Her research has been published on top tier academic journals, such as Nature Climate Change and Climatic Change, and she has edited special issues on climate change and macro-financial risks on Ecological Economics and Journal of Financial Stability. Her research was covered by Euractiv, the Financial Times, OMFIF and UNPRI.<\/p>\n
She has long experience in working at the research-policy interface on sustainable and inclusive development, and climate finance, in collaboration with central banks (e.g. European Central Bank, Austrian National Bank), financial regulators (e.g. G20, European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA)), development finance institutions (World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank), NGOs (e.g. CERES, Positive Money) and the European Commission (EC).<\/p>\n
In particular, she has contributed to the Western Balkans\u2019 Regular Economic Report and compound risk project; G20 Saudi Arabia Task Force \u201cClimate Change and Environment\u201d; climate risk exposure of Chinese development banks and Caribbean Development Bank\u2019s portfolios; EIOPA\u2019s Financial Stability Report on climate financial risk assessment of insurance firms; the assessment of the climate risk exposure of the ECB\u2019s Quantitative Easing program, and the climate risk assessment of US banks.<\/p>\n
Irene is co-founder and senior partner at Climate Finance Alpha.<\/p>\n