2024 International Symposium on Climate, Finance, and Sustainability

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Coffee break

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

C1: Green Finance II

D207

Ethan Eslahi, IÉSEG School of Management, France

› Corruption kills: Global evidence from natural disasters - João Jalles, IPAG Business School – France & University of Lisbon - Portugal 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› It's in the financials, stupid! But is it certain? - Christian Haas, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Mission accomplished? A post-assessment of EU ETS impact on power sector emissions reduction - Ethan Eslahi, IÉSEG School of Management, France 10:00-10:30 (30min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

C2: Climate Risk and Macroeconomic implications I

D208

Lucas Bretschger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

› The effects of flood risk on the transaction price of houses in France - Thierry Kamionka, Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique, France 09:00-09:22 (22min)

› Effects of monetary policy rates on energy technologies: Implications for the European green transition - Sasha Serebriakova, Maastricht University, Netherlands 09:22-09:44 (22min)

› Local finance and economic resilience during extreme weather events - Mark Sanders, Maaschicht University, Netherlands 09:44-10:06 (22min)

› Decarbonization with heterogeneous knowledge creation and technology tipping - Lucas Bretschger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 10:06-10:30 (24min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

C3: Climate and Green Finance

D209

Geert Langenus, National Bank of Belgium, Belgium

› Are technology adoption subsidies really so unfair? - Grover David, EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management, France 09:00-09:22 (22min)

› Banks' climate commitments: A silver lining for climate action or just hot air? First evidence from the Swiss mortgage business - Mischa Aeschlimann, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 09:22-09:44 (22min)

› Transforming energy access finance: Sustainable financing for clean energy transitions in the Global South - Jiska De Groot, University of Cape Town, South Africa 09:44-10:06 (22min)

› The impact of climate transition policies on Belgian firms: What can we learn from a survey? - Geert Langenus, National Bank of Belgium, Belgium 10:06-10:30 (24min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

C4: Energy, Environment, and Climate Models

D210

Julien Thavarda, University of Lorraine, France

› The impact of the free electricity program and farmer attitudes: A study from the Telangana State of India - Krishna Reddy Chittedi, University of Hyderabad, India 09:00-09:22 (22min)

› Decarbonizing multilateral development banks' global power generation portfolios - Clemens-Maria Lehofer, Technical University of Munich, Germany 09:22-09:44 (22min)

› Dealing with water scarcity: a CGE model for assessing macroeconomic impacts in Nelson Mandela Bay (SA) - Franck Viroleau, Université de Rouen, France 09:44-10:06 (22min)

› How climate physical risks affect banking stability? The Latin American experience with strong ENSO events - Julien Thavarda, University of Lorraine, France 10:06-10:30 (24min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

D1: Climate Risk and Disclosures III

D207

Michael König-Sykorova, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany

› Exploring the evidence on the association between monetary and financial policy shocks and climate finance: The case of the Small Island Developing States - Stephanie Werleman, University of Groningen, Netherlands and Central Bank of Aruba, Aruba 11:00-11:22 (22min)

› The United States washes its hands of the Paris Agreement: Is corporate ESG performance faltering in the climate Storm? - Xuejing Yu, University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland 11:22-11:44 (22min)

› Energy efficiency and consumption patterns: Insights from EPCs and smart meters in the French residential sector - Edouard Civel, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France 11:44-12:06 (22min)

› Effectiveness of emission reduction policies and the role of corporate governance - Michael König-Sykorova, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany 12:06-12:30 (24min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

D2: Energy Markets and Green Finance

D208

Hongyu Shan, China Europe International Business School, China

› Why do investors discriminate against high emitting green bond issuers? - Vivi Yuwei Liao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China 11:00-11:22 (22min)

› Oil price uncertainty and the macroeconomy - Athanasios Triantafyllou, IÉSEG School of Management, France 11:22-11:44 (22min)

› Green vs. dirty cryptocurrencies: Information sharing and market stability during crisis - Sana Gaied Chortane, Institut Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Tunisia 11:44-12:06 (22min)

› How does ESG shape consumption? - Hongyu Shan, China Europe International Business School, China 12:06-12:30 (24min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

D3: Energy Markets I

D209

Monika Papiez, Krakow University of Economics, Poland

› An empirically validated open source approach for calculating the cost of capital of onshore wind, offshore wind and solar PV worldwide - Katharina Wildgruber, Public Policy for the Green Transition, TU Munich, Germany 11:00-11:22 (22min)

