Investing for a Greener Planet

Addressing Climate Challenges Through Sustainable Finance
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-73752-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This title highlights the pertinent issue of climate change and its management using sustainable sources of finance. The book provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable development and its management using green finance, green energy, green transport, and green infrastructure, as well as the policies and innovations that can be implemented at both the micro and macro levels.

Features:

- Covers theories, concepts, practices, regulations, case studies, and real-world applications related to sustainable finance.

- Introduces the concept of sustainable finance and climate risk management.

- Explains green finance, green infrastructure, green transport, and others to mitigate the climate risk.

- Provides a comprehensive view of various policies and innovations that can be done at micro and macro level to reduce carbon footprints.

- Reviews contemporary concept of climate-related disclosures and reporting by financial institutions.

This book is aimed at graduate students, researchers, and professionals in environmental sciences, sustainable finance, climate change, and circular economy including policymakers.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yadav, Kiran

Singh, Pardeep

Daga, Shikha

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Embarking on Change: Introduction to a Greener World Through Sustainable Finance

2. Climate Challenges and the Role of Sustainable Finance

3. Mitigation of climate change: Can sustainable finance take on the challenge?

4. Banking in the era of sustainability transition. Sustainable Banking Practices for Green Financing

5. Environmental issues and Green finance: Perspectives on Global climate change mitigation with an emphasis on India

6. Comprehending green bonds for sustainable financing

7. Role of Green, Sustainability and Sustainability-linked bonds globally, and the emergence of Sovereign Green Bonds in India

8. Role of Monetary Policy in Tackling Climate Change

9. A comprehensive view of FinTech as a catalyst for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs): Policy insights for developing economies

10. Financial Literacy: A Fuel for Sustainable Finance

11. Unlocking Sustainable Investments through Catalytic Funding: An Evaluative Approach

12. Climate-related Disclosure and Reporting Frameworks for Financial Institutions: Navigating the Evolving Landscape

13. Machine Learning Approach to Forecast Stock Markets in the Age of Climate Change

14. Illuminating Sustainability Reporting: A Call for Policy Enhancement in India

15. Driving Sustainable Growth: Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Adoption for Pollution Reduction and Economic Advancement in India

Über Autor(innen)

Pardeep Singh is presently an assistant professor (Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India). He obtained his Master’s degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras (Hindu University), Varanasi. He has published more than 65 papers in international journals. He has also edited more than 75 books with various global publishers.

Shikha Daga is currently serving as an associate professor in the Department of Commerce at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, and has successfully completed her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi. She is also a recipient of the National Eligibility Test (NET) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). With over 16 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Daga has actively contributed to academia through her participation in national and international conferences, where she has presented research papers and served as a session chair and co-chair. She has an extensive research portfolio, with various published research papers, book chapters in reputed publications, and authorship of two books. Additionally, she has edited seven books, further strengthening her academic contributions.

Kiran Yadav is an assistant professor in the Department of Commerce at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, with nearly 12 years of teaching experience. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences and Commerce from Maharshi Dayanand University, specialising in the impact of psychological factors on individual investment decisions. She has received a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET). Her research interests include behavioural finance, ESG, corporate governance, green finance, the green economy, climate change, and sustainability. She has edited multiple books and published various book chapters and research papers in Scopus-indexed journals, focusing on financial decision-making, sustainability, and ESG-related topics.