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ESG & Climate Finance: A Reading List
Where to go next on ESG, climate finance, and the economics of the energy transition.
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These books pick up the threads of the associate team's session. Start with whatever caught your interest most, and climb into the harder shelf when you are ready.
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Accessible introductions to climate and energy.
Not the End of the World
BEGINNERHannah Ritchie
A data-driven, clear-headed look at environmental problems, including how fast clean energy costs have fallen.
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
BEGINNERBill Gates
A plain-language tour of where emissions come from and which technologies could cut them, sector by sector.
Climate Capitalism
BEGINNERAkshat Rathi
Stories of the people and companies moving money towards decarbonisation, including in China and India.
GO DEEPER
Finance, markets, and the transition.
Transition Momentum
INTERMEDIATECary Krosinsky
The book Akshara ties the session to, on how capital is driving the shift to a low-carbon economy. The bridge to part two of the event.
The Price Is Wrong
INTERMEDIATEBrett Christophers
A provocative counterpoint: argues that cheap clean power is not enough on its own, because investors care about profit, not just cost.
Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air
INTERMEDIATEDavid J. C. MacKay
A classic that does the arithmetic of energy supply and demand honestly, with numbers you can check.
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For readers who want the technical side.
Principles of Sustainable Finance
ADVANCEDDirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade
A university-level textbook on how environmental and social factors fit into finance, including the measurement problems behind ESG ratings.