The contested IPE of green finance

We engage with the contributions to this special issue to examine different forms of power and governance in the ‘green turn’ of global finance. We firstly centre infrastructural power to understand the political dynamics that structure the forms of finance deployed: their allocation and distribution and the nature of greening that they are able to bring about. Secondly, we explore how green finance has been moulded and accommodated to the routines, ideologies, practices and imperatives of financial capitalism. Thirdly, we turn to the practical politics of governing finance: the tools, spaces and networks through which green finance is currently governed and where scope exists for it to be governed differently. Fourthly, we address the question of who wins and loses from current configurations of green finance. Finally, we conclude with some thoughts on the perils and promises of green finance.