Sini Matikainen (@sinimatic) profile picture
London, England
Joined December 2013
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I've been beaten to it by the @CambridgeEcon account and @Neil_R_Edwards but our paper on stranded assets in @NatureClimate is now out. Summary: Trillions of dollars of assets at risk, even without further policy. Financial crisis possible. bit.ly/2LlhzH0
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Read @GRI_LSE's @sinimatic's evidence in @CommonsEAC report on how privatisation of Green Investment Bank has harmed UK green investment & why more robust evidence is needed on green mortgages parliament.uk/business/commi…
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Join us at Greenwich on 23 May to learn more about the links between climate change and finance: eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-…. Speakers include Etienne Espagne, Maria Nikolaidi, @sinimatic, @HectorPollitt and @RJMacquarie.
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To anyone interested: from 6:05 you can hear Mario Draghi's response to @paultang question on the climate-related impact of ECB's QE multimedia.europarl.europa.e… @sinimatic @GRI_LSE @DimitriZ Our policy paper on the topic here: lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/…
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Banks should hold more capital for brown loans and not less for green loans! Persuasive argumentation against green suporting factor and for brown penalizing factor by Boot and Schoenmaker #macropru #sustainability @HLEG_Sus_Fin @VDombrovskis bruegel.org/2018/01/climate-…
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“European Union plans to lower capital requirements for environmentally-friendly investments would have a negative impact on lenders’ credit rating as it would increase risks,” rating agency Moody’s says. reut.rs/2jagPbx @VDombrovskis
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Green doesn't mean risk-free: Why we should be cautious about preferential regulatory treatment for green financial assets xitter.cf/GRI_LSE/status/9427136…
We should be cautious about considering a #GreenSupportingFactor as a means of boosting green growth in the EU says @sinimatic lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/…
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What’s the future of the Green Investment Bank & UK low-carbon investment now GIB sale is complete? Asks @sinimatic bit.ly/2fQlOj8
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How green are the #GE2017 manifestos? @SamFankhauser & Sini Matikainen on @LSEpoliticsblog blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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Central banks inadvertently backing high-carbon companies with programmes to stimulate economic growth lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/…
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Mark Carney weighs in on #climate change again, this time to argue green investment can boost the global economy ft.com/content/741131f0-80ef…
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Turning the carbon bubble inside out: clean companies beat polluting ones 3 to 1 corporateknights.com/channel… #Clean200
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UK should boost growth by borrowing to invest in sustainable energy, transport & cities - 2 new reports by @DimitriZ lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/…
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Clean global economic growth now ‘within reach’ - ft.com/cms/s/0/79a9f1c6-23f1…
Scrap fossil fuel subsidies now and bring in carbon tax, says World Bank chief gu.com/p/47fvm/stw
A Terrible Year for Newspapers, a Good Year for News theatlantic.com/business/arc…
"San Francisco, the heart of the tech industry, now has the fastest-growing income inequality in the country, a gap on par with Rwanda’s."