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Can the stock market help save the planet?

Ralph De Haas [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 22 November 2019

We think about climate policies as moderating or interceding in markets. 
But a new paper implies that when stock markets play a bigger part in the economy, polluting industries become cleaner. Tim Phillips asks Ralph De Haas of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whether we already have a green finance initiative under our noses.

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Topics:  Development [7] Environment [8] Financial markets [9]

Tags:  pollution [10], environment [11], Green Transition [12], global warming [13], financial markets [14]


Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/can-stock-market-help-save-planet

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[1] https://voxeu.org/user/220405
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[3] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[4] https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/green-monetary-policy
[5] https://voxeu.org/article/finance-and-pollution
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/trade-pollution-and-environment-new-evidence
[7] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/development
[8] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/environment
[9] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/financial-markets
[10] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/628
[11] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/477
[12] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/8835
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/496
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/338