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title: Climate Risk and Financial Markets: The Case of Green Derivatives
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4615427/
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identifier: SSRN 4615427
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4615427
featured: 2023-11-02
citations: 1
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
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# Climate Risk and Financial Markets: The Case of Green Derivatives

The EU Green Deal aims to make Europe carbon-neutral by 2050, requiring 1 trillion euro in sustainable investments, with derivatives markets and 'green derivatives' crucial for managing climate risk.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4615427
- Identifier: SSRN 4615427
- Released: 2023-10-27
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 24 (2023-11-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-11-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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