Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance

Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (the Centre) is a strategic cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School).
Both partners recognize that – for decades to come – climate change will pose a fundamental challenge to the world economy and the financial industry in particular.

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About the Centre

The Centre is committed to facilitating the necessary structural change of energy supply and use around the globe by helping to catalyse private sector capital flow towards investments in sustainable energy and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Located at Frankfurt School, the Centre combines research of the highest calibre with an orientation towards practical application all the way to the final implementation. By implementing findings and instruments in the field where they will be most effective, the Centre will maximize its knowledge base and grow into a leading think tank on this topic.

Fields of Activity

The Centre’s mission is to facilitate private sector capital towards financing the use of sustainable energy and climate change mitigation around the globe. This will be achieved through a range of activities organized in three different fields of action - Research, Education and Project Implementation. In applying the continuum from research to project implementation the Centre builds a knowledgebase directly benefiting its partners and the wider community. This is supported by the dissemination of project results and lessons learned.

This linkage between the Centre's activities creates a reliable platform of exchange for investors, financiers, policy makers and researchers.

For further information on the Centre please download our brochure here.