SSRN The Latest Research on Climate Finance This list includes a selection of the latest research on climate finance posted to SSRN in 2025. Climate Risk and Collateral Misreporting by Dongxiao Niu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Nils Kok (Maastricht University), Juan Palacios (Maastricht University), & Siqi Zheng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nature and Climate Risk in Asset Prices by Chiara Colesanti Senni (University of Zurich), Skand Goel, & Markus Leippold (University of Zurich) An Empirical Examination of Business Climate Alliances: Effective and/or Harmful? by Matteo Gasparini (Harvard Business School) & Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School) Real-Time Climate Controversy Detection by David Jaggi (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), Nicolas Jamet (RAM Active Investment), Markus Leippold (University of Zurich), & Tingyu Yu (University of Zurich) Firm-Level Nature Dependence by Alexandre Garel (Audencia Business School), Arthur Romec (Toulouse Business School), Zacharias Sautner (European Corporate Governance Institute), & Alexander F. Wagner (University of Zurich) Creditworthy: Do Climate Change Risks Matter for Sovereign Credit Ratings? by Lorenzo Cappiello (European Central Bank), Gianluigi Ferrucci (European Central Bank), Angela Maddaloni (European Central Bank), & Veronica Veggente (Imperial College Business School) Corporate Nature Risk Perceptions by Snorre Gjerde (Norges Bank Investment Management), Zacharias Sautner (European Corporate Governance Institute), Alexander F. Wagner (European Corporate Governance Institute), & Alexis Wegerich (Norges Bank Investment Management) How to Deliver Mega-Scale Investment in Climate Infrastructure by Carter Casady (Stanford University) & Ashby Monk (Stanford University) Climate Boards: Do Natural Disaster Experiences Make Directors More Prosocial? by Sehoon Kim (University of Florida), Bernadette A. Minton (Ohio State University), & Rohan Williamson (Georgetown University) A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative by Harry DeAngelo (University of Southern California) & Judith Curry (Georgia Institute of Technology) Intermediaries and Emissions Disclosures by Rongchen Li (Columbia Business School) The Natural Language of Finance by Gerard Hoberg (University of Southern California) & Asaf Manela (Washington University in St. Louis) The Influence of the “Environmentally-friendly” Character Through Asymmetries on Market Crash Price of Risk in Major Stock Sectors by Konstantinos A. Dimitriadis (Mesoyios College), Demetris Koursaros (Cyprus University of Technology), & Christos S. Savva (Cyprus University of Technology) Dirty Business: Transition Risk of Factor Portfolios by Ravi Jagannathan (Northwestern University), Iwan Meier (HEC Montreal), & Valeri Sokolovski (University of Alberta) Out of the Light, Into the Dark: How ‘Shadow Carbon Financing’ Hampers the Green Transition and Increases Climate-related Systemic Risk by Simon Schairer (University of Witten/Herdecke), Jan Fichtner (University of Witten/Herdecke), Riccardo Baioni (University of Witten/Herdecke), David Pereira de Castro (Copenhagen Business School), Nicolás Aguila (University of Witten/Herdecke), Janina Urban (University of Witten/Herdecke), Paula Haufe (University of Witten/Herdecke), & Joscha Wullweber (University of Witten/Herdecke) To read more research on Climate Finance, subscribe to SSRN’s Climate Finance eJournal or view other papers here.