Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Events, Insurance, Nature | 17 March 2026

The Insurance for Nature-Positive Leadership Forum will bring together leaders from insurance, government and finance to explore how nature-based solutions can reduce risk, strengthen resilience and support long-term insurability. Held in the lead-up to CBD COP17, the forum will focus on practical approaches to scaling nature-based risk reduction through insurance, policy and investment.

Asia Pacific, Events, Insurance, Nature | 16 March 2026

The 1st UNEP Asia-Pacific Transition Insurance Summit, hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) with UNEP and SSFA, will convene insurers, investors and regulators to discuss transition planning, real-economy engagement, rising physical risks and emerging insurability challenges across the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia Pacific, Events, Policy, Webinars | 03 March 2026

In this public Regulatory Implementation Support Programme webinar, regional standard-setters, policymakers and financial institutions will reflect on the Asia-Pacific regional implementation of sustainable finance policies.

Asia Pacific, China, News, Policy, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 10 February 2026

This article shares findings from a new policy brief by UNEP FI, "Greening the Chinese banking system: A policy and regulatory landscape analysis", which explores China’s evolving approach to green finance and creation of a conducive environment for sustained green growth.

Asia Pacific, China, Policy, Publications, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 01 January 2026

A new UNEP FI policy brief discusses the evolution of the sustainable finance policy and regulatory landscape in China. It is intended as a short and accessible primer for financial sector stakeholders, policymakers and others with interests in China's green finance policies—highlighting the key sustainability-oriented regulation and instruments that China has deployed over the past two decades.

Asia Pacific, China, Events, Policy, Webinars | 22 December 2025

This webinar presents a new UNEP FI policy brief titled “Greening the Chinese Banking System: A policy and regulatory landscape analysis”. A presentation of findings and conclusions by lead author Shouqing Zhu is followed by a discussion of developments and trends in China and the EU and potential areas of collaboration with leading experts who have been active in greening China’s financial system and have served as technical expert reviewers for the development of the brief.

Adaptation Finance, Asia Pacific, News, Policy, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 25 November 2025

A new white paper jointly developed by UNEP FI and partners lays groundwork for a future guide that aims to channel more finance towards building adaptation and resilience capacity in support of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.

Asia Pacific, Policy, Publications | 18 June 2025

This UNEP FI policy brief examines how jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are incorporating climate-related risks into prudential frameworks, finding trends towards integration within micro- and macroprudential regulation and climate-related disclosures.

Asia Pacific, News, Policy | 18 June 2025

A new UNEP FI policy brief examines how jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region are incorporating climate-related risks into prudential frameworks, finding trends towards integration within micro- and macroprudential regulation and climate-related disclosures.

Adaptation Finance, Asia Pacific, News, Policy | 17 June 2025

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), and the Sustainable Finance Institute Asia (SFIA) are beginning a new collaboration to mobilize greater adaptation finance for ASEAN.