Engagement collaboration: Water bonds to mitigate environmental risks

With a specific focus on Brazil, our proposed research aims to integrate an environmental risk approach into analysing the impacts of green bond investments, specifically on water resources. Green bonds are financial instruments designed to fund sustainable environmental projects, such as infrastructure, to address water-related challenges. However, their actual environmental effectiveness and transparency remain underexplored (Ehlers et al., 2020, Jia,2023, Fatica and Panzica, 2021).

Collaboration is at the heart of our approach. The UK is the global leader in water bonds, while Brazil leads in Latin America. By bringing together UK and Brazilian researchers, we aim to foster the exchange of world-class knowledge and innovative ideas and develop networks with local stakeholders, crucial in driving forward our research and ensuring its practical relevance.This partnership will enhance our collective ability to tackle the environmental challenges associated with sustainable finance.

Our objectives are clear: to foster new collaborations, establish fresh partnerships and networks, and develop innovative research projects scalable for further funding applications. These goals will be achieved through a structured approach involving stakeholder via interviews, a workshop, dissemination of findings, and development of further research proposals.

Ultimately, by addressing the complexities of environmental risk in green finance,our research will contribute significantly to global sustainable development and environmental stewardship.

Research team:
- Dr Ticiane Santos Federal Rural University of the Amazônia (UFRA), Brazil,
- Dr Rayla Dias, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Brazil,
- Dr Isabel Torres, University of Santiago, Chile,
- Dr Jin Suk Park, Coventry University,
- Dr Jessica Robins, Coventry University,
- Professor Benny Tjahjono, Coventry University,
- Professor Yaniv Hanoch, Coventry University.