Climate Investing : New Strategies and Implementation Challenges

This edited book consists of a collection of original articles written by leading industry and academic experts in the area of climate investing.

The chapters introduce the reader to some of the latest research developments in the area of low-carbon investing and climate change solutions.

Each chapter deals with new methods for estimating portfolio carbon footprints, constructing Paris-aligned equity and multi-asset portfolios and hedging climate risks. This title will be of great help to portfolio managers, asset owners and consultants, as well as academics and students who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of climate investing.

Emmanuel JURCZENKO is Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Finance at Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland. Prior to this, he spent 13 years as Associate Professor of Finance at ESCP-Europe and worked for ABN-AMRO as Head of Quantitative Analysts where he was in charge of quantitative fund selection. His research focuses on portfolio construction in particular on risk budgeting, factor investing and machine learning estimation techniques.