Social and environmental initiatives

Environmental Justice Is Social Justice: Literary and Cultural Representations of the Climate Crisis in Third-Millennium Europe through a Gender-Based Analysis

Environmental Justice Is Social Justice: Literary and Cultural Representations of the Climate Crisis in Third-Millennium Europe through a Gender-Based Analysis

This project investigates the representations of the climate crisis in different European cultural productions through a
transdisciplinary, transnational, postcolonial, intersectional, and inter-/transmedia approach. It analyzes the current theoretical
debate on the Anthropocene, on environmental violence as a legacy of colonial imbalances of power, and on the connection
between environmental justice and social justice (with a specific focus on gender inequalities). It then examines how cultural

Sustainable Finance: Trends, Opportunities and Risks

Interest in sustainable finance—and any other investment supporting the creation of positive social and environmental effects—has grown over the last ten years. Following the global financial crisis, investors and policy makers reconsidered common financial schemes, business models and products through the lens of sustainability issues. Policy makers intercepted the growing trend and moved on with a set of new regulatory proposals. This was particularly true in the European Union where several regulations were proposed by the European Commission.

Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance. Creating an Efficient Market through Innovative Polices and Instruments

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aspires at a better future for all, thereby calling for an innovative and sophisticated financing strat- egy, with the dual challenge of mobilizing an unprecedented volume of resources, and leaving no one behind. Public action alone is not sufficient to address the scale and complexity of today’s global challenges.

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