Reposted by Paula HaufeAttac Deutschland @attacdeutschland.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Save the date: Sommerakademie von #Attac vom 10. bis 12. Juli in Frankfurt 🚀 Alle Infos und Anmeldung: www.attac.de/soak #soak2026 086
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Neue Zahlen, alte Probleme: Der Schuldenreport 2026 von @erlassjahr.bsky.social und @misereor.bsky.social ist soeben erschienen. Er zeigterlassjahr.deStartseite - erlassjahr.deEntwicklung braucht Entschuldung Viele Länder des Globalen Südens nehmen Kredite aus dem Ausland auf. Das ist an sich nichts Schlechtes, denn mit dem Geld können sie zum Beispiel in ihre Infrastruktur... 110
Reposted by Paula HaufeJan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 28/12/2025📢 Very timely new paper by @paulahaufe.bsky.social - give it a read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comGreen financial power in geoeconomic times: Development banks between Wall Street and Paris - Paula Haufe, 2025Public climate finance in the third decade of the 21st century is awkwardly positioned between the Wall Street Consensus (WSC), state capitalism, and climate ju... 185
Reposted by Paula HaufeSimon Schairer @simonschairer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Jopin our launch event of our [tra:ce] Working Paper No. 6 exploring how European financial institutions respond to stranded asset risks! 🔗 Register for the event: www.uni-wh.de/launch-des-t... 📄 Read the paper: ssrn.com/abstract=568... Looking forward to seeing all of you! 052
Reposted by Paula HaufeReclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 30/09/2025📣 Avec plus de 120 organisations, experts, chercheurs et entreprises, nous appelons la Commission européenne à garantir l'exclusion des entreprises développant de nouveaux projets d'énergies fossiles des futures catégories du SFDR afin de lutter efficacement contre le greenwashing. Lire la lettre ⤵️reclaimfinance.orgThere is no room for fossil fuel developers in any sustainable finance categories - Reclaim FinanceThe review of the SFDR is coming to an end with the publication of the proposal for a revised regulation by the European Commission announced for Q4 2025. 02213
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Inspiring, empowering, and full of bold research: the summer school was a reminder for how vital it is to build more inclusive spaces in political economy. 💜 Thanks to everyone involved and especially @palmapolyak.bsky.social & @dustinvoss.bsky.social 060
Reposted by Paula HaufeRiccardo Baioni @riccardobaioni.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Happy to share a new open-access article from the SuFi project at Witten/Herdecke University, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social @naguila.bsky.social @janina urban @paulahaufe.bsky.social @simonschairer.bsky.social @jwullweber.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comPlaying the capital market? Sustainable finance and the discursive construction of the Capital Markets Union as a common goodThe Capital Markets Union (CMU) project aims to create more integrated capital markets in Europe. However, the project faces resistance, and despite ongoing efforts EU capital markets remain fragme... 176
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Figure from our #policy #report: 1. The main barrier to #financing the necessary activities for the sustainable transition is their lack of #bankability 2. High GHG-emitting activities remain #bankable and thus continue to attract financing from banks and shadow banks www.uni-wh.de/en/your-camp... 175
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Our #policy #paper has just been published: "Financing the #green #transition: Increasing #bankability, phasing out carbon investments and funding 'never bankable' activities". We ask: Why does a large green financing gap persist? What policies do we need to change it: www.uni-wh.de/en/your-camp...uni-wh.de[tra:ce] Policy ReportFinancing the green transition: Increasing bankability, phasing out carbon investments and funding ‘never bankable’ activities 165
Reposted by Paula Haufenaguila.bsky.social @naguila.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Banks have been slow to increase green lending and continue to finance high-GHG-emitting activities. Why? Based on 88 interviews, in our new @trace working paper, we argue that there are three main reasons: bankability, business model, and regulations. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe green banking gap: how bankability, business models, and regulations challenge banks' decarbonisationBanks have been slow to increase green lending while they continue to finance high-GHG-emitting activities, a phenomenon we call the "green banking gap&quo 1158
Reposted by Paula HaufeRiccardo Baioni @riccardobaioni.bsky.social · 01/04/2025🚨 New Working Paper published with @simonschairer.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social @david castro @naguila.bsky.social @janina urban @paulahaufe.bsky.social @jwullweber.bsky.social : 🛢️💸🏝️ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comOut of the light, into the dark: how 'shadow carbon financing' hampers the green transition and increases climate-related systemic riskRecent years saw major regulatory efforts to steer the financial system towards financing the transition to a net-zero carbon economy and phase out carbon finan 142
Reposted by Paula HaufeSebastian Mack @sebastianmack.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Important contribution by @simonschairer.bsky.social and colleagues on the evasion of carbon financing from traditional banks to the opaque shadow banking sector 👇 142
Reposted by Paula HaufeJan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025🚨 New Working Paper published: Out of the light, into the dark: how ‘shadow carbon financing’ hampers the green transition and increases climate-related systemic risk 🛢️💸🏝️ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... A 🧵 with our main arguments: 31514
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025How can we finance a globally just sustainable transformation? In this piece with @naguila.bsky.social, @jwullweber.bsky.social we explore the need to reform the international monetary system for that purpose. Big thank you to @isrfoundation.bsky.social for publishing it and amazing editorial work👇 0106
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 12/02/2025What makes urban climate finance and where do the politics lie? - Look into this paper for an innovative and really productive analytical approach. Much appreciated contribution and highly recommended 🙌 121
Reposted by Paula HaufePhilipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Important, timely and very helpful paper. Do check it out! 052
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The who, what & how of Sustainable Finance has gotten very complex - Our new paper helps out conceptualizing Channels of Influence used by private financial actors to shape green transitions. We hope it is a helpful resource for scholars 📚, policy debates 🗞️, practitioners 🏦 and civil society 📣 a🧵⬇️ 096
Reposted by Paula HaufeOmas gegen Rechts Berlin @omasgr.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Trump, Musk, Kickl, Orban, die AfD... Rechtsextreme sind auf dem Vormarsch. Jetzt kommt es auf uns alle an. Unsere Antwort: Wir stehen zusammen und wehren uns gegen den Rechtsruck. Wir werden den Rechtsextremen nicht unsere Zukunft überlassen. Komm zum Lichtermeer für Demokratie und Zusammenhalt! 6176104
Reposted by Paula HaufeAnnina Kaltenbrunner @anninak.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I have published a short piece in German summarising recent work on International Financial Subordination. Mainly for my parents so that they know what I do:) 1154
Reposted by Paula HaufeHans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Der #Sozialstaat als „Hängematte“? Die wahren Zahlen zu Sozialleistungen sehen anders aus: Während der Missbrauch klein ist, verzichten Millionen auf das, was ihnen zusteht, zeigt eine aktuelle Analyse für unser @wsiinstitut.bsky.social 🤯 Aber Warum? 👉 www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-... 27232
Reposted by Paula HaufeKarina Patrício @kpatricio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Wow. These are powerful remarks by Indermit Gill in his Foreword to the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2024, which has just come out. They are both timely and necessary as we approach the 4th FfD Conference, where discussions on an international solvency insolvency framework are critical. 183
Reposted by Paula HaufeEADI @eadi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"By examining the intertwined relationships between finance, extraction, and transitions, researchers can gain insights into the power dynamics, contradictions, and alternatives shaping the future of energy production and consumption" From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1874developmentresearch.euUnravelling the Geographies of the Green Transition: Understanding the Finance-Extraction-Transitions NexusBy Tobias Franz and Angus McNelly The transition from fossil fuels to green energy in the 21st century – driven by the urgent need to address anthropogenic climate change – represents a monumental … 042
Reposted by Paula HaufePavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Pre-announcement! A little while ago @nathantankus.bsky.social asked me to write a short piece on wartime central bank independence, Schacht, Norman, the BIS and Nazi gold for his Notes on the Crises website. After a wonderful collaboration it is now ready and will appear tomorrow! Stay tuned! 57013
Reposted by Paula Haufenaguila.bsky.social @naguila.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Central banks in financially subordinated countries act differently from CBs in the core, particularly during crises. In this paper, I study peripheral CBs' last resort intervention by looking at Argentina in 2020. Peripheral CBs face limits due to their position in the int'l currency hierarchytandfonline.comCentral Banking in Financially Subordinated Countries During Crises: The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic’s Response to the Pandemic in 2020Central banks in financially subordinated countries face structural limits derived from the position of the currencies that they issue in the international monetary hierarchy. These constraints bec... 2153
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Ich gebe Montagabend ein Online-Probeseminar "Klimakrise, Staat und Markt - wie die Transformation finanzieren", zugleich ein Schnupperabend für unseren B.A. Global Sustainability und B.A. PPÖ. Es wird Raum für Diskussion und Fragen geben. Studierende werden auch vor Ort sein lnkd.in/eRku2zgm 042
Reposted by Paula HaufeWuppertal Institut @wuppertalinstitut.bsky.social · 28/11/2024🌎 #COP29 Analysebericht: Die Konferenz brachte keine echten Fortschritte im #Klimaschutz, ein Rückschritt wurde gerade noch verhindert. Alle Ergebnisse zu #Klimafinanzierung #Energiewende und mehr hier ausführlich nachlesen: wupperinst.org/a/wi/a/s/ad/... 132
Reposted by Paula HaufeNick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 25/11/2024In slightly longer form, what is becoming an annual rant about what the failures of this COP summit reveal about climate politics. nickbernards.substack.com/p/if-this-wa...nickbernards.substack.comIf this was the finance COP, where is the finance?The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan was hyped up in advance as the ‘finance COP’. High on the agenda for COP 29 was a revis... 042
Reposted by Paula HaufeGemma Milne @gemmamilne.bsky.social · 14/09/2024If, like me, you’ve been searching Bluesky for fellow @finandsoc.bsky.social participants, look no further! I’ve made a starter pack 👍 (DM me if I’ve missed you! I went by names on the programme but appreciate folk use different usernames etc) go.bsky.app/EoRCUHE 11210
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 12/06/2024Apply now for the #BA #Global #Sustainability. #Climate #Justice #Transformation. A critical B.A. study (+practice) program about global political + economic transformation processes @Uni Witten/Herdecke. More Info: www.uni-wh.de/en/uwh-inter...uni-wh.deB. A. Global SustainabilityB. A. Global Sustainability: (Zahn-)Medizin, Pflege, Psychologie, Wirtschaft oder Kultur an der Uni Witten/Herdecke studieren - interdisziplinär, praxisnah und sozialverträglich. 032
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 18/04/2024Lesenswerter Artikel von Rainer @vossman.bsky.social in der FR zu @paulahaufe.bsky.social @naguila.bsky.social und meinem Vorschlag für eine Nachhaltigkeits-orientierte Weltwährung und Weltzentralbank um Transformationsprozesse global, gerechter und flexibler zu finanzieren www.fr.de/wirtschaft/g... 001
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 22/03/2024🚨New & Open Access – How to finance a sustainable transformation globally? @jwullweber.bsky.social , @naguila.bsky.social and me 💰propose: The ecor as global special purpose money ⛔bc any answer must counter the international monetary hierarchy. a short 🧵 --> rb.gy/yuxbmyrb.gyThe ecor as global special purpose money: towards a green international monetary system to finance sustainable and just transformation - Sustainability ScienceCountries from the Global South face significant challenges to finance sustainable and just transformation. These challenges primarily stem from the hierarchical character of the current international... 154
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 19/02/2024Very happy to have this paper out with @naguila.bsky.social on “Legitimising green monetary policies” with the Journal of European Public Policy and open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 033
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 13/02/2024UPCOMING: Workshop on Justice in Finance for Climate Adaptation and Loss and Damage - Really looking forward to participate together with @naguila.bsky.social. You can still register. free, in person or online until Feb 15 👉 www.adjust-climate.org/en/workshop-... 044
Reposted by Paula HaufePhilipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 08/02/2024Thrilled to see this paper with @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social & Arjen van der Heide out in @econsocjournal.bsky.social! Will post a thread post carnival. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 24318
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 17/01/2024event tonight‼️Magdalena #Silberberger on Green Impact Funds for Transformation! Join #[tra:ce] to discuss how global climate finance may realize greater potential - also streamed online 🖥️🌏💚 uni-wh-de.zoom.us/j/8486448507... @jwullweber.bsky.social @naguila.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Paula HaufeDustin Voss @dustinvoss.bsky.social · 10/01/2024What’s the power of international asset managers like BlackRock over national corporate governance systems ? New paper out in the Socio-Economic Review! Open access here: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... 11912
Reposted by Paula HaufeIna M. Sieber @imsieber.bsky.social · 04/12/2023UN Women Press conference at #COP28 Report on Feminist Climate Justice - Gender inequalities intensify vulnerability to CC impacts, which jeopardizes hard-won gains on women’s rights. The loss and damage fund will be crucial for supporting womens rights and a just, gender-responsive transition.unwomen.orgFeminist climate justice: A framework for actionThis paper unpacks the concept of feminist climate justice. It provides guidance on how to transition to low-emission economies that are resilient to a changing climate, while recognizing the leadersh... 001
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Extended deadline 15 Dec: #Call for nominations for the #PPE #Young #Scholars #Award for #Social and #Institutional #Change at #UniWitten/Herdecke. We want to encourage researchers to leave the beaten track and break new ground in Polecon + Phil #research and #teaching www.uni-wh.de/wirtschaft-u...uni-wh.dePPE Institute for Social and Institutional Change (ISIC)The PPE Institute for Social and Institutional Change (ISIC) mission is to foster and promote the unique approach of PPE research on topics of social and institutional change. 021
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 09/11/2023We really urgently need states to substitute, divest, redirect or let strand their fossil fuel ownership and investments. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN reportPlans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’ 010
Reposted by Paula HaufePaula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 09/11/2023Über Inseln des Gelingens 🏖️und die Mechanismen des systematischen Versagens 💨in der Kommunalpolitik 🏫. Die Diskussion von und mit Uwe #Schneidewind ist jetzt auch online nachzulesen: blog.uni-wh.de/blog/2023/wi... 011
Reposted by Paula HaufeClimate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 06/11/2023New from us & Common Wealth: the US and UK militaries are among the most prolific polluters in world history. We show that the monetary costs of environmental damages caused by these militaries & associated industries is at least $111 billion since 2015. www.common-wealth.org/publications...common-wealth.orgLess War, Less Warming: A Reparative Approach to US and UK Military Ecological Damages | Briefing | ...The US and UK militaries are two of the institutions most responsible for climate crisis in the world. Only a reparative approach can begin to account for their role in environmental breakdown. 13325
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 07/11/2023good news among the many bad ones: RWE withdraws from its international arbitration proceedings against the Netherlands. Previous court ruling found the dutch coal law was “lawful, proportionate and foreseeable” ✌️💚 www.somo.nl/energy-giant...somo.nlEnergy giant RWE withdraws billion-euro claim against the Netherlands - SOMOGerman energy company RWE has announced (opens in new window) its intention to withdraw its international arbitration proceedings against the Dutch state at the International Centre for Settlement of ... 010
Reposted by Paula HaufeIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 07/11/2023"Racial capitalism, uneven development, and the abstractive powers of race and money" just published open access in EPA At last, this piece is out 😀 wrote it +2 years ago! It's part of an exciting symposium on social difference and uneven development journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comRacial capitalism, uneven development, and the abstractive powers of race and money - Ilias Alami, 2...How does the circulation of capital in the form of money and finance mobilize different constructions of “Blackness” across historical-geographical contexts, an... 093
Paula Haufe @paulahaufe.bsky.social · 06/11/2023Money meeting (geo)politics, meeting polities, meeting citizens 〰️👀💸👌 010
Reposted by Paula HaufeJoscha Wullweber @jwullweber.bsky.social · 02/11/2023Wie können Städte #zukunftsfähig gestaltet werden? Wir diskutieren die realen Schwierigkeiten der Umsetzung von #Transformationsideen. Veranstaltung mit Uwe Schneidewind an der #UniWitten/Herdecke, Di, 7. Nov. www.uni-wh.de/detailseiten...uni-wh.deWie können Städte zukunftsfähig gestaltet werden?<p class="MsoBodyText">Im ersten Kolloquium des „International Center for Sustainable and Just Transformation“ [tra:ce] ist der Wuppertaler Oberbürgermeister Uwe Schneidewind zu Gast an der UW/H.... 101
Reposted by Paula HaufeJan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 31/10/2023📢 Carbon bombs under the spotlight Transparent data and visualization about the world's biggest fossil fuel extraction projects, and their links with companies and banks A project led by two French nonprofits 👇 www.carbonbombs.orgcarbonbombs.orgCarbonBombs.orgCarbonBombs.org is a tool to follow the evolution of carbon bombs in the world. 084
Reposted by Paula HaufeJust Money @justmoney.bsky.social · 30/10/2023Event announcement ! Paper Talk: "Counterfeit Empire: Speculative Currency and the 1825 Haitian Indemnity" by Arielle Alterwaite Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm EST justmoney.org/haitian-inde...justmoney.orgAnnouncement Paper Talk – Counterfeit Empire : Speculative Currency and the 1825 Haitian IndemnityThursday , November 2, 2023 at 12.00 pm. ET 166