Financial institutions and climate change litigation: trends and a risk assessment methodology

Nardi Pantoli, Maria (A.A. 2022/2023) Financial institutions and climate change litigation: trends and a risk assessment methodology. Tesi di Laurea in Green and sustainable finance, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Riccardo Sallustio, pp. 191. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Literature review. Climate change litigation. The three waves of climate change litigation. Overall figures: the "when" and the "where" of climate change litigation. Location and timing of cases. Focus on global South. International cases. Claimants and defendants: "who" and "why" of climate change litigation. Grounds of review for climate change litigation. Litigation strategies. Outcomes and impacts of climate litigation. Litigation as a mitigation tool. Litigation as an adaptation tool. Climate litigation challenges: issue of causation and attribution science. Climate change litigation as a financial risks. Climate-related financial risks: transition risks, physiscal risks and liability risks. Understanding the impacts of physical and transition risks: the transmission channels. Climate change's forgotten risks: lability risks. Definition of financial risk. Costs of climate-related liability risks. Bank's climate liability: why banks should care. The new transition plan factor. Typology of emerging transition plans. Grantham institute framework: type 1, 2 and 3: network for greening the financial system: strategy-focused transition plans and risk-focused transition plans. Elements of credible corporate climate transition plans. The growing mismatch between financial institutioins' net-zero targets and corporate transition plans. Research question. A problem to solve: the climate-related liability risks information gap. Methods. Results. The identification of legal risk. Discussion.The 5x5 climate change litigation risk assessment matrix. Assembling of the matrix.

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Bibliografia: pp. 155-170.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in Digital Innovation and Sustainability (LM/SC – GIUR)
Chair: Green and sustainable finance
Thesis Supervisor: Sallustio, Riccardo
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Iaione, Fernando Christian
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2024 14:17
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2024 14:17
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/39320

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