debt Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

How can we better understand the threat that climate risk poses to financial stability?

by Luca Taschini, Alexander Blasberg and Rüdiger Kiesel

on 27 January, 2023

This commentary explains a new way to measure how the scope and speed of the economic transformation needed to mitigate climate change and the associated credit risk vary across sectors, jurisdictions and time. Read more

Public borrowing for sustainable investment can help promote UK public debt sustainability and alleviate inflationary pressures

Commentary

by Dimitri Zenghelis

on 25 October, 2022

Dimitri Zenghelis explains why additional public borrowing has a role to play in financing the productivity-enhancing, sustainable and resilient investment of the future and hopes that the new Chancellor and Prime Minister draw the right lessons from recent events. Read more

Financing a big investment push in emerging markets and developing economies for sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery and growth

Policy publication

by Amar Bhattacharya, Meagan Dooley, Homi Kharas, Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Stern

on 23 May, 2022

This paper assesses the investment requirements for emerging markets and developing economies that are critical to their development and climate goals, arguing for a big-push investment programme to boost growth and meet global temperature targets. Read more