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Climate Finance Initiative faculty in the news


Climate Finance Initiative faculty in the news

  • Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize: Awarded to Professor Stefano Giglio, Professor Theresa Kuchler, Professor Johannes Stroebel, and Professor Xuran Zeng for their research paper "Biodiversity Risk" January 29, 2024
  • 2023 Moskowitz Prize: Awarded to Professor Stefano Giglio, Professor Theresa Kuchler, Professor Johannes Stroebel, and Professor Xuran Zeng for their research paper "Biodiversity Risk" December 20, 2023
  • VoxTalks Climate Finance: Professor Johannes Stroebel podcast interview: “Is There a Market for Biodiversity?” November 14, 2023
  • Principles for Responsible Investment: Professor Theresa Kuchler, Professor Johannes Stroebel, PhD student Xuran Zeng, and co-author op-ed: "Does Biodiversity Risk Affect Asset Prices?" November 1, 2023
  • VoxTalks Climate Finance: Professor Viral Acharya podcast interview: “Whither Climate Finance?” October 31, 2023
  • EU Sustainable Finance Research Forum: Professor Viral Acharya podcast interview: “Physical Climate Risks and Climate Stress Testing” October 27, 2023
  • Financial Times: Professor Aswath Damodaran op-ed: "ESG is beyond redemption: may it RIP." October 23, 2023
  • Barron’s: Professor Robert Engle interview: “A European Carbon Tax is Coming. What it Means for the World.” October 5, 2023
  • NPR: Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan interview: “Oh Bother! Winnie, Poo and Deforestation." September 28, 2023
  • Bloomberg: Professor Viral Acharya interview: “A Hotter Planet Is Already Warping Asset Prices.” September 20, 2023
  • New York Times: Research from Professor Shan Ge is highlighted: “Hawaii Wildfires Spur Insurers to Reassess the State’s Risk.” August 25, 2023
  • Wall Street Journal: Professor Johannes Stroebel and co-authors research cited: “ESG Investors Have Ethical Motives. They Also Expect to Outperform the Market.” August 18, 2023
  • NPR: Professor Tensie Whelan interview: “Republican Attacks on ESG Aren't Stopping Companies in Red States from Going Green.” June 27, 2023
  • The Washington Post: Professor Tensie Whelan podcast interview: “Top Business Leaders on the Prospects for a New Climate Industrial Revolution.” May 30, 2023
  • ESG Podcast: Professor Tensie Whelan podcast interview: “The ROI of Sustainability, Part II.” April 28, 2023
  • Construction Executive: Professor Tensie Whelan interview: “People, Planet and Profit.” April 7, 2023
  • Poets & Quants: “The P&Q Interview: NYU Stern’s Johannes Stroebel, Winner Of The Fischer Black Prize For Financial Research With Impact” January 25, 2023
  • Professor Johannes Stroebel Wins 2023 Fischer Black Prize, January 9, 2023
  • VoxTalks Economics: Professor Viral Acharya podcast interview: “How Does Climate Change Affect Asset Prices.” October 14, 2022
  • Nasdaq: Recent commentary from Professor Robert Engle is spotlighted: “Nobel Laureate and Robert Engle on Climate Risks and Investor Implications.” June 14, 2022
  • Wall Street Journal: Professor Ingo Walter letter to the editor: "Are ESG Ratings Purely Subjective? Are They Fair?" May 20, 2022
  • LaSalle Street Podcast: Professors Robert Engle and Richard Berner podcast interview: “Can Global Financial Markets Manage Climate Risk?” October 12, 2021
  • Reuters: Joint research from Professors Robert Engle and Richard Berner is featured: “New York Fed Researchers Develop Climate Stress Test For Banks.” September 24, 2021
  • MarketWatch: Research from Professors Johannes Stroebel and Jeffrey Wurgler is spotlighted: “Stock Prices Undercount Climate-change Risks, and Real-estate Markets are Way Way Off, Paper Shows.” August 9, 2021
  • MarketWatch: Professor Ingo Walter op-ed: “Opinion: ESG Metrics Rest on Sand, Not Granite.” May 4, 2021
  • Barron’s: Commentary from Professor Robert Engle is mentioned: “Carbon Pricing is Hot Again. Here’s How Investors Can Play It.” September 18, 2020
  • New York Times: A report authored by Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee members including Johannes Stroebel is cited: "Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change" September 8, 2020
  • New York Times: Joint research from Professor Bryan Bollinger addressing peer effects in the diffusion of solar panels is spotlighted. August 25, 2020
  • Financial Times: Professor Robert Engle interview: "Carbon Credit Markets Still Have a Way to Go." August 3, 2020
  • The Atlantic: Professor Bryan Bollinger's joint research on contagion in solar panel adoption is highlighted. March 1, 2020
  • Washington Post: Joint research from Professor Bryan Bollinger on contagion in solar panel adoption is mentioned. February 20, 2020
  • New York Times: Joint research from Professors Robert Engle and Johannes Stroebel on hedging portfolios against climate change risk is cited. January 24, 2020