Financial institutions taking action on climate change
How climate leadership is emerging in the finance sector – and on how public and private actors need to work together to grow leadership into a new normal
Climate Change publications
The Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition
Mobilizing financial markets to catalyze economic decarbonization
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Global investor statement on climate change
Signed by 407 investors representing more than US $24 trillion in assets
Climate Change: Implications for Investors and Financial Institutions
In partnership with Cambridge University and IIGCC, UNEP FI has developed a summary and fast-track guide to the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the physical, economic, and regulatory impacts of climate change from a finance sector perspective. View the Press Release Published: 2014 | by: UNEP FI, Cambridge and IIGCC […]
Insuring Climate Resilience
A global industry survey on how to mobilise climate insurance for vulnerable communities
2013 Global Insurance Industry Statement
How the insurance industry and governments can work together more effectively in building climate resilience
South-originating Green Finance: Exploring the Potential
Latest quantitative evidence of rising levels of green finance from developing countries.
Investor Briefing – Portfolio Carbon
A briefing on why and how investors should meausre, disclose, and manage the GHG embedded in investments and portfolios.
2012 Global Investor Letter on Climate Change
2012 Investor Call for Climate Change Action
Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in sub-Saharan Africa
Survey-backed study of obstacles hindering the private financing of renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa
Re-launch of AND YET IT MOVES – success stories and drivers of CDM project development in sub-Saharan Africa
How low-carbon investment in sub-Saharan Africa is made possible by international carbon markets
Insurance in a Changing Risk Landscape – Local lessons from the Southern Cape of South Africa
Case study on risks associated with climate change and ecosystem degradation in South Africa’s Eden District Municipality
2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change
This Statement is supported by investors that represent assets of more than US$20 trillion
Press release
Investment-grade Climate Change Policy: Financing the transition to the low-carbon economy
The report has two objectives: (1) to contribute to policymakers’ understanding of the factors that institutional investors consider when investing in areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, and (2) to set out what institutional investors see as ‘investment-grade’ climate change and clean energy policy that would support significant low carbon, clean energy investment. […]
REDDy-Set-Grow Part II: Private sector suggestions for international climate change negotiators
Suggestions by the financial sector on an effective forest-based climate change mitigation policy.
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REDDy, Set, Grow – Opportunities and roles for financial institutions in forest carbon markets
Opportunities for financial actors and governments in the budding forest carbon markets
Advancing adaptation through climate information services
Results of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector
Global Investor Statement on Climate Change
The world’s capital markets demand determined policy action on climate change
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Global insurance industry statement: Adapting to climate change in developing countries
The global insurance industry demands public-private action on climate change adaptation in developing countries
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2010 Investor Statement on Catalyzing Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy
World’s largest investors urge prompt action on climate change policies.
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