Investing for a Greener Planet: Addressing Climate Challenges Through Sustainable Finance

This title highlights the pertinent issue of climate change and its management using sustainable sources of finance. The book provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable development and its management using green finance, green energy, green transport, and green infrastructure, as well as the policies and innovations that can be implemented at both the micro and macro levels.

Features:

• Covers theories, concepts, practices, regulations, case studies, and real-world applications related to sustainable finance.
• Introduces the concept of sustainable finance and climate risk management.
• Explains green finance, green infrastructure, green transport, and others to mitigate the climate risk.
• Provides a comprehensive view of various policies and innovations that can be done at micro and macro level to reduce carbon footprints.
• Reviews contemporary concept of climate-related disclosures and reporting by financial institutions.

This book is aimed at graduate students, researchers, and professionals in environmental sciences, sustainable finance, climate change, and circular economy including policymakers.

Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant professor at the Department of Environmental. Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi New Delhi, India. He obtained his master’s degree. From the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has published more than 65 papers in international journals He has also edited more than 45 books with various global publishers.

Shikha Daga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, and has successfully completed her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi. She is also a recipient of the National Eligibility Test (NET) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). With over 16 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Daga has actively contributed to academia through her participation in national and international conferences, where she has presented research papers and served as a session chair and co-chair. She has an extensive research portfolio, with fifteen published research papers, multiple book chapters in reputed publications, and authorship of two books. Additionally, she has edited five books, further strengthening her academic contributions.

Kiran Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, with nearly 12 years of teaching experience. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences & Commerce from Maharshi Dayanand University, specializing in the impact of psychological factors on individual investment decisions. She has received a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET). Her research interests include behavioral finance, ESG, corporate governance, green finance, the green economy, climate change, and sustainability. She has edited multiple books, publish various book chapters and research papers in Scopus-indexed journals, focusing on financial decision-making, sustainability, and ESG-related topics.