Areeba Ramzan

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Areeba Ramzan is an Analyst at Globalfields, working on climate adaptation and green development initiatives. Her role focuses on research and analysis supporting climate vulnerability assessments and climate-smart social sector programmes, including work linked to UNICEF. She studied Geography at the London School of Economics, with an academic focus on environmental risk, sustainability, and development policy.

Areeba Ramzan

Feb 09 2026

Why the financial system is failing the planet

Illuminem Voices

Sustainable Finance · ESG

The existing financial system rewards short-term returns and externalises long-term risks. This piece explores how the current model is increasingly vulnerable to systemic shocks and why a sustainability lens is now critical to ensure resilience, responsibility, and relevance in global finance