in reforming market players’ behavior to invest in sustainability projects, green finance, social inclusion, and sustainable economic growth in oecd member countries, role of green finance and carbon accounting in achieving sustainability, role of foreign direct investment and political openness in boosting the eco-tourism sector for achieving sustainability.

• Yunfeng Shang

Promoting carbon neutrality and green growth through cultural industry financing

• Hanzhi Zhang
• Jingfeng Zhang
• Chih-Hung Pai

Reducing carbon emissions through green renewal: insights from residential energy consumption in Chinese urban inventory districts from an evidence-based decision-making perspective

Coupling coordination development between eco-investment, tourism, and logistics in Anhui Province, China

• Ranran Zhao

Corporate management, green finance, and sustainability

• Zhihua Zhao
• Zhenjiang Xing

Financing preferences and practices for developing sustainable exhibitions in Chinese companies

• Fangbin Qian

Exploring the effectiveness of fiscal decentralization in environmental expenditure based on the CO 2 ecological footprint in urban China

• Guochang Fang

Pollution, income inequality and green finance in the new EU member states

• Mihaela Simionescu
• Beáta Gavurová

Ways to bring private investment to the tourism industry for green growth

• Fengxiao Gong

A sustainable solution to promote interest-based municipal solid waste management

• Fangkun Xin
• Xingyue Wan

Funding and financing the zero emissions journey: urban visions from the 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission

• Giulia Ulpiani
• Enrique Rebolledo
• Paolo Bertoldi

Utilizing mutual learning in literature and cultural industry finance in order to realise green economic recovery and sustainability

Impact of investment in quality language education on green economic growth: case study of 23 chinese provinces.

• XueJiao Wei

Green bond issuance and corporate ESG performance: the perspective of internal attention and external supervision

• Xiaohang Ren

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Doctor in Philosophy (DPhil/PhD) in Sustainable Finance topics

Course overview

Each year the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme supervises or co-supervises Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil/PhD) students on sustainable finance topics.

Students apply to the DPhil in Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. The DPhil is the University of Oxford’s premier research degree, awarded to candidates who have successfully completed a major piece of original research. The course provides support and an intellectual environment to pursue your own independent research.

Course structure and content

The DPhil is offered as either a full-time three- to four-year degree, or a part-time six- to eight-year degree. Currently the expected contact time for the part-time arrangement is thirty days at Oxford per year; the majority of this will take place across the three eight-week terms and will include supervision meetings and core research training.

Teaching and assessment

The DPhil is an advanced research degree which is awarded on the basis of a thesis and oral examination (assessment of other work is not taken into consideration). The thesis should represent a significant and substantial piece of research which is conveyed in a lucid and scholarly manner which shows that you have a good general knowledge of the field of your thesis. You are required to work independently, to take the initiative in exploring a line of research and to acquire new skills in order to carry out your research. You will be allocated a supervisor who will meet with you at specifically agreed times and will agree with you a research plan and programme of work and to establish clear academic expectations and milestones.

Entry requirements, fees and application

Degree-level qualifications

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the equivalent of the following UK qualifications:

• a master’s degree with distinction (or a distinction grade on the dissertation, as a minimum) in geography or a related environmental field,  and
• a first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in any discipline.

For applicants with a degree from the USA, the minimum GPA sought is 3.7 out of 4.0.

You are encouraged to look at the department lists of  potential supervisors and topics  before writing your research proposal and to approach specific supervisors directly to discuss your research proposal before applying.

Career opportunities

Many graduates are commanding influential positions in multinational corporations, in national, state and international government, in non-governmental organisations, and by continuing with further research.

For course related inquiries please contact:

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Course Features

• Host Institution University of Oxford
• Department / Institute School of Geography and the Environment
• Course Name Doctor in Philosophy (DPhil/PhD) in Sustainable Finance topics
• Course Type Degree program
• Course Mode Full time or part time
• Location Oxford
• Course Language English
• Course Level Doctoral
• Duration 3 years
• For information on course fees please see university website.

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