Summer School on Climate Economics, Sustainable Finance, and AI Analytics

Climate change and the transition to sustainable energy systems and reshaping economic policy, financial markets, corporate reporting, and regulation. This two-day Summer School explores how economics, finance, accounting, regulation, and data analytics can contribute to the transition to a low-carbon economy. Through a combination of academic lectures, applied sessions, and policy-orientated discussions, participants will engage with key topics including carbon pricing and emissions trading systems, ESG disclosure and sustainability reporting, climate and transition risk, sustainable finance, climate econometrics, and AI tools for analysing climate and sustainability data. The programme provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the economic, financial, regulatory, and analytical dimensions of sustainability and climate change.

Students are encouraged to bring research questions, dissertation ideas, or project interests for discussion. Participants attending the required sessions on 11-12 July will receive a certificate of attendance.

Dates: 11 – 12 July 2026

Hybrid Delivery: participants may attend in person at Durham University Business School (The Waterside Building, Riverside Place, Durham, DH1 1SL, UK) or online.

Target Audience:

• PhD Students
• Masters Students, primarily economics and finance
• Early-career researchers

Delivered By:

• Professor Omneya Abdelsalam, HBKU, Durham University
• Dr. Francisca Carvalho, Lancaster University
• Dr. Jaime Marques-Pereira, Lancaster University
• Dr. Aurelie Slechten, Lancaster University
• Professor Deimantè Vasiliauskaitė, Vilniaus University

Adjacent Event: Fourth Summer Symposium for Sustainability and Geopolitics: Monday 13 July - Tuesday 14 July 2026, Durham University. We encourage all students to also enrol in this adjacent event (GOOGLE FORM), where they will have the opportunity to present their research.

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