The Centre for Climate Finance & Investment undertakes cutting-edge research.
Our strategic aims guide the Centre’s work as we shape the future of climate-aligned finance and deliver practical impact across research and industry.
The Centre acts as an institutional bridge:
Between science and financial markets, converting climate, nature, and environmental data into decision-useful metrics for investors, corporates, financial institutions, and other market participants.
Between academic research and market innovation, developing novel methodologies with industry relevance, adoption, and scalability.
Between technology and finance, using advanced analytics, AI, and data-driven methods to strengthen risk assessment, scenario analysis, and investment decision-making.
Between risk and opportunity, helping organisations manage uncertainty while identifying investable pathways for resilience, clean energy, adaptation, economic security, and sustainable growth.
Recent Research Papers
- Allen, F., Behr, P., Cosenza, R., & Nowak, E. (2026). . Review of Finance, 30(1), 321-349.
Ìý - Allen, F., Barbalau, A., Chavez, E., & Zeni, F. (2025). Leveraging the capabilities of multinational firms to address climate change: a finance perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 56(4), 461-480.
Ìý - Allen, F., Barbalau, A., & Zeni, F. . Available at SSRN.
Ìý - S. Biagini, E. Biffis, K. Salezadeh Nobari. . Available at SSRN.
Ìý - Cenci, S., and Biffis, E. (2025). . Nature Communications, 16(1), 1537.
Ìý - Bolton, P., Chavez, E., and Masselot, P. The Missing Climate Millions. Available at SSRN.
Ìý - Bolton, P., Edenhofer, O., Kleinnijenhuis, A., Rockström, J., & Zettelmeyer, J. (2025). . Nature, 639(8055), 574-576.
Ìý - Colmer, J., Martin, R., Muûls, M., and Wagner, U. J. (2025). Review of Economic Studies, 92(3), 1625-1660.
Ìý - Döttling, R., and Rola-Janicka, M. (2025). . Journal of Financial Economics, 172, 104105.
Ìý - Kacperczyk, M.T. Available at SSRN.
Ìý - Kacperczyk, M. (2025). . Nature Climate Change, 15(9), 923-924.
Ìý - Khanna, S., Martin, R. and Muûls, M. . Available at GOV.UK.
Ìý - Koci, Iva and Holtedahl, Pernille, . Available at SSRN.
Ìý - H. Liang, E. Biffis, E.M. Slade, P. Bolton. Pricing Biodiversity-related Impacts for Business and Investment Decisions.
Ìý - W.D. Pearse, F. Allen, S. Cenci, H. Liang, O.F. Morris, N.J. Pates, E.M. Slade, L. Somekh, E. Biffis. . Available at EcoEvoRxiv.
Ìý - Williams, R. . Available at SSRN