This report focuses on pension system greening and aims to provide data-driven recommendations to orient climate-aligned investment practices. In order to undertake a holistic analysis, this report consists of the following sections: a literature review outlining the need to green the global...

Die Neuerfindung der Weltpolitik. Das Zeitalter der kohlenstoffbasierten Energieerzeugung geht zu Ende. Eine vergleichbare Zäsur ist auch für das globale politische System zu erwarten. Menschen sind Gewohnheitstiere und stellen sich die Zukunft nur allzu gerne als eine Weiterführung der...

Rezension: Ein Science-Thriller der besonderen Art! Wie konnte es kommen, dass die Tatsache der Erderwärmung mit ihren gefährlichen Folgen schon vor gut 40 Jahren klar war, breit diskutiert wurde, dann aber aus dem öffentlichen Bewusstsein verschwand? Der junge Historiker Rafe Pomerance, der...

The historical increase in emissions is for one-fourth attributable to the growth of emissions per person, whereas three-fourths are due to population growth. This striking evidence is not represented in the majority of climate-economic studies, which mostly neglect the environmental...

This paper summarizes scientific thought on the likelihood of Climate Change and explores potential implications for retirement planning. The thoughts of several authors are combined to place Climate Change risk within the context of Black Swans and Deep Risk and describe implications for...

The urgency of estimating the impact of climate risks on the financial system is increasingly recognized among scholars and practitioners. By adopting a network approach to financial dependencies, we look at how climate policy risk might propagate through the financial system. We develop a...

The insurance industry could potentially play a greater constructive role in mitigating climate risk by aligning with entities that scrupulously incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects in their business philosophy