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Event I Green Finance Research Advances

Conferences

7 – 8 DECEMBER @ 9H00 – 17H00 

Location: Auditorium ACPR Banque de France 23, rue de Londres, 75009 Paris, 75009 France

 

Co-organised by Banque de France and Institut Louis Bachelier.

 

PROGRAM

TUESDAY DECEMBER 7TH

Afternoon session – Modelling the macroeconomics of the climate transition

 

  • 2:00 – 2:05 pm Introductory remarks
    Speaker: Jean Boissinot (Banque de France)
  • 2:05 – 2:30 pm Keynote intervention “Climate policy is macroeconomic policy, and the implications will be significant” (2021)
    Speaker: Jean Pisani-Ferry (Peterson Institute for International Economics, non-resident senior fellow)
    Including Q&A session
  • 2:30 – 4:45 pm A comparative analysis of modelling approaches to assess transition impacts
    Moderator: Stéphane Dees (Banque de France) :
  • 2:30 – 2:50 pm Presentation by ADEME
    Speakers: Gaël Callonnec et Florian Jacquetin
  • 2:50 – 3:10 pm Presentation by SEURECO
    Speaker: Baptiste Boitier
  • 3:10 – 3:30 pm Presentation by CIRED
    Speakers: Quentin Couix et Frédéric Ghersi
  • 3:30 – 3:40 pm Comfort Break
  • 3:40 – 4:00 pm Presentation by Banque de France
    Speakers: Annabelle de Gaye et Noëmie Lisack
  • 4:00 – 4:45 pm Discussion session and wrap-up
    Moderator: Stéphane Dees (Banque de France)

 

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8TH

Morning Session

  • 9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome remarks
    • Speaker 1: Nathalie Aufauvre (Banque de France)
    • Speaker 2: Jean-Michel Beacco (Institut Louis Bachelier)
  • 9:15 – 9:55 am “In search of climate distress risk” (2021)
    • Speaker: Quyen Nguyen (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago)
    • Authors: Quyen Nguyen, Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Duminda Kuruppuarachchi
      Including Q&A session
  • 9:55 – 10:35 am “Why do firms issue green bonds?” (2021)
    • Speaker: Julien Daubanes (University of Geneva (GSEM) and MIT (CEEPR))
    • Authors: Julien Daubanes, Shema Mitali and Jean-Charles Rochet
    • Including Q&A session
  • 10:35 – 10:50 am Comfort Break
  • 10:50 – 11:30 am “Mandatory climate-related disclosure by financial institutions and the financing of fossil energy” (2021)
    • Speaker: Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier (Sciences Po Paris, Banque de France)
    • Authors: Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier, Benoît Nguyen
    • Including Q&A session
  • 11:30 – 12:10 pm  Presentation (TBC)
    • Speaker: (TBC)
    • Including Q&A session
  • 12:10 – 12:15 pm Wrap-up
    • Speaker:  Stéphane Voisin (Institut Louis Bachelier)

 

Afternoon Session

  • 2:00 – 2:30 pm Award of the Banque de France “Young Researchers in Green Finance”
    • Speakers: Emmanuelle Assouan (Banque de France)
    • Short presentation(s) by the Laureate(s)
  • 2:30 – 3:10 pm Integrated economy-climate models and their uses for financial decision making
    • Speakers: Frédéric Ghersi and Peter Tankov
    • Authors: Jean-Charles Hourcade, Peter Tankov, Stéphane Voisin, Frédéric Ghersi, Julien Lefèvre
    • Including Q&A session
  • 3:10 – 3:20 pm Comfort Break
  • 3:20 – 4:20 pm Panel on climate scenario design
    • Moderator: Thomas Allen (Banque de France)
    • Panelists: 
      • Theresa Löber, Bank of England
      • Laurent Clerc, Banque de France
      • Mariana Escobar Uribe, Financial Superintendence of Colombia
      • Dawn Holland, National Institute of Economic & Social Research
      • Alexandre Köberle, Imperial College London
    • Including Q&A session
  • 4:20 – 4:30 pm Concluding remarks
    • Speaker: Jean Boissinot

 

Organisers:

ILB

Banque de France

07 Dec 2021

Event I Green Finance Research Advances

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