Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener
Ulf Moslener is professor for sustainable energy finance at the Frankfurt School and Head of Research of the FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance. His broader research interests are the economics of climate change, sustainable finance and climate finance. In the “Sustainable Finance Research Platform”, his focus lies on how the finance sector can support the real economy‘s transformation towards a sustainable pathway.
-
Scientific publication
Climate and Development: A focus on market imperfections can help governments to mobilize private investments in adaptation
Climate change requires significant adaptation of economies, and the largest part of most economies is composed of private sector actors. In this Viewpoint, we argue…
Read publication -
Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 9/2021: The EU sustainable finance strategy – Implications for the future German Federal Government
The EU’s revised sustainable finance strategy confirms the important role of the financial sector in the sustainability transition of the economy, but does not sufficiently…
Read publication -
Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 5/2021: Scenario Analysis as a Tool for Companies, Investors, and Regulators on the Path to Climate Neutrality
The structural transformation necessary for achieving climate neutrality is characterized by many interdependent changes. Shaping the transition to a zero-emissions economy cannot be based on…
Read publication -
Scientific publication
Nature Energy: The cost of debt of renewable and non-renewable energy firms
The risks imminent to younger technologies and markets may hinder renewable energy firms’ access to financing. This could curtail the investment needed for the transformation…
Read publication -
Scientific publication
Climate Policy: Addressing the climate change adaptation puzzle: a psychological science perspective
Unlike climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change does not as much suffer from the fundamental global public good problem – at least at the…
Read publication -
Scientific publication
Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy: Climate Policy with the Chequebook – An Economic Analysis of Climate Investment Support
Across the globe, climate policy is increasingly using investment support instruments, such as grants, concessional loans, and guarantees – whereas carbon prices are losing importance.…
Read publication -
Scientific publication
Economic Journal: Taxing Externalities Under Financing Constraints
We consider a production economy with externalities, which can be reduced by additional firm-level expenditures. This requires firms to raise additional outside financing, leading to…
Read publication