GREEN FINANCE RESEARCH ADVANCES

The conference starts at 14:00, on Tuesday, December 7th 

and unfolds through the full day on Wednesday, December 8th, during 09:00-17:00.

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Save the date for the 6th edition of the annual conference “Green Finance Research Advances”, co-organised by Banque de France and Institut Louis Bachelier.

 

PROGRAMME

 

 

TUESDAY DECEMBER 7^TH

Afternoon session – Modelling the macroeconomics of the climate transition

2:00 – 2:05 pm Introductory remarks
Speaker: Jean Boissinot (Banque de France)

2:05 – 2:30 pm Keynote intervention “Climate policy is macroeconomic policy, and the implications will be significant” (2021)
Speaker: Jean Pisani-Ferry (Bruegel, EUI and Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Including Q&A session

 

2:30 – 4:45 pm A comparative analysis of modelling approaches to assess transition impacts
Moderator: Stéphane Dees (Banque de France) :

2:30 – 2:50 pm Presentation by ADEME
Speakers: Gaël Callonnec and Florian Jacquetin

2:50 – 3:10 pm Presentation by SEURECO
Speaker: Baptiste Boitier

3:10 – 3:30 pm Presentation by CIRED
Speakers: Quentin Couix and Frédéric Ghersi

3:30 – 3:40 pm Comfort Break

3:40 – 4:00 pm Presentation by Banque de France
Speakers: Annabelle de Gaye and Noëmie Lisack

4:00 – 4:45 pm Discussion session and wrap-up
Moderator: Stéphane Dees (Banque de France)

 

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8^TH

Morning Session

9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome remarks
Speaker 1: Nathalie Aufauvre (Banque de France)
Speaker 2: Jean-Michel Beacco (Institut Louis Bachelier)

9:15 – 9:55 am “In search of climate distress risk” (2021)
Speaker: Quyen Nguyen (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago)
Authors: Quyen Nguyen, Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Duminda Kuruppuarachchi
Including Q&A session

9:55 – 10:35 am “Why do firms issue green bonds?” (2021)
Speaker: Julien Daubanes (University of Geneva (GSEM) and MIT (CEEPR))
Authors: Julien Daubanes, Shema Mitali and Jean-Charles Rochet
Including Q&A session

10:35 – 10:50 am Comfort Break

10:50 – 11:30 am “Mandatory climate-related disclosure by financial institutions and the financing of fossil energy” (2021) 
Speaker: Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier (Sciences Po Paris, Banque de France)
Authors: Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier, Benoît Nguyen
Including Q&A session

11:30 – 12:10 pm A “Silent Spring” for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks in France
Speaker: Romain Svartzman (Banque de France)
Authors: Svartzman Romain, Espagne Etienne, Gauthey Julien, Hadji-Lazaro Paul, Salin Mathilde, Allen Thomas, Berger Joshua, Calas Julien, Godin Antoine, Vallier Antoine
Including Q&A session

12:10 – 12:15 pm Wrap-up
Speaker:  Stéphane Voisin (Institut Louis Bachelier)

 

 

Afternoon Session

2:00 – 2:30 pm Award of the Banque de France “Young Researchers in Green Finance”
Speakers: Emmanuelle Assouan (Banque de France)
Short presentation(s) by the Laureate(s)

2:30 – 3:10 pm Integrated economy-climate models and their uses for financial decision making
Speakers: Frédéric Ghersi (CIRED) and Peter Tankov ( Institut Louis Bachelier)
Authors: Jean-Charles Hourcade, Peter Tankov, Stéphane Voisin, Frédéric Ghersi, Julien Lefèvre
Including Q&A session

3:10 – 3:20 pm Comfort Break

3:20 – 4:20 pm Panel on climate scenario design
Panelists: 

• Theresa Löber, Bank of England
• Laurent Clerc, Banque de France
• Mariana Escobar Uribe, Financial Superintendence of Colombia
• Dawn Holland, National Institute of Economic & Social Research 
• Alexandre Köberle, Imperial College London

Moderator: Thomas Allen (Banque de France)
Including Q&A session

4:20 – 4:30 pm Concluding remarks
Speaker: Jean Boissinot (Banque de France)

 

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To watch the conference online: green-finance-research-advances-2021.org

Learn more about ILB’s Interdisciplinary Research Programme Green and Sustainable Finance 

 

Organisers:

ILB
Banque de France