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Climate stress testing is here: 4 ways your firm can prepare
This original article was published on Forbes and can be found here – by David Carlin, TCFD Programme Lead, UNEP…
Investor Agenda highlights best practices from leading global investors
To generate worldwide momentum that will lead to more institutional investors implementing bold climate action plans, the Investor Agenda published…
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and Convergence Blended Finance collaborate on climate investment solutions
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and Convergence Blended Finance announce the signing of a collaboration agreement to increase investment in…
Training sessions on “Environmental & Social Risk Analysis” in Suriname
UNEP FI, along with The Government of Suriname, SDG Joint Fund, UNDP, UNFPA and FAO will deliver a series of training sessions on Environmental and Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) for Suriname; Trainings will take place online in English on 1, 8, and 15 February, 2022.
Awareness-raising and training activities on Sustainable Finance
Este año, en el Departamento de Capacitación de UNEP FI organizamos 16 Cursos Virtuales de tres semanas de duración y 15 eventos de sensibilización y formación sobre Finanzas Sostenibles. Formamos a casi 5.000 personas de más de 45 países en 2021, principalmente del sector financiero, y también de diversos ámbitos incluidos reguladores y supervisores financieros, empresas, el mundo académico y ONG, entre otros.
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance new year countdown: a review of 2021 and a vision for 2022
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance was launched at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in 2019 and only celebrated…
UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for Europe 2021: Highlights
The UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for Europe was held virtually on 10 and 11 November 2021 alongside COP26, and welcomed…
UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for North America 2021: Highlights
The UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for North America was held virtually as part of the first Sustainable Finance Summit with…
Blog – Legal Framework for Impact: embedding climate action in financial regulation
By Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar, Project Specialist, UNEP FI, and Freya Bannochie, Policy Analyst, UK, PRI The COP26 summit in Glasgow has…
Training sessions on “Integrating Climate-Related Financial Risk” Successfully held in the Eastern Carribean Region
Since March 2021, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD and Expertise France, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) delivered five online training workshops on “Integrating climate-related financial risks” in the Eastern Caribbean region, with a aim to prompt the development and implementation of climate-related regulations.