How Central Banks Could Support the Transition to Sustainability with Max Jerneck
Channel: Stockholm Environment Institute
Date: 19/06/2017

A live webcast from SEI's Stockholm Centre: https://www.sei-international.org/stockholm

Max Jerneck is a sociologist and researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research (SIR) and a Visiting Researcher at the Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets (MISUM). Here, Max presents at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) on the topic of "How Central Banks Could Support the Transition to Sustainability”. 

Climate change makes it necessary to replace fossil fuels with low-carbon alternatives, but there is currently no adequate funding model to support this transition. Max will discuss how a clean technology funding mechanism could be devised to fit this financial environment, in particular: by giving central banks the mandate to fund the acquisition of equity stakes in successful clean technology ventures, venture capital would be provided a viable exit strategy, thus inducing investment. 

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