EU Commissioner for Energy: While meeting EU‘s climate targets electricity consumption is expected to increase by 60% (!) between now and 2030. This means a lot of investment in grid infrastructure. AND This inspires new business models - also for small innovative actors.

This is clearly a big topic for the financial industry (and of course beyond). Recommendations may be a good quick start into the topic of BioDiv for finance. #Sustainability #SustainableFinance @FrankfurtSchool

1) This one is for all those interested in DSGE modelling with a special focus on climate change related aspects. The technical documentation and the source codes of our #EMuSe model are now publicly available on the #Bundesbank website: bundesbank.de/en/publication…

Schönes Interview in Capital mit meiner Koautorin Nora Lamersdorf zu unserem neuen Twitter/X-basierten Inflationserwartungsindex: capital.de/wirtschaft-pol… Wer mehr Details zum Index sucht: benjaminborn.de/inflationtwitt…

Oops: It is REALLY warm at the Moment. Figure: In grey: Temperature for the last 55 years.

Climate Change is real! Here: impact on beer production in Europe. A good weekend to all! #SustainableFinance #beer

Looking forward to running the Frankfurt Marathon relay with my Frankfurt School Econ Department colleagues! If you want to run with us next year, we have open positions in micro and macro! #runtheskyline #FrankfurtMarathon

We feel honored and happy! #SustainableFinance @FrankfurtSchool Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainable Finance GSFC Germany e.V.

Minister ⁦Tarek Al-Wazir⁩ opening the #SustainableFinance Summit Germany. Organised by ⁦GSFC Germany e.V.⁩ (gsfc-germany.com ) ⁦@FrankfurtSchool⁩ . … here talking about risks becoming un-insurable in the near future. This year’s summit is spread across Germany.

Das war nun meine erste Berichterstattung vom Sustainable Finance Gipfel des GSFC (Kristina Jeromin Ulf Moslener @DKB_CSO et al.) Frankfurter Allgemeine. Much more to come.

On average German households increase their inflation expectations when energy prices increase. But that does NOT hold for high income and well-informed households (or firms) -

What role do climate transition plans play in current EU legislation? Our latest policy brief summarizes the status quo of existing provisions and zooms in ongoing debates on whether & how they should be included in proposals. wpsf.de/en/publikation… DIW Berlin @C_and_C_Berlin

That is pragmatism at a time before the find/replace function!

Impressive ceremony in honor of Janet Yellen, who receives an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Frankfurt School

The German econ ministry today proposed definitions for climate neutral production – at the example of steel, cement, ammonia and ethylene. bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/P… Four comments:

1/4 Unser langjähriger Freund, Germanwatch-Ehrenmitglied, langjähriger Beirat der Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit und atmosfair gGmbH-Schirmherr Prof. Dr. Klaus #Töpfer ist am letzten Samstag nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit verstorben.

Energiewende-Monitoring Zeitung Energie & Management: Experten sehen Handlungsbedarf für die Energiewende energie-und-management.de/nachrichten/po…

Climate inaction will wreak far greater economic havoc than previously thought, say new projections from Network for Greening the Financial System. The latest climate scenarios show potential global GDP losses reaching 30% by 2100 under current policies, with tail risks of up to 50%. GreenCB.co/4agVINw

“Ist die Fichte schon Geschichte?” Physical climate risks will increasingly have an impact on bank balance sheets. Climate reporting can be much more efficient. Says MarkBranson, President of BaFin at the #sustainableFinance conference of the #Bafin

Congratulations! And - hmm: may the force be with you!! :-)