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Author-Name: El Mortagi, Omar
Author-Name-First: Omar
Author-Name-Last: El Mortagi
Author-Email: elmortagi.omar@ucd.ac.ma
Author-Workplace-Name: National School of Commerce and Management (ENCG), Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco,
Author-Name: Belgacem, Ines
Author-Name-First: Ines
Author-Name-Last: Belgacem
Author-Email: imbelgacem@imamu.edu.sa
Author-Workplace-Name: College of Business, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia,
Author-Name: SIMMOU, Walid
Author-Name-First: Walid
Author-Name-Last: SIMMOU
Author-Email: Walid.simmou95@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Business, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; & Business School, Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain.
Author-Name: Ed-Dafali, Slimane
Author-Name-First: Slimane
Author-Name-Last: Ed-Dafali
Author-Email: ed-dafali.s@ucd.ac.ma
Author-Workplace-Name: National School of Commerce and Management (ENCG), Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco,
Author-Name: Adardour, Zahra
Author-Name-First: Zahra
Author-Name-Last: Adardour
Author-Email: adardour.zahra@ucd.ac.ma
Author-Workplace-Name: National School of Commerce and Management (ENCG), Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Author-Name: Gafsi, Nesrine
Author-Name-First: Nesrine
Author-Name-Last: Gafsi
Author-Email: NWGafsi@imamu.edu.sa
Author-Workplace-Name: College of Business, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia,
Title: Unveiling Research Trends in Green Finance in the Age of ESG: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis and Future Research Agenda
Abstract: Green finance has grown significantly over the past thirty years, with the primary aim of protecting the environment and effectively addressing the challenges of climate change through a variety of innovative financial mechanisms and strategies. The present study is designed to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis with the explicit aim of identifying the academic development and diffusion of green finance within the academic community. The literature studied covers the period 1993-2023 from the Scopus database. The results show that the main research topics in this area include the regulation of green credit, the impacts and outcomes of green finance, and strategies for its development. These findings provide insights into green finance research in line with the suggested research trends. Moreover, they identify avenues for future research and provide original insights for managers, investors, and policy-makers to re-compose the climate finance puzzle.
Keywords: Green finance; Climate finance; Sustainable finance; Bibliometric analysis; ESG
Journal: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
Pages: 68-79
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Year: 2026
Month: 01
DOI: 10.32479/ijeep.22292
File-URL: https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/download/22292/9741
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Handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:v:16:y:2026:i:2:id:22292