Sourajit Aiyer

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Sourajit Aiyer is a sustainable finance and climate finance specialist working with banks, DFIs, and development partners on climate risk, blended finance, nature finance, and social finance. He has worked with GIZ’s Sustainable Finance Global Program, Resilient Landscapes by CIFOR-ICRAF, and auctusESG on multi-country advisory and implementation programmes. Sourajit also writes practitioner-focused insights on sustainable finance, including for the World Economic Forum and LSE Blogs. He holds an MSc in Sustainable Finance and Accounting from the University of Sussex.

Sourajit Aiyer

May 29 2026

Beyond buffers: How to engineer sovereign resilience to energy shocks

Illuminem Voices

Energy Management & Efficiency · Sustainable Investment

Energy shocks from Middle East tensions are global financial risks, requiring sovereigns to move beyond buffers and design fiscal systems that can absorb volatility before it becomes a crisis

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Stranded assets are passé. The real risk is stranded liabilities

Sourajit Aiyer

May 17 2026

Stranded assets are passé. The real risk is stranded liabilities

Climate Change

How climate transition accelerates the arrival and funding pressure of long-dated corporate liabilities, creating potential balance sheet strain beyond the commonly discussed stranded assets

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Sourajit Aiyer

May 17 2026