This special issue seeks to move beyond the technocratic and market-based approaches to sustainability that characterize much of the green finance discourse. While green finance has become increasingly mainstream, it often reproduces the fundamental contradictions of capitalism, concentrating wealth, maintaining unequal power structures, and failing to address the root causes of environmental degradation.
We invite contributions that critically examine the limitations and failures of green finance and green capitalism, while exploring genuinely alternative approaches to funding and organizing sustainable economies. Papers should engage with debates about how to achieve environmental sustainability in ways that prioritize justice, equity, and democratic control over resources.
Contributions may explore the structural contradictions within green finance capitalism, including how market mechanisms and financialization perpetuate inequality and environmental harm. They may also propose and analyze alternative models that challenge the fundamental assumptions of capitalist green finance.