 UNEP Finance Initiative 2009 Global Roundtable
22-23 October, 2009
UNEP FI steps up outreach efforts in the Caribbean
29 June, 2009 29 June 2009, Bridgetown, Barbados
Organized by the Barbados Sustainable Finance Group, under the auspices of the Government of Barbados, and the Barbados Bankers’ Association Inc., and supported by UNEP FI, a Regional CEO Breakfast will be held to gather key stakeholders from across the Caribbean to further engage the region's financial institutions in the sustainable finance agenda.
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UNEP FI launches a Green Paper on what is needed to mobilise the finance sector in the battle against climate change
6 June, 2009 6 June 2009 | Bonn, Germany, UNFCCC June Talks on the run-up to Copenhagen
The scale of capital expenditure needed over the next decades to effectively address climate change will have to come jointly from public and private sources. The lion's share of it will have to come form the latter, meaning that it will have to be facilitated, at least partially, by investors, lenders and insurers. This paper contains a set of practical proposals that if implemented as part of an upcoming global deal on climate chnage could effectively mobilise the resources and skills of the finance sector in financing mitigation and acting on adaptation. Download this Green Paper, which in coming months will be developed into a final "White Paper".
CCWG side event: Financing a global deal on climate change -- the role, potential and needs of the financial sector
6 June, 2009 6 June 2009 | Bonn, Germany, UNFCCC June Talks on the run-up to Copenhagen
 During the upcoming June Talks of the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany (1 - 12 June) UNEP FI will convene a side event connecting international climate change negotiators with financial practitioners. Why? Because the question of how mitigation and adaptation activities at the needed scale will actually be financed is a crucial one; if not the most important of all. Especially as the lion's share of this funding is unanimously expected to come from private sources.
This side event will address this question and present the corresponding proposals prepared by the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group through its Green Paper on financing a global deal on climate change. More here.
View the webcast of the event.
Climate Change Working Group launches survey report on Energy Efficiency Financing
24 May, 2009 World Business Summit on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark
The UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group launches its first report on the topic of Energy Efficiency Financing. It is based on a survey undertaken in 2008 among eight bi- and multilateral development banks as well as 8 private sector lenders.
- How are financial institutions starting to approach the actual opportunity behind global energy constraints and expected fuel price explosions?
- What are the barriers as perceived by finance practitioners?
- What can public policy-makers and bank strategists do about it?
To find answers to these questions, click here.
Show us the Money, Show Us the Green Money
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