Making ‘sustainable finance’ more sustainable

Making ‘sustainable finance’ more sustainable

As we count down to COP29 in Azerbaijan this November, global policymakers are dubbing it the ‘finance COP’. Funding climate action, domestically and internationally, is one of the critical challenges in the campaign against climate change. There has never been a more...

Innovative methods for exploring financial abuse

Innovative methods for exploring financial abuse

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately this event is now at capacity and tickets are no longer available. Symposium series: ‘Understanding and intervening in financial abuse’ Financial abuse is an insidious, yet common, form of gendered violence. The 2024 – 2026 ARC Discovery...

Fintech Futures

Fintech Futures

Navigating the world of finance, credit and debt has become a normalised and unavoidable feature of young people’s lives. Financial technologies (fintech) represent a significant shift in the economic landscape, and the rapid pace of their development has outstripped...

Climate finance: taking a position on climate futures

Climate finance: taking a position on climate futures

The 2023 Paul Bourke Lecture presented by Dr Sophie Webber, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. Climate change is increasingly conceptualised in financial terms. In policy and politics, climate change is viewed as a problem of bridging ‘financing’ gaps...