Climate Change

Climate Change, Investment, Publications, Risk | 10 May 2019

Twenty institutional investors from eleven countries, convened by UNEP FI and supported by Carbon Delta, have worked throughout 2018–2019 to…

Climate Change, Events, Investment, TCFD | 30 April 2019

Financial institutions and journalists are invited to attend an event to hear the experiences of investors from a pilot project implementing the recommendations of the TCFD. Come and find out more about the tools that will help investors perform scenario analysis and calculate the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, News | 25 April 2019

  Leading financial institutions and G20 policy-makers will meet to respond to the urgency of scaling up energy efficiency investment…

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Events, Investment | 23 April 2019

Co-hosted by UNEP FI and IPEEC, and as an official side event to the G20 Presidency of Japan, the G20 Global Summit on Financing Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Clean Technology will be held in Tokyo, Japan on June 12th. Join fellow financial institutions and senior G20 policy-makers in addressing the urgency of scaling up energy efficiency investment to deliver on the world's agreed policy objectives for a clean energy transition.

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, News, Projects | 01 April 2019

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 6th Assessment Report outlines the stark challenges facing nature, society and the global…

Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, News | 18 December 2018

On Saturday, following two weeks marked by dramatic rhetoric and intense negotiations over legal language, close to 200 Governments bridged…

Climate Change, Investment, News | 10 December 2018

Global investors today called on governments around the world to step up action to address climate change. 415 investors, with…

Climate Change, Events | 06 December 2018

Climate negotiators from around the globe are meeting in Katowice, Poland at COP24 to keep working towards implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. UNEP FI will be taking part in the  following events:

Climate Change, Insurance, News, TCFD | 13 November 2018

UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) announced today a partnership with 16 of the world’s largest insurers—representing around 10% of world premium and USD 5 trillion in assets under management—to develop a new generation of risk assessment tools designed to enable the insurance industry to better understand the impacts of climate change on their business. This understanding is vital for an industry whose core business is to manage risk.

Climate Change, Events, SDGs and Impact, Webinars | 26 October 2018

UNEP FI has pioneered work on Positive Impact finance, and TCFD implementation for investors, banks and insurers. Join this webinar to hear from the leaders at UNEP FI about the next steps in financing the Sustainable Development Goals, TCFD implementation, and how the bigger picture in sustainable finance is evolving.