Advancing knowledge that tackles systemic challenges to create long-term value through capital markets
Conversations from COP30: Harnessing data to transform transition finance
The use of data-driven analytics can speed the ability of countries to implement their climate targets and transform energy-transition finance.
What if the Paris Agreement hadn’t happened?
Imagine a world without the Paris Agreement. This Friday marks 10 years since nearly 200 countries adopted the 27-page accord while meeting at the United Nations climate change conference in the French capital.
Mapping the hidden wealth of Brazil’s forests
Forests in Brazil can be significantly more valuable standing than when cleared for timber or agriculture, our modeling suggests.
Five lenses on sustainable finance in Southeast Asia and China’s Greater Bay Area
The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly emerging as a strategic growth market for climate finance and clean technology, with China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Southeast Asia (SEA) leading the way.
Events
We convene global experts, practitioners and decision-makers to examine systemic challenges and the role of capital markets in tackling them.
Theory Meet Practice
Our video series featuring leading finance academics discussing their research and the lessons investors can take from it.
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Ongoing research & analysis
Transition Finance Tracker
A quarterly report on financing the shift to a low-carbon economy.
What the market thinks
Our “What the Market Thinks” series examines how participants across the capital-markets ecosystem are navigating systemic challenges. Combining market perspectives and data, the reports help practitioners, academic researchers and policymakers inform decision-making and benchmark progress.
Sustainability Research Portal
The MSCI Institute endeavors to highlight recent research into the relationship between sustainability factors and the value of financial assets, risk and performance that has practical investment relevance.
Latest videos
Episode 3: AI, Big Data and the Future of Private Markets with Ludovic Phalippou
A conversation with Katy Huff, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Episode 2: Rethinking Private Credit with David Robinson
Episode 1: Understanding Private Capital Alpha with Greg Brown
A conversation with Li Tan, Co-Founder and General Partner, Audacy
A conversation with Gelem Del Mar, SVP Global Sales, Grid Technologies, Siemens Energy
A conversation with Annicent Busingye, Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Energy, Uganda
A conversation with Ana Hajduka, founder and CEO, Africa GreenCo
A conversation with Purnima Gandhi, Head of Strategic Investments at Aglaia Family Office in Singapore
Episode 5: Discussing systems-level thinking with Caroline Flammer
Institute in the news
For better or worse, COP30 changed little for investors
PA future
Asian utility companies to face climate-driven losses of US$8.4 billion by 2050: report
The Business Times
MSCI’s Transition Finance Tracker highlights need for forward-looking data
The Edge Singapore