Excited that the paper @SaraUllstrom and I wrote on the post-political and affective dimensions of green bonds is now out in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

In Gothenburg, municipal green bond pioneer (2013), post-political dimensions became clear as issuers told us green bonds are a success because they are “not a left-right issue or public-private issue. Everyone thought it was a good idea no matter the political colour.”

The official discourse is that green bonds help a sustainability transition, but issuers told us that the projects would be implemented anyways. We started to see a key “feel good” element behind the "green", pointing towards how affect is being captured to lure investors

Inspired by @karppi and coauthors work on affective capitalism, we unpack how green bonds capitalise on affect through capturing, structuring and modulating the financial structures in which green bonds move

We reflect on the possibilities of green bonds in contributing to green, equitable and egalitarian places, and how affect can be harnessed to fund truly transformative socioenvironmental projects. For more, check out the article here! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2514848620973708