Events

1-9 November 2021 Virtual

Throughout COP26, the UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative will focus on progressing the sustainable insurance agenda through the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance it convenes.

31 October - 12 November 2021 Hybrid

The COP26 summit will bring governments, civil society and the private sector together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP26 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.

28 October 2021 Podcast

In this episode, Charles Emond, CEO of CDPQ and Guy Cormier, CEO of Desjardins address net zero targets, climate risks,…

20 October 2021 Virtual

Ahead of the G20 Summit and COP26, hear from some of the most important net-zero pioneers who are acting now to decarbonize their portfolios and speaking out about the imperatives, challenges, opportunities and feasibility of doing so.

11-13 October 2021 Online

UNEP FI and the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) have partnered to deliver a series of workshops on climate risks, opportunities, and disclosures focusing on the Egyptian Banking industry. They will explore regionally specific physical and transition risks for the Arab region.

23 September 2021 Virtual

As risk managers, re/insurers and investors, the insurance industry plays a key role in supporting the transition to a resilient net-zero emissions economy. This global virtual event will gather experts in climate as well as industry practitioners who will unpack the concept of net-zero insurance.

14-15 June 2021 Webinar

Co-hosted by the UN-convened SIF, UN PSI and the IAIS, this webinar will present the climate change risks and opportunities for the insurance sector and introduce the Application Paper on the Supervision of Climate-related Risks in the Insurance Sector.

21 April 2021 Online

Mark Carney, the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance - in partnership with the UK COP26 Presidency and the UN Race to Zero campaign - are launching a coordinating alliance that brings together existing and new net zero finance initiatives into one sector-wide strategic forum: The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

20 April 2021 BrightTalk

To explore adaptation finance from a litigation perspective, UNEP FI has collaborated with MinterEllison to examine how litigation may increase or reduce the barriers to adaptation finance identified in the earlier reports. The output of this collaboration, a high-level briefing paper "The Forgotten Climate-related Financial Risk: Liability Impacts on Adaptation and Adaptation Finance", will be launched at this event.

13 April 2021 BrightTalk

Join UNEP FI and EIT Climate-KIC for the launch of the 5th and 6th papers of this Thought Leadership Series: “Making Green Bonds Serve the Climate Goals" (Massamba Thioye, UNFCCC) and "Financial Stability in a Planetary Emergency: the role of regulators in a burning world" (James Vaccaro, Director of Re:Pattern, & David Barmes, Economist at Positive Money).