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UNEP Finance Initiative at COP26: Watch the events you missed
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.
Japanese insurers join UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance; adding $1.4 trillion to AUM
Three Japanese insurance companies joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, adding a combined US$1.4 trillion to total assets under…
Net-Zero Future: Credible Ambition and Pioneering Solutions
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.
Swiss and French insurance associations become Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance supporters
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance today welcomed the French and Swiss insurance associations as supporting partners. The Swiss Insurance…
Thailand flexes financial muscle to grapple with climate crisis
It is increasingly recognized that the finance and banking sectors can have a huge influence on the economy, through the way that they decide to invest in, and fund, businesses, and in Thailand, the UN is helping the government to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable finance.
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance backs call to scale-up carbon removal from atmosphere
Asset owners must immediately scale investment into impactful carbon management and negative emissions technologies both inside and outside of value…
Global Investor Statement: Investors urge govts to undertake five priority actions before COP26
14 September 2021 – In the run-up to the most consequential United Nations climate change conference in years, and on…
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials collaborates with UN-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance to develop standard to measure insured emissions
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), in collaboration with the UN-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), today announced the launch of a working group comprising leading insurance and reinsurance companies to develop the first global standard to measure and disclose insured greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance: Investors, companies and governments must act definitively after IPCC AR6
As we learned today from the IPCC, climate-related risks – for our planet and our communities – are increasing faster than…
Global insurance and reinsurance leaders establish groundbreaking net-zero alliance
Geneva/Venice, 11 July 2021—As the G20 gathers in Venice for its Climate Summit, eight of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers make a historic commitment to play their part in accelerating the transition to a net-zero emissions economy, as required by the Paris Agreement.
