Climate finance and financial inclusion

Zubeiru Salifu, Joshua Yindenaba Abor and Godfred Amewu

Chapter 25 in The Elgar Companion to Financial Economics, 2025, pp 492-509 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Climate change is disproportionately affecting countries globally, posing an existential threat to humanity. Understanding how climate finance affects financial inclusion and vice versa is crucial. Climate finance and financial inclusion aim to facilitate access to essential financial offerings to enable people on low incomes and households to reduce their vulnerability to climate shocks as well as make them more resilient to economic disruptions caused by climate change. In this chapter, we explore the two-way connection between climate finance and financial inclusion from a global perspective. Topics discussed include the key milestones in the implementation of climate finance initiatives, global climate finance architecture, the dual relationship between climate finance and financial inclusion, the roles of central banks in addressing climate-related financial risks and the emerging issues in climate finance and financial inclusion. The chapter proposes several initiatives to increase climate finance and financial inclusion, especially for developing countries where access to climate finance is constrained by low levels of financial inclusion.

Keywords: Climate finance; Financial inclusion; Climate adaptation; Climate mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035341399
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