Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 18h

Should measures of economic productivity take into consideration changes in carbon emissions?

Our latest policy brief explores this question - and finds emissions-adjusted productivity growth increasing in advanced countries.

Read now:
🔗 tinyurl.com/4xt74h9n
#NetZero

Adjusting productivity for carbon emissions: A new perspective on the growth slowdown - E-Axes Forum

Maarten de Ridder (LSE) proposes a method to embed carbon emissions efficiency gains into existing productivity measures.

tinyurl.com

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 7d

Our next webinar will analyze the long-term global climate effects of increased US liquid natural gas exports.

Register now!
📅 October 6, 2025
🕚 11am EDT | 5pm CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vuk4zp9
#NetZero

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 9d

Governments are increasingly looking towards policies that seek to limit damage to natural resources during private sector extraction. Our latest research digest analyzes at these policies and how effective they are.

Read it now!
🔗 e-axes.org/research/sto...
#NetZero

Stock-Generated Externalities: The Principle of Targeting and Foregone Environmental Benefits - E-Axes Forum

Erica Chuang (NYU) evaluates how incentives targeting either stocks of natural capital or flows of output affect the total stock of the natural resource held by the firm

e-axes.org

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 15d

Unfortunate news! The EU must adopt ambitious policies now both to protect the environment and its own economy.

www.euractiv.com/news/eu-set-...

EU set to propose new delay to anti-deforestation rules | Euractiv

The news comes after the Commission concluded trade negotiations with Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of palm oil – a key crop in driving deforestation

www.euractiv.com

1

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 20d

The recent turmoil at BP demonstrates how crucial shareholders are for influencing a firm's sustainable investment strategies.

Our latest digest asks: when is it easiest for shareholders to make successful environmental investment proposals?

🔗 tinyurl.com/2jx53zpc
#NetZero #Sustainability

Timing Matters: When Shareholder Proposals Actually Drive Sustainable Investment - E-Axes Forum

Bram van der Kroft (MIT) shows that the "when" is as important as the "what": sustainable proposals only change corporate behavior when they coincide with a firm’s natural reinvestment cycle—the short...

tinyurl.com

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 22d

Last week, we hostsed a webinar which discussed how energy price inflation makes investment in high-emission firms more risky. Watch it now!

🎥 youtu.be/nzSzMWYChmg
#NetZero #ClimateEconomics

Inflation and the Carbon Premium

YouTube video by E-axes Forum on Climate Change, Macro and, Finance

youtu.be

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨

This is your last chance to submit a paper for E-axes Forum Research Prize. The deadline is September 15. Don't miss this opportunity!

Learn more: e-axes.org/prize/
#ClimateResearch #NetZero

The 2025 Research Prize: “Financing Climate Transition and Adaptation"

The 2025 E-Axes Forum Research Prize will recognize notable research by emerging scholars on “Climate Policies and Financial Markets."

e-axes.org

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don't miss tonight's webinar, all about the impacts of energy price inflation on investment patterns.

Register now:
📅 September 8, 2025
🕛 12:15 EDT | 6:15 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/mt3jevu9
#ClimateChange #ClimateEconomics

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Sep 4

Interesting new article in @natcomms.nature.com about global methane emissions. In public discussions on climate change, methane emissions are often not spoken about enough. That needs to change!

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#ClimatePolicy #NetZero

Global methane footprints growth and drivers 1990-2023 - Nature Communications

Understanding global methane trends remains limited, especially from a consumption view. This study shows rising emissions, limited decoupling, and shifting trade patterns involving more emerging and ...

www.nature.com

1

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Sep 1

One week until our webinar. Don't miss it!

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tune in on Monday to our webinar about how energy price inflation impacts investment in high-emission firms!

Register now:
📅 September 8, 2025
🕛 12:15 EDT | 6:15 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/mt3jevu9
#ClimateChange #ClimateEconomics

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tune in on Monday to our webinar about how energy price inflation impacts investment in high-emission firms!

Register now:
📅 September 8, 2025
🕛 12:15 EDT | 6:15 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/mt3jevu9
#ClimateChange #ClimateEconomics

Reposted by e-axes.org

Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️

x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia

🧵

30 560 1.6K

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 25

Investors already require higher rates of return from high-emission firms. Does energy price inflation make them even more demanding?

Join our upcoming webinar to learn more!

📅 September 8, 2025
🕛 12:15 EDT | 6:15 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/mt3jevu9
#ClimateChange

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 22

Don't miss this opportunity! Submit your papers before September 15.

#ClimateEconomics

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨

Just over a month left to apply for the E-axes Forum Research Prize for young scholars. The deadline is September 15.

Learn more: e-axes.org/prize/
#ClimateResearch

The 2025 Research Prize: “Financing Climate Transition and Adaptation"

The 2025 E-Axes Forum Research Prize will recognize notable research by emerging scholars on “Climate Policies and Financial Markets."

e-axes.org

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 20

Governments are finally taking more action to respond to the climate emergency. If you want to learn more about the economics of climate change and how policy-makers can confront it, read our policy briefs and digests!

🔗 e-axes.org/publications
#NetZero

Publications - E-Axes Forum

Publications

e-axes.org

Reposted by e-axes.org

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Aug 18

Coal is still king but won't be for much longer. Latest @iea.org projections confirm a significant milestone:

Renewables are on track to surpass coal as world's biggest source of electricity by 2026. Rapid growth in solar + wind and levelling off of coal power are driving forces behind this shift.

5 31 93

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 15

Few would disagree about the urgent need for governments to implement net-zero policies. Equally important, however, is the need to craft long-term ones that can avoid partisan attacks.

Read our policy brief about green financial policies.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4f78tmsz

#NetZero

The politics of green financial policies - E-Axes Forum

Monica DiLeo (Hertie School) discusses the role of different public institutions in the green transition and examines what kinds of green financial policies are both institutionally and politically fe...

tinyurl.com

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 13

With flooding occuring in Alaska, Cape Verde, and northern India, now is a good time to stress the importance of climate action. States must strive to make flooding less frequent and less damaging.

Read more:
🔗 tinyurl.com/csjhvfrx
#NetZero #ClimateChange

Weathering the storm: sectoral economic and inflationary effects of floods and the role of adaptation - E-Axes Forum

Matteo Ficarra (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Rebecca Mari (Bank of England) use satellite data on floods to estimate the impact of floods on GDP and inflation at the sector level in English counties...

tinyurl.com

Reposted by e-axes.org

James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Genuinely remarkable how quickly EV chargers are becoming ubiquitous. We can still build some things.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4517551...

Motorway services operator targets 300 per cent increase in EV chargers

Extra MSA teams up with Ionity to ramp up number of electric car chargers at its sites in England from 60 to more than 230 by the end of next year

www.businessgreen.com

10 21 83

Reposted by e-axes.org

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Aug 11

35,000 speeches from 131 central banks show that #climate communication follows two distinct narratives and significantly affects stock market returns of greener firms.
@emacampiglio.bsky.social, @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social, Ginevra Scalisi
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky

Graphs of climate speeches by central banks per year and region and climate-related keywords per speech.

Central banks have increasingly engaged with climate-related topics in their public communication, but little is known about the drivers and effects of this shift. This column presents a comprehensive analysis of climate-related central bank communication using a novel dataset of over 35,000 speeches from 131 central banks spanning 1986-2023. The authors find that climate communication (1) follows two distinct narratives ('green finance' verus 'climate-related risks'); (2) is driven more by institutional factors than climate exposure; and (3) significantly affects stock market returns, with greener firms outperforming when central banks focus more on climate issues.

3 7

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨

Just over a month left to apply for the E-axes Forum Research Prize for young scholars. The deadline is September 15.

Learn more: e-axes.org/prize/
#ClimateResearch

The 2025 Research Prize: “Financing Climate Transition and Adaptation"

The 2025 E-Axes Forum Research Prize will recognize notable research by emerging scholars on “Climate Policies and Financial Markets."

e-axes.org

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fascinating news!

Read our recent policy brief about climate risks and their effects on financial markets.

🔗 tinyurl.com/37v4zykf
#ClimateChange #NetZero

1

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Jul 31

How can governments increase the efficacy and longevity of their climate policies?

Read our policy brief to learn:
🔗 e-axes.org/research/whe...

#NetZero #ClimateChange

When the Best is the Enemy of the Good: Minimizing the Impact of Political Constraints on Climate Policy Costs - E-Axes Forum

Adam Bauer (University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign, World Bank), Stéphane Hallegatte (World Bank), and Florent McIsaac (World Bank) develop a modeling framework to understand how political constraints...

e-axes.org

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Jul 30

Interesting news out of Brazil, where the government is seeking to raise $4 billion to fund climate-related policies. This is all the more important as richer countries cut climate and development financing for poorer ones.
#NetZero

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Brazil in talks with TPG, Brookfield over $4 billion climate finance push

Brazil is in talks with global investors including TPG and Brookfield to raise nearly $4 billion for climate-focused projects, as it ramps up a green finance push ahead of hosting the COP30 climate summit in November.

www.reuters.com

e-axes.org @e-axesforum.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨
The submission deadline for The E-axes Forum Research Prize for young scholars is on September 15.

Don't miss the opportunity!
Learn more: e-axes.org/prize/
#ClimateResearch

The 2025 Research Prize: “Financing Climate Transition and Adaptation"

The 2025 E-Axes Forum Research Prize will recognize notable research by emerging scholars on “Climate Policies and Financial Markets."

e-axes.org