Financing the Path to a Low-Carbon Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

International finance plays a critical role in facilitating the transition to a low-carbon economy. International finance can be channeled into renewable energy projects, energy-efficient infrastructures, and other low-carbon technologies. This investment helps us to accelerate the development and deployment of clean energy solutions, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and mitigating climate change. International finance can support the implementation of carbon pricing mechanisms such as carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems. These mechanisms create financial incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon emissions and invest in low-carbon alternatives. International financial institutions can issue green bonds to raise funds for environmentally sustainable projects. These bonds attract investors who are interested in supporting initiatives that address climate change and promote a low-carbon economy. International finance can help countries and businesses manage the financial risks associated with climate change. This includes developing insurance products to cover climate-related damages and providing financial assistance for adaptation measures. International finance institutions can provide capacity building and technical assistance to help countries develop policies and regulations that support the transition to a low-carbon economy. This includes assistance with renewable energy integration, energy efficiency improvements, and climate resilience planning. International finance can support carbon offset projects, where investments are made in activities that reduce or offset greenhouse gas emissions, such as reforestation or renewable energy projects in developing countries.

This Special Issue focuses on the impact that sustainable development has on the financial market and the role played by financial institutions, companies and portfolio investors in supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. The scope of this Special Issue is to provide scientific articles and review papers that analyze the contribution of the financial market to supporting the transition to a low carbon economy. Guest editors are waiting for theoretical and practical works that capture the main financial instruments, mechanisms, and actors specific to this complex process that generates the metamorphosis of business strategies from both companies and financial institutions. The purpose of this Special Issue is to attract valuable works that, through their theoretical and practical contributions, support the actions of companies, financial institutions and public authorities so that the promotion of sustainable development is a natural process, arising from business strategies.

This special number is necessary because the process of financial innovation is very intense, being supported by brokerage companies and stock exchanges that try to offer institutional and individual investors different tools through which they can become involved in supporting the processes of sustainable development and energy transition. International finance plays a crucial role in mobilizing capital and resources to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, helping to address climate change and promote sustainable development on a global scale.

Prof. Dr. Mirela Panait
Prof. Dr. Eglantina Hysa
Dr. Justice G. Djokoto
Dr. Felizia Arni Rudiawarni
Prof. Dr. Manuela Rozalia Gabor
Guest Editors

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• investment in green technologies
• carbon pricing mechanisms
• green bonds and sustainable finance
• risk management and hedging strategies
• carbon offsetting
• foreign direct investment
• nonfinancial performance
• corporate social responsibility
• green bank
• ESG investment