Regular biography
Karishma Ansaram is a Lecturer in Climate Finance and Investment at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her research focuses on climate finance architecture and access, development finance, and global climate policy. She has contributed to climate finance negotiations at the UNFCCC and serves on the UNFCCC Research Constituency Steering Committee. Ansaram holds a PhD in Climate Finance and Carbon Pricing from Universite de Lille and a MSc in Carbon Finance from the University of Edinburgh. She has taught and supervised research on sustainable finance at several institutions, including the University of Oxford, Rotterdam School of Management, and IESEG School of Management.
Scholar-generated biography
Karishma Ansaram is a researcher at the University of Edinburgh Business School, focusing on Climate Finance, Climate Policy, and Climate Readiness. Her work explores the intersection of financial systems and environmental sustainability, with a particular emphasis on green banking, carbon pricing, and disaster risk reduction. Ansaram's research includes case studies on commercial banks in Mauritius, the nexus between energy and stock markets, and the role of environmental management systems in enhancing financial performance. She also investigates the impact of responsibility levels on corporate financial performance and the dynamics of carbon markets globally.