The Bank of France announced the 2025 recipients of its “Young Researchers in Green Finance” prize, awarding Dr Adrien Fabre (CIRED) and Prof Dr Thomas Giroux (ETH Zurich) for their work in climate economics and sustainable finance. The award ceremony took place during the “Green Finance Research Advances” academic conference, co-organised by the Bank of France and the Louis Bachelier Institute, with support from the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) and the Sustainable Finance Institute, Paris Europlace. The prize was presented by Alexandre Gautier, Deputy Director General for Financial Stability and Operations at the Bank of France. Fabre’s research focuses on political preferences, international taxation and climate policies, while Giroux’s work examines how climate and environmental risks affect financial returns and how to mobilise private capital for the environmental transition; they succeed prior laureates Dr Alain Naef and Dr Isis Durrmeyer.
Bank of France 2025-12-18
Bank of France awards its 2025 Young Researchers in Green Finance prize to Adrien Fabre and Thomas Giroux
The Bank of France awarded the 2025 “Young Researchers in Green Finance” prize to Dr Adrien Fabre and Prof Dr Thomas Giroux for their contributions to climate economics and sustainable finance. The awards were presented at the “Green Finance Research Advances” conference, co-organised with the Louis Bachelier Institute. Fabre's research addresses political preferences and climate policies, while Giroux focuses on climate risks' impact on financial returns and mobilising private capital for environmental transition.