Green Finance Research Advances 2026

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

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Programme

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome remarks

  • Laurent Clerc, Banque de France
  • Institut Louis Bachelier representative (TBC)

09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Ben Groom

Provisional title: Valuing Nature in a Changing Climate: Biodiversity, Resilience and Long-Term Finance
Ben Groom is Professor of Biodiversity Economics and Dragon Capital Chair at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on biodiversity and climate change economics, natural capital valuation, intergenerational equity, and social discounting. He is a member of HM Treasury’s Biodiversity Working Group, which examines how biodiversity should be incorporated into cost-benefit analysis of public policy and investment. He has advised governments and international organisations on environmental policy and long-term public investment.

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

Session A – Auditorium
Session B – Room 4

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and poster session

14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Session

Session C – Auditorium
Session D – Room 4

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

Session E – Auditorium
Session F – Room 4

08:30 – 10:00 Parallel Session

Session G – Auditorium
Session H – Room 4

10:00 – 11:00 Keynote Natalia Fabra

Provisional title: Powering the Energy Transition: Markets, Investment and Resilience
Natalia Fabra is a Professor of Economics at CEMFI. She is the Founder and Director of EnergyEconLab and Principal Investigator of the ERC Advanced project (2025-2030) ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION. She has extensively worked on the analysis of electricity markets and environmental policies. Natalia is Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and Associate Member of the Toulouse School of Economics.

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:00 Parallel Session

Session I – Auditorium
Session J – Room 4

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

Scientific committee

  • Jean Stephane Mesonnier, Banque de France
  • Peter Tankov (Co-chair of the Scientific Committee), ENSAE
  • Jeff Althouse, Independent consultant
  • Marie Briere, Amundi
  • Laurent Clerc, Banque de France
  • Stéphane Dees, Banque de France
  • Antoine Godin, AFD
  • Antoine Mandel, Pantheon - Sorbonne
  • Cristina Penasco (Co-chair of the Scientific Committee), Banque de France
  • Stéphane Voisin, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Gauthier Vermandel, Paris Dauphine
  • Jean Guillaume Sahuc, Banque de France
  • Elsa Allman, Banque de France
  • Fulvia Marotta, De Nederlandsche Bank
  • Maria Eugenia Sanin, Université Paris-Est Créteil
  • Elise Kremer,Banque de France
  • Frederic Ghersi,CIRED
  • David Zerbib,ENSAE Paris Tech
  • Elise Gourier,ESSEC Business School
  • Chiara Colesanti Senni,University of Zurich
  • Lionel Melin,EDHEC Business School
  • Stephane Crepey,Universite Paris Cite

Organising Committee

  • Stephane Voisin, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Peter Tankov, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Elise Kremer, Banque de France
  • Sandra Daniel, Banque de France
  • Lea Grisey, Banque de France
  • Thibaut Tarabbia, Banque de France
  • Feriel Bettaieb, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Camille Diliberto, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Quitterie Lasserre, Institut Louis Bachelier
  • Cristina Penasco, Banque de France

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