STRATI Journal of Climate Finance and Carbon Markets

The Journal aims to:

• Provide a scholarly and policy-relevant platform for in-depth analysis of climate finance mechanisms and carbon market dynamics.
• Explore the role of climate finance in supporting mitigation, adaptation, and resilience strategies.
• Advance understanding of carbon pricing mechanisms, market-based instruments, and their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
• Promote evidence-based approaches to designing and implementing carbon markets, including regulatory frameworks and governance mechanisms.
• Support dialogue between academics, policymakers, financiers, and civil society on scalable and inclusive climate finance solutions.

Scope includes (but is not limited to):

• Climate finance flows, sources, and allocation strategies.
• Economic and policy analysis of carbon markets.
• Regulatory frameworks and market design principles.
• Linking of carbon markets across regions and countries.
• Innovative finance tools for climate action.
• Integration of carbon markets with sustainable finance and ESG frameworks.

Detailed Themes

Research topics may include, but are not limited to:

1. Global and Regional Climate Finance Architecture – structure, governance, and coordination of multilateral and bilateral climate funds.
2. Public Climate Finance – Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund, Global Environment Facility (GEF), and development bank financing.
3. Private Climate Finance Mobilization – green bonds, climate bonds, sustainability-linked loans, blended finance.
4. Carbon Pricing Mechanisms – carbon taxes, emissions trading systems (ETS), and hybrid approaches.
5. Compliance Carbon Markets – EU ETS, Chinese ETS, RGGI, and emerging systems in developing economies.
6. Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) – standards, certification, and corporate offsetting strategies.
7. Carbon Credit Quality and Integrity – additionality, permanence, leakage, and verification.
8. Linking Carbon Markets – regional and cross-border market integration, challenges, and opportunities.
9. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – cooperative approaches, ITMOs, and sustainable development mechanisms.
10. Climate Finance for Adaptation – funding mechanisms for climate-resilient infrastructure, agriculture, and communities.
11. Financing Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) – forests, wetlands, mangroves, and blue carbon projects.
12. Role of Carbon Markets in Net Zero Pathways – corporate strategies, national targets, and sectoral transitions.
13. Carbon Market Economics – price formation, volatility, supply-demand dynamics, and liquidity.
14. Distributional and Social Impacts of Carbon Pricing – equity, just transition, and poverty implications.
15. Climate Risk Assessment in Finance – scenario analysis, stress testing, and disclosure requirements.
16. Integration with ESG and Sustainable Finance – taxonomy alignment and portfolio decarbonization.
17. Blockchain and Digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) – transparency and traceability in carbon markets.
18. Carbon Market Governance – legal frameworks, institutional capacity, and enforcement mechanisms.
19. Carbon Finance in Developing and Emerging Economies – barriers, enablers, and successful models.
20. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Financing – investment models and policy incentives.
21. Sector-Specific Carbon Market Strategies – energy, industry, transport, agriculture, and forestry.
22. Financing Loss and Damage – compensation mechanisms and innovative risk-sharing tools.
23. Interplay Between Carbon Markets and Renewable Energy Deployment – investment synergies and competitiveness impacts.
24. Measuring Impact and Additionality in Climate Finance – performance metrics and accountability.
25. Future of Carbon Markets Post-2030 – scaling mechanisms, policy harmonization, and global cooperation scenarios.

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