Digital Finance, Green Transition and Financial Risks
A special issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 182
Special Issue Editor
Interests: financial economics; financial markets; corporate finance; corporate governance; financial institutions; applied economics; sustainable finance; development finance; environmental and energy finance; fintech
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital finance and climate transition are two powerful, rapidly evolving forces reshaping global financial markets. On one hand, the proliferation of fintech platforms, digital payment systems, blockchain innovations, and decentralized finance (DeFi) is disrupting traditional modes of financial intermediation, risk sharing, and capital allocation. On the other hand, the policy push for climate transition, ESG integration, and sustainable investing is transforming institutional incentives, asset pricing dynamics, and the broader regulatory landscape.
Each trend carries non-trivial, interconnected risks, including market risk, regulatory uncertainty, transition risk, operational vulnerabilities, greenwashing concerns, and potential financial contagion across institutions and markets.
This Special Issue welcomes theoretical and empirical research that examines the evolving risk landscape arising from the interaction between digital finance and climate transition dynamics. Contributions employing rigorous quantitative, econometric, policy-oriented, or other innovative analytical approaches are particularly encouraged to advance understanding of emerging financial risks in the context of digital and sustainable financial transformation.
Dr. Bismark Addai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- digital finance
- decentralized finance (DeFi)
- green transition
- climate transition risk
- ESG integration
- financial stability
- risk transmission
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