› Energy from renewable sources, corruption, and inflation: why is the EU's growth so sluggish? Exploring nonlinearities in light with the energy transition - Catherine Buneau, University Paris 1, France 11:22-11:44 (22min)

› Spatial disparities of energy transition in Europe - Krzysztof Wasniewski, The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland 11:44-12:06 (22min)

› How does environmental policy stringency affect the CO2 emissions in the OECD and BRICS countries? - Monika Papiez, Krakow University of Economics, Poland 12:06-12:30 (24min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

D4: Energy Markets II

D210

Marco Baudino, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS-GREDEG, France

› Evaluating the impact of climate risk measures on firm value: A cross-country study using machine learning models - Meryem Yankol-Schalck, IPAG Business School, France 11:00-11:22 (22min)

› Carbon curse: As you extract, so you will burn - Adrien Desroziers, Université du Havre Normandie, France 11:22-11:44 (22min)

› Enhancing hybrid forecasting models with cross-entropy, fuzzy-logic and attention mechanisms - Heni Boubaker, IPAG Business School, France 11:44-12:06 (22min)

› Oil rents, renewable energy and the role of financial development: evidence from OPEC+ members - Marco Baudino, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS-GREDEG, France 12:06-12:30 (24min)

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Policy Keynote

Amphitheater Raymon Aron

Amélie de Montchalin

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

E1: Climate Finance and Risk I

D207

Evzen Kocenda, Charles University, Czech Republic

› From Stranded Assets to Assets-at-Risk: Reframing the narrative for European private financial institutions - Chaudhary Natasha, Institute for Climate Economics, France 15:30-15:52 (22min)

› The false promise of a sustainable finance regime: A financial system perspective - Willem Klok, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 15:52-16:14 (22min)

› Evaluating climate risk in the financial sector: a bibliometric analysis. - Violeta Bringas Fernández, Santander Financial Institute (SANFI), Universidad de Cantabria, Spain 16:14-16:36 (22min)

› Geopolitical risk and extreme spillovers among oil-based commodities - Evzen Kocenda, Charles University, Czech Republic 16:36-17:00 (24min)

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

E2: Climate Finance and Risk II

D208

Vigdis Boasson, Central Michigan University, United States

› Forecasting carbon prices: What is the role of technology? - Nada Mselmi, RITM, Paris Saclay University, France 15:30-15:52 (22min)

› Endogenous innovative financing of renewable energy and inclusive catch-up in Africa: Insights from East Asia - Omolola Amoussou, African Development Bank, Côte d’Ivoire 15:52-16:14 (22min)

› Systemic risk, dynamic correlations, and portfolio optimization in the Hydrogen economy: Evidence from market crises - Alamgir Hossain, University of Vaasa, Finland 16:14-16:36 (22min)

› Climate change risks on corporate valuation and stock returns - Vigdis Boasson, Central Michigan University, United States 16:36-17:00 (24min)

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

E3: Natural Resources, Risk, Welfare and Social Preferences II

D209

José Marques, University of Aveiro, Portugal

› The effects of geopolitical risk on investor attention towards renewable energy: Evidence from the global context and Turkey - Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Université Paris-Saclay, France 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Energy poverty response to COVID - 19 and energy cris i s in European NUTS 1 regions - Sławomir Śmiech, Krakow University of Economics, Poland 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› Geopolitical risks and energy commodities dynamics in G7 economies - José Marques, University of Aveiro, Portugal 16:30-17:00 (30min)

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

E4: Green Finance and Sustainable Investment

D210

Mara Madaleno, University of Aveiro, Portugal

› Empirical research on ESG factor optimized asset pricing and multifactor models - Sinian Zheng, University College Dublin, Ireland 15:30-15:52 (22min)

› Taking the wind of China's accelerated carbon neutrality transition - Qiyu Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR & Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, China 15:52-16:14 (22min)

› How do ESG rating changes affect credit risk? Evidence from the credit default swap markets - Yijia Zhang, Bayes Business School, City University of London, United Kingdom 16:16-16:36 (20min)

› Employee ownership in companies in the energy sector: Approach to financial performance and corporate social responsibility - Mara Madaleno, University of Aveiro, Portugal 16:36-17:00 (24min)

17:00 - 17:00 ()

Closing