ERC Starting Grant · 2024
The legal foundations for a civic financial system
Time is running out for humanity to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change yet the financial system continues to enable unsustainable levels of CO2 emissions in many carbon-intensive sectors, including the fossil fuel industry. Law can help govern this problem but effective legal interventions need to take into account the complexity of the financial system. The overarching objective of the Civic Finance project is to develop a complexity-informed theory of law and finance that can underpin the legal foundations of a civic financial system; in particular, a financial system that refrains from enabling unsustainable levels of CO2 emissions in the…
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