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Green Growth and Green Finance

Stakeholder Dialogues

Sea Level Rise and Decision Making

Agent-based Modeling and Economic Theory

Sustainability Transition

The Global Climate Forum is a global association based in Berlin, Germany. We conduct high-level research on climate change and related global challenges. Our members comprise institutes, (insurance) companies, NGOs, and individual researchers. GCF is structured as a process organization. In our core processes we carry out research projects and publish our findings.

Current News & Events

GCF and ENavi @ AAAS 2018: „How Global Climate Policy Can Learn from the Energy Transition“

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held in Austin, TX, this year (15.-18.02.2018).…

GCF @ Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

From 17-19 January 2018 the University of Zurich welcomed practitioners and scientists to the 2nd FINEXUS Conference on Financial Networks and…

Positions for a PhD student and a student assistant available

There are two positions available at GCF: one PhD student in economics of sea-level rise and coastal disasters and one student assistant (10…

Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

This three-day conference (January 17-19, 2018), organized by FINEXUS (Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability) and GCF’s board member…

An Open Invitation to Participate in the GREEN-WIN Survey

A guiding element of the GREEN WIN Project is the Global Dialogue, which aims to produce shared policy narratives about how to implement win-win…

GCF @ COP23 in Bonn: discussing green growth and how to turn climate risks

The Global Climate Forum e.V., the University of Zurich and IIASA, together with partners from several joint H2020 research projects, are organizing…

GCF and the DOLFINS Consortium replied to the EU consultation on Sustainable Finance

The EU High-level expert group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance has invited all citizens to provide feedback to their Interim report via a non-technical…

Webinar: why and how to respond to the EU CMU consultation

The EU project DOLFINS is hosting a webinar on 9 March, setting out the most important reasons why organisations should respond to the consultation…

Green investment and coordination failure: An investors’ perspective

The goal to keep global warming well below 2°C can only be achieved if private investors shift capital from brown to green infrastructures and…

GCF and ENavi @ AAAS 2018: „How Global Climate Policy Can Learn from the Energy Transition“

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held in Austin, TX, this year (15.-18.02.2018).…

GCF @ Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

From 17-19 January 2018 the University of Zurich welcomed practitioners and scientists to the 2nd FINEXUS Conference on Financial Networks and…

Positions for a PhD student and a student assistant available

There are two positions available at GCF: one PhD student in economics of sea-level rise and coastal disasters and one student assistant (10…

Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

This three-day conference (January 17-19, 2018), organized by FINEXUS (Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability) and GCF’s board member…

An Open Invitation to Participate in the GREEN-WIN Survey

A guiding element of the GREEN WIN Project is the Global Dialogue, which aims to produce shared policy narratives about how to implement win-win…

GCF @ COP23 in Bonn: discussing green growth and how to turn climate risks

The Global Climate Forum e.V., the University of Zurich and IIASA, together with partners from several joint H2020 research projects, are organizing…

GCF and the DOLFINS Consortium replied to the EU consultation on Sustainable Finance

The EU High-level expert group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance has invited all citizens to provide feedback to their Interim report via a non-technical…

Webinar: why and how to respond to the EU CMU consultation

The EU project DOLFINS is hosting a webinar on 9 March, setting out the most important reasons why organisations should respond to the consultation…

GCF and ENavi @ AAAS 2018: „How Global Climate Policy Can Learn from the Energy Transition“

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held in Austin, TX, this year (15.-18.02.2018).…

GCF @ Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

From 17-19 January 2018 the University of Zurich welcomed practitioners and scientists to the 2nd FINEXUS Conference on Financial Networks and…

Positions for a PhD student and a student assistant available

There are two positions available at GCF: one PhD student in economics of sea-level rise and coastal disasters and one student assistant (10…

Second Conference on Financial Networks and Sustainability

This three-day conference (January 17-19, 2018), organized by FINEXUS (Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability) and GCF’s board member…

An Open Invitation to Participate in the GREEN-WIN Survey

A guiding element of the GREEN WIN Project is the Global Dialogue, which aims to produce shared policy narratives about how to implement win-win…

GCF @ COP23 in Bonn: discussing green growth and how to turn climate risks

The Global Climate Forum e.V., the University of Zurich and IIASA, together with partners from several joint H2020 research projects, are organizing…

GCF and the DOLFINS Consortium replied to the EU consultation on Sustainable Finance

The EU High-level expert group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance has invited all citizens to provide feedback to their Interim report via a non-technical…

Webinar: why and how to respond to the EU CMU consultation

The EU project DOLFINS is hosting a webinar on 9 March, setting out the most important reasons why organisations should respond to the consultation…

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Latest Publications

Mobilising Private Finance for Coastal Adaptation

The role of private finance in meeting adaptation infrastructure investment needs has been widely emphasised in climate policy debates. This…

