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Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Events, Webinars | 05 November 2026

This webinar marks the launch of UNEP FI's new report, Lost in Translation: Unlocking Adaptation Finance Through Better Information Flows, which examines one of the most persistent barriers to adaptation investment: the disconnect between the information adaptation project developers provide and the information financial institutions need to assess risk, resilience outcomes, and investment opportunities. The report presents practical recommendations to help bridge this gap and increase the flow of capital towards climate adaptation and resilience.

Nature, News | 05 November 2026

COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed in Yerevan, Armenia, on 31 October with the Yerevan Pathway, the…

Climate Change, Events | 05 November 2026

UNEP FI will organize and contribute to a range of events throughout COP31, with Finance Day scheduled to take place on 13 November 2026. Details of our activities, publications and events will be added to this page as they are confirmed.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, News | 05 November 2026

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) released its 2026 Progress Report today, showing signatories are delivering on ambition

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, News | 04 November 2026

In this article, originally published in Net Zero Investor, Head of UNEP FI, Eric Usher, sets out why a common language is needed to tackle the climate adaptation finance gap ahead of COP 31.

Events, Social | 04 November 2026

  The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights is the world’s largest annual gathering on business and human rights.…

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Publications | 03 November 2026

Despite growing investment opportunities, private finance accounts for just 3–8% of reported climate adaptation finance. UNEP FI’s new white paper, Lost in Translation, examines how better information on physical climate risks, finance allocation, adaptation impact and financial performance can help unlock investment. The paