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Why ecologists should care about financial markets

This article summarizes recent developments in global financial markets, explores how they connect to ecosystems and ecological change in both direct and indirect ways, and elaborates on crucial research gaps.

Björn Nykvist / Published on 28 September 2015

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Galaz, V., J. Gars, F. Moberg, B. Nykvist, C. Repinski (2015). Why ecologists should care about financial markets. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(10), 571–580.

Changes in financial markets are creating new global connections that make financial markets, actors, and instruments important aspects of global environmental change. The role of financial actors is shifting due to financial innovations, increased sustainability ambitions from large financial actors, and changes in international commodity markets. Despite this, the way financial markets and actors affect ecosystem change in different parts of the world has seldom been elaborated in the literature.

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Bjorn Nyqvist
Björn Nykvist

Team Leader: Energy and Industry Transitions; Senior Research Fellow

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Land : Ecosystems / Economy : Finance

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