The Origins of Climate Finance Research

The podcast episode explores the early days of researching finance's role in addressing climate change. The guest, Andrew Corioli-Joynous, discusses his interest in the topic and the lack of attention it initially received in financial economics. As the executive editor of the Review of Financial Studies, he received an invitation from the Prince of Wales to discuss why climate finance research was underrepresented in top journals. This prompted Andrew and his colleagues to issue a call for papers and hold a competition to stimulate research in the field. The response was overwhelming, leading to the publication of a special issue that kickstarted the field of climate finance.