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Green Fintech innovations, such as blockchain-based carbon markets and AI-powered ESG analytics, facilitate sustainability transitions and access to green capital, but their potential is constrained by fragmented regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity risks, and digital divides. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Synthesize the intellectual structure, emerging trends, and structural barriers within green fintech research across climate finance and environmental governance.

August 14, 2026Sustainable FuturesOpen Access

Mapping green fintech and sustainability transitions: A bibliometric analysis of digital finance research

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Synthesize the intellectual structure, emerging trends, and structural barriers within green fintech research across climate finance and environmental governance.
Conducted a bibliometric analysis of N=72 peer-reviewed publications indexed in Scopus published between 2019 and 2024.
Applied Institutional Theory and Stakeholder Theory as qualitative frameworks to examine technological trends and governance mechanisms.
Identified blockchain carbon markets, AI ESG analytics, and green digital payment systems as primary technological drivers supporting Sustainable Development Goals 8, 12, and 13.
Found that fragmented regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity risks, and uneven digital infrastructure represent major constraints to green fintech diffusion, especially in emerging markets.

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Bibliometric analysis demonstrates growing green fintech applications in climate finance, highlighting regulatory fragmentation and digital divide barriers in emerging economies.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec775b70b84ec8b913d1a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2026.102074

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Bibliometric analysis demonstrates growing green fintech applications in climate finance, highlighting regulatory fragmentation and digital divide barriers in emerging economies.

Mapping green fintech and sustainability transitions: A bibliometric analysis of digital finance research

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Mapping green fintech and sustainability transitions: A bibliometric analysis of digital finance research

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