Youth Engagement and Sustainable Finance

The Financial Power of the Next Generation
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-17382-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Banking, Money and International Finance

In the context of escalating climate crises and growing economic precarity, this book investigates the transformative role of youth as financial actors, policy influencers, and sustainability champions. It positions the next generation not merely as future beneficiaries of climate action but as active agents of financial and environmental change in the present.

The book engages with wider themes such as climate justice, intergenerational equity, environmental activism, financial inclusion, and sustainable development. It combines interdisciplinary approaches, drawing from economics, environmental studies, political science, finance, sociology, and youth studies, to provide a holistic understanding of how young people are engaging with money as a tool for climate advocacy. The book’s core argument is that youth possess both the moral authority and the financial capacity to drive climate-compatible investment and consumption decisions, and that their role is critical in shifting global economies toward sustainability. Theoretically, the book draws on frameworks such as green finance, youth political economy, social capital theory, and participatory governance. It examines the power dynamics within financial systems and how they can be reconfigured to be more inclusive of younger voices. The parameters of the book are both global and local, with an emphasis on comparative insights across developed and developing contexts. It incorporates case studies from various regions including youth-led green startups in India, climate finance initiatives in Europe, digital financial inclusion projects in Africa, and policy innovations in North America.

Ultimately, the book offers a roadmap for integrating the financial power of youth into global climate and development strategies.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akhtar, Shakeb

Singhal, Nikita

Goyal, Shikha

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Setting the Stage: Youth, Climate Crisis, and Financial Agency 1. The Climate Generation: Youth at the Crossroads of Crisis and Capital 2. Financial Literacy for a Changing Planet: Building Sustainable and Digitally Inclusive Futures 3. Youth and Green Consumerism: From Buying Power to Impact Power Part II: Youth-Led Innovations and Green Finance Movements 4. The Rise of Youth Climate Finance Activism 5. Fintech for the Planet: Youth and Digital Finance Innovation 6. Young Entrepreneurs and the Green Startup Ecosystem Part III: Barriers and Enablers in Youth Financial Participation 7. Institutional Barriers to Youth Participation in Climate Finance 8. Gender, Finance, and Climate: Empowering Young Women and Marginalized Voices 9. Youth in Policy and Climate Governance: From Protest to Power 10. Education for Climate-Responsive Financial Citizenship Part IV: Global Perspectives and the Way Forward 11. Voices from the Global South: Youth, Climate, and Money in Developing Economies 12. The Green Print for Tomorrow: Youth Empowerment in Climate Finance 13. Building Intergenerational Financial Alliances for Climate Action 14. Investing in the Future: Youth and Impact Investing 15. The Road Ahead: Strategies to Scale Youth Financial Power for Climate Resilience

Über Autor(innen)

Shakeb Akhtar, Ph.D., is a Lecturer at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Ibra, Oman. He is also a Research Fellow in the Department of Business and Communications at INTI International University, Malaysia. His academic and research engagements reflect a strong commitment to advancing knowledge in business, finance, and emerging technological domains across international contexts.

Nikita Singhal, Ph.D., is an accomplished academician and researcher in the field of commerce and management, currently serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Department (Management-BBA) at the School of Commerce and Management, IIMT University, Meerut, India.

Shikha Goyal, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida, India, specializing in Finance, Accounting, Banking, and Insurance.