Nicola Ranger

Executive Director, Earth Capital Nexus & Professor in Practice, Natural Capital, Risk & Finance at The London School of Economics and Political Science

Speaker

Professor Nicola Ranger is Executive Director of Earth Capital Nexus and Professor in Practice of Natural Capital, Risk and Finance in the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She leads interdisciplinary research and policy engagement at the nexus of finance, investment, natural capital, resilience and sustainable development with a global focus.

Professor Ranger is a globally recognized expert in sustainable finance, climate and nature, and systemic resilience. Her research focuses on integrating climate and nature risks into financial decision-making, developing innovative financial instruments, green fiscal policy, debt sustainability and mobilizing investment for sustainable development. She works closely with financial institutions, central banks, governments, and international organizations.

Nicola brings two decades of experience working in senior roles across government, research, international financial institutions and the private sector and has published extensively on topics related to sustainable finance, risk, resilience, nature and development. She is also the founding Director of the Resilient Planet Finance Lab in collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and serves on several high-level advisory groups, including those for the World Bank, the Bank of England’s Climate Financial Risk Forum, the Network for Greening the Financial System, TRASE, Natural State and PlanetaryX.