The Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) is a public university committed to excellence in research and research-led teaching. With about 23,000 students from Austria and abroad, WU today is the EU’s largest educational institution for business and economics, business law, and social sciences. It is among the 1% of universities worldwide that have been awarded international accreditations by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA.   Within the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the Institute for Ecological Economics (IEE) – with its 35 staff members - is a leading institution for ecological economic research, teaching, learning, knowledge exchange, and community engagement. The Institute has also submitted various successful applications to the OeNB Jubiläumsfonds and the Austrian Climate Research Program, as well as to other granting institutions. Within the Institute for Ecological Economics, the research area on Climate Economics and Finance studies the dynamic interactions between socio-economic systems and climate sustainability, with a special focus on risk and finance, from a modelling, empirical and policy point of view.