第245回白眉セミナー ： Finance in nature and the nature of finance: Understanding the limits and possibilities of transition finance in the Asia Pacific
- デロス レイエス ジュリー アン 特定助教（13期・東南アジア地域研究研究所）
- 2024/03/19 4:45pm
- Zoomおよび学術研究支援棟地下会議室1＆2
- 英語
- オンサイト、Zoom
要旨
The growing significance of finance in contemporary society is evident in its expanded role in the transformation of the natural realm. In the context of pressing environmental challenges — from climate change to biodiversity loss–the mobilization of green finance has increasingly been positioned as a solution to avert ecological breakdown. In this presentation, I situate myHakubiproject on financing the low-carbon transition in existing research, highlighting the shortcomings of current literature and dominant theoretical frameworks at grasping finance-transition dynamics in the Asia Pacific, most pronounced in the case of non-traditional market economies. Differing government-finance-industry configurations, risk/return criteria, and geopolitical considerations mediate the direction of green investments in distinctive and important ways. Attention to this difference, I argue, could lead to a more nuanced understanding of the possibilities and challenges of reconciling finance with environmental objectives and its implications for transition in the world’s most carbon intensive region.