The new features and risk elements associated with climate finance have triggered intensive attention in the academic world. This special issue aims to create a platform for scholars across the world to exchange ideas from different perspectives, share experiences from countries, and explore the current status, challenges and future development of climate induced financial innovations.

Topics of interest in this special issue include, but are not limited to:

• Carbon finance: new instruments and market design
• Climate risks management with innovative financial instruments
• Climate-induced financial instability
• Financial innovation and green innovation
• Innovations on the climate financial infrastructure
• Innovative financial instruments to cope with climate change
• Institutional innovation to facilitate climate finance