The Institut Louis Bachelier, the Banque de France and the Institut de la Finance Durable are pleased to welcome you to the 11th edition of the Green Finance Research Advances (GFRA) Conference, which will take place on December 8–9, 2026, at the Banque de France Auditorium in Paris and online.
This international conference brings together academics, regulators and practitioners each year to present the latest advances in sustainable finance research and foster dialogue between the academic community and financial sector stakeholders.
A conference dedicated to financing resilience
The 2026 edition will focus on financing resilience in a changing world, with particular emphasis on physical climate risks, nature and water-related challenges, energy sovereignty, sustainable investment after the ESG backlash, and the implications of technological and regulatory uncertainty for the transition
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome remarks
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Ben Groom
10:00 – 11:00 Roundtable 1 – Modelling Nature-Related Risks: From Ecosystem Dependencies to Financial Impacts
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Session
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and poster session
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Session
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:45 Roundtable 2 – Physical Climate Risk and Financial Resilience: From Measurement to Action
16:45 – 18:00 Parallel Session
08:30 – 10:00 Parallel Session
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote Natalia Fabra
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Parallel Session
12:00 – 12:15 Banque de France Young Researchers in Green Finance Prize — Award ceremony presented by Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
12:15 – 12:45 Laureate presentation(s)
12:45 – 13:00 Closing remarks
Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB)
The Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB) is an association under the law of 1901 created in 2008, at the initiative of the French Treasury and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. ILB funds, develops and promotes sustainable development research excellence in economics and finance. Currently hosting more than 60 research programs within four societal transitions (environmental, digital, demographic and financial), ILB is the center of collaborations between academic, as well as public and private partners on subjects of societal importance.
For more information : www.institutlouisbachelier.org
Banque de France
Should you want to know more about
the Banque de France’s Prize for Young Researchers in Green Finance, click here
Institut de la Finance Durable
The "Institut de la Finance Durable" aims to coordinate, federate and accelerate the action of the Paris financial center to achieve the ecological transition and the transformation of the economy towards a low-carbon and inclusive model, aligned with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Created in October 2022, the IFD takes over from Finance For Tomorrow.
For more information : institutdelafinancedurable.com
ESG Data Cartography
Discover the first mapping proposition of all conventional and alternative entities (ESG data providers, specialized providers, startups, open-source platform, NGOs, …) having relevant data for dealing with main green and sustainable finance use cases.
For more information : institutlouisbachelier.org/en/esg-data-cartography
Parc
PARC purpose is to foster research & data cooperation between academia themselves and with professionals to deliver robust and innovative sustainable finance tools and models and promote their implementation by financial practitioners.
For more information : parc-research.org