Sustainable Finance and Climate Change

Sustainable Finance and Climate Change Synopsis

Sustainable Finance and Climate Change explores the legal and regulatory framework that governs the transition to a carbon free economy, looking in particular at the regulation of the financial sector and corporate liability for climate change and biodiversity loss. In addition, it looks at the effect on general corporate law, environmental law, central bank law, as well as litigation and arbitration.

Key Features:

• Discussion of the duty of societal responsibility in the context of corporate governance


• Practical analysis of arbitration and litigation in the resolution of climate change-related disputes


• Exploration of the role of investors in the new sustainable finance-related regulatory framework


• Comprehensive examination of sustainable finance in South Africa


• In-depth analysis of the role of law and regulation in providing sustainable finance by means of various financial modalities


• Evaluation of the newly-established framework in the EU, including the Climate Law, the taxonomy and the role of the ECB as a monetary and supervisory authority



This important book will be a key resource for practitioners specialising in financial services, environmental law and dispute resolution, and will also appeal to scholars in these fields.

About This Edition

ISBN:	9781800377271
Publication date:	23rd April 2024
Author:	Renâe Smits
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Format:	Hardback
Pagination:	424 pages
Series:	Elgar Financial Law and Practice
Genres:	Banking law Financial services law and regulation Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business