From Market Failure to Market-Making: The Role of Financial Institutions in Sustainable Finance

Sustainable finance is often framed as a capital allocation challenge, but in reality it is a market design problem. Across climate transition, green infrastructure, and emerging sustainable technologies, the constraint is rarely a lack of capital – it is a lack of bankable opportunities at scale that meet the risk-return expectations of private investors. Sustainability and public goods are not priced into everyday transactions (which only tend to…

How fit‑for‑purpose is the EU’s 2028–2034 MFF for climate and environment?

On 16 July 2025, the European Commission presented its proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which will run from 2028 to 2034. Climate and environmental themes have been heavily restructured compared to the previous (2014-2020) and current (2021-2027) MFF cycles. Climate and environmental themes are currently represented by a variety of specific and…

Trinomics will study the environmental impacts derived from the unbundling of chargers from mobile phones and other devices

The European Commission (EC) is expected to adopt a common charger solution at EU-level in 2021. In preparation for the new initiative, Trinomics will support DG GROW to assess the economic and environmental impacts deriving from the unbundling of chargers from mobile phones and other portable devices (decoupling).    The project is a follow-up to the Impact Assessment Study on Common Chargers of Portable Devices that Trinomics carried out in…

The support for the preparation of Sweden’s Just Transition Plans has begun 

In line with the Commissions establishment of the Just Transition Fund, all Member States must prepare one or more territorial just transition plans for 2030. These must be consistent with the National Energy and Climate Plans, and the objective of a climate neutral economy. Support from this fund will be provided based on these Just…

Trinomics ondersteunt Ministerie van Economische Zaken met review van het beleidsontwerp voor de SDE++ regeling

Met het aannemen van de klimaatwet heeft Nederland zich gecommitteerd aan een reductie in broeikasgasuitstoot van 49% in 2030. Om dit doel te realiseren zijn grootschalige veranderingen nodig in alle sectoren in de economie en om deze veranderingen te stimuleren wordt een breed scala aan nieuwe beleidsinstrumenten ingezet. Één van de centrale beleidsinstrumenten in het…