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The Global Biodiversity Framework – what’s next for financial policy and regulation?
Urgent action by world leaders to halt environmental degradation and biodiversity loss is needed. The WWF Living Planet Report, released…
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance raises expectations for members’ real economy impact with updated Protocol
Third edition of Target-Setting Protocol published, setting out pathway to reducing portfolio emissions for 84 major institutional investors including Aviva,…
What’s next for financial institutions and nature-related risk?
By Marianne Haahr, Nature-related Finance Lead, Global Canopy COP15 in Montreal brought 2022 to a close with a new global…
World-Leading Insurers and United Nations Launch Pioneering Target-Setting Protocol to Accelerate Transition to Net-Zero Economy
Davos, 17 January 2023 – The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) today launched the Alliance’s first Target-Setting Protocol at the…
New finance leadership group supporting development of international agreement to end plastic pollution
Following the adoption of the historic resolution to forge an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution by 2024…
Gender, climate and finance: How financing female-led businesses can lead the way to a net-zero future for people and the planet
In the third and final blog post in our series on Gender, Climate and Finance, we shift our focus to…
NZAOA’s ten most significant moments in 2022
In late 2021, 198 countries – signatories to the UNFCCC — agreed that “efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal…
Why the new Global Biodiversity Framework matters to members of the Principles for Responsible Banking
Today, a historic agreement was reached at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15): the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Taking a similar approach to the Paris Climate Agreement, this framework sets a clear mandate for private financial flows to align with the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with Nature”, providing the finance sector with a landmark agreement for biodiversity-related financial-decision making.
Spotlight on biodiversity risk and opportunity in the mining sector
Sebastian Bekker, Senior Programme Officer in UNEP-WCMC’s Nature Economy team, looks at how the ENCORE biodiversity module, a tool created…
Spotlight on biodiversity risk in the agriculture sector
By Marianne Haahr, Nature-related Finance Lead, Global Canopy Marianne looks at how the ENCORE biodiversity module, a tool created in…
