Climate Policy, Financial Risks, and Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Perspective

Abstract

The critical nature of climate change has made sustainable policies essential in financial risk management, requiring a unified strategy for economic and environmental resilience. This research performs a bibliometric evaluation of 213 academic articles (2016–2024) from the Dimensions database to analyze research patterns, principal contributors, and thematic areas in climate finance. After the Paris Agreement, studies on climate-finance have increased. Main themes revealed by the analysis include climate stress testing, ESG ratings, and transition risk management. Distinguished researchers, such as Irene Monasterolo and Stefano Battiston, are associated with top schools like Boston University and the Vienna University of Economics & Business. China lags far behind the United States. The study discloses significant discrepancies in publication amount and citations count. It emphasizes the need for unified climate risk management, better ESG adherence and finance geared to moderate-income growth the paper reconciles climate finance with Sustainable Development Goals of 2019, providing vital material for policy makers and banks.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Climate stress testing, ESG frameworks, financial risks, sustainable climate policies, systemic risk modeling, transition risk management.