GCF Working Paper 1/2018:
Green Growth Mechanics: The Building Blocks

Green growth holds the promise that solving environmental problems can at the same time create economic benefits. Yet, until now there is little…

GCF Working Paper 2/2017:
Framing 1.5 C - Turning an investment challenge into a green growth opportunity

Our new working paper wants to contribute to the special report on the impacts of average global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels…

A climate stress-test of the financial system

GCF Working Paper 1/2017:
Green investment and coordination failure: An investors' perspective

The goal to keep global warming well below 2°C can only be achieved if private investors shift capital from brown to green infrastructures and…

GCF Working Paper 3/2016:
Price Dynamics Via Expectations, and the Role of Money Therein

Download [PDF, 1 mb] by Gesine A. Steudle, Saini Yang, Carlo C. Jaeger

Adaptation requires overcoming social conflicts

A Perspective article, published by the Global Climate Forum in the journal Nature Climate Change, highlights that overcoming social conflicts…

GCF Working Paper 2/2016:
Concepts of Stakeholder Involvement in ScienceEvidence from Sustainability Research

Download [PDF, 678 kb] by Jahel Mielke, Hannah Vermaßen, Saskia Ellenbeck

GCF Working Paper 1/2016:
The Possibility of Green Growth in Climate Policy Analysis Models – a Survey

Download [PDF, 406 kb] by Sarah Wolf, Franziska Schütze, Carlo C. Jaeger

Mobilising Private Finance for Coastal Adaptation

The role of private finance in meeting adaptation infrastructure investment needs has been widely emphasised in climate policy debates. This…

GCF Working Paper 1/2018:
Green Growth Mechanics: The Building Blocks

Green growth holds the promise that solving environmental problems can at the same time create economic benefits. Yet, until now there is little…

GCF Working Paper 2/2017:
Framing 1.5 C - Turning an investment challenge into a green growth opportunity

Our new working paper wants to contribute to the special report on the impacts of average global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels…

A climate stress-test of the financial system

GCF Working Paper 1/2017:
Green investment and coordination failure: An investors' perspective

The goal to keep global warming well below 2°C can only be achieved if private investors shift capital from brown to green infrastructures and…

GCF Working Paper 3/2016:
Price Dynamics Via Expectations, and the Role of Money Therein

Download [PDF, 1 mb] by Gesine A. Steudle, Saini Yang, Carlo C. Jaeger

Adaptation requires overcoming social conflicts

A Perspective article, published by the Global Climate Forum in the journal Nature Climate Change, highlights that overcoming social conflicts…

GCF Working Paper 2/2016:
Concepts of Stakeholder Involvement in ScienceEvidence from Sustainability Research

Download [PDF, 678 kb] by Jahel Mielke, Hannah Vermaßen, Saskia Ellenbeck

Mobilising Private Finance for Coastal Adaptation

The role of private finance in meeting adaptation infrastructure investment needs has been widely emphasised in climate policy debates. This…

GCF Working Paper 1/2018:
Green Growth Mechanics: The Building Blocks

Green growth holds the promise that solving environmental problems can at the same time create economic benefits. Yet, until now there is little…

GCF Working Paper 2/2017:
Framing 1.5 C - Turning an investment challenge into a green growth opportunity

Our new working paper wants to contribute to the special report on the impacts of average global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels…

A climate stress-test of the financial system

GCF Working Paper 1/2017:
Green investment and coordination failure: An investors' perspective

The goal to keep global warming well below 2°C can only be achieved if private investors shift capital from brown to green infrastructures and…

GCF Working Paper 3/2016:
Price Dynamics Via Expectations, and the Role of Money Therein

Download [PDF, 1 mb] by Gesine A. Steudle, Saini Yang, Carlo C. Jaeger

Adaptation requires overcoming social conflicts

A Perspective article, published by the Global Climate Forum in the journal Nature Climate Change, highlights that overcoming social conflicts…

GCF Working Paper 2/2016:
Concepts of Stakeholder Involvement in ScienceEvidence from Sustainability Research

Download [PDF, 678 kb] by Jahel Mielke, Hannah Vermaßen, Saskia Ellenbeck

ALL WORKING PAPERSALL PUBLICATIONS

PROCESSES

Adaptation and Social Learning

Support climate change adaptation through the analysis of actors, networks, institutions, decisions, risks and opportunities involved in the process of adaptation

GREEN GROWTH

Investigate the complex dynamics of rule evolution and equilibrium selection to identify win-win options that achieve emissions reductions while overcoming poverty and unemployment.

Integrated Risk Governance

Provide insights on how government structures can be improved for tackling large-scale
synergistic risks.

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