CEFGroup Reading Session

Welcome to the Climate and Energy Finance Reading Group, a monthly meeting where academic staff and postgraduate students in the Accountancy and Finance department together discuss and present research articles in the areas of climate finance, sustainable investing, energy markets, and carbon markets.

With the ever-increasing importance of addressing climate change, this reading group provides a platform for participants to deepen their knowledge and engage in critical discussions about the latest research and developments in these fields.

We invite you to join us in exploring these fascinating and timely issues and look forward to stimulating conversations and insightful contributions from all participants.

Date/Time	Location	Presenter	Topic
Monday 29 April 2024 10:00am ~ 11:00am	OBS 5.07	TBC	TBC
Monday 25 March 2024 10:00am ~ 11:00am	OBS 5.07	Mr Andre Poyser	Flammer, C. (2021). Corporate green bonds. Journal of financial economics, 142(2), 499-516.

Date/Time

Location

Presenter

Topic

Monday 29 April 2024 10:00am ~ 11:00am

OBS 5.07

TBC

TBC

Monday 25 March 2024 10:00am ~ 11:00am

OBS 5.07

Mr Andre Poyser

Flammer, C. (2021). Corporate green bonds. Journal of financial economics, 142(2), 499-516.

Date/Time	Location	Presenter	Topic
Wednesday 25 October 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm	OBS 5.07	Mr Steven Yu	Chan, F. K. S., Chen, W. Y., Wang, Z., Loh, C., Thadani, D. R., Mitchell, G., … & Zhang, F. (2022). Meeting financial challenge facing China’s Sponge City Program (SCP)–Hong Kong as a gateway to green finance. Nature-Based Solutions, 2, 100019.
Wednesday 27 September 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm	OBS 5.07	Mr Abdullahi Bala	Zaman, R., Farooq, M. B., Khalid, F., & Mahmood, Z. (2021). Examining the extent of and determinants for sustainability assurance quality: The role of audit committees. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(7), 2887-2906.
Wednesday 30 August 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm	OBS 5.07	Dr Quyen Nguyen	Gourevitch, J. D., Kousky, C., Liao, Y., Nolte, C., Pollack, A. B., Porter, J. R., & Weill, J. A. (2023). Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets. Nature Climate Change, 13(3), 250-257.
Friday 28 July 2023 12:00pm ~ 01:00pm	OBS 5.07	Mr Andre Poyser	Degryse, H., Di Giuli, A., Sekerci, N., & Stradi, F. (2023). Sustainable investments: One for the money, two for the show. Available at SSRN.
Friday 30 June 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm	OBS 5.07	Ms Ling Liao	Bolton, P., & Kacperczyk, M. T. (2021). Global Pricing of Carbon-Transition Risk. Journal of Finance, forthcoming.
Friday 26 May 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm	OBS 2.19 (Boardroom)	Mr Kasun Perera	Aswani, J., Raghunandan, A., & Rajgopal, S. (2023). Are carbon emissions associated with stock returns?. Review of Finance, forthcoming.
Friday 28 April 2023 12:00pm ~ 01:00pm	OBS 2.19 (Boardroom)	Ms Shabana Talpur	Hasan, M. M., & Habib, A. (2017). Corporate life cycle, organizational financial resources and corporate social responsibility. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 13(1), 20-36

Date/Time

Location

Presenter

Topic

Wednesday 25 October 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm

OBS 5.07

Mr Steven Yu

Chan, F. K. S., Chen, W. Y., Wang, Z., Loh, C., Thadani, D. R., Mitchell, G., … & Zhang, F. (2022). Meeting financial challenge facing China’s Sponge City Program (SCP)–Hong Kong as a gateway to green finance. Nature-Based Solutions, 2, 100019.

Wednesday 27 September 2023 11:00am ~ 12:00pm

OBS 5.07

Mr Abdullahi Bala

Zaman, R., Farooq, M. B., Khalid, F., & Mahmood, Z. (2021). Examining the extent of and determinants for sustainability assurance quality: The role of audit committees. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(7), 2887-2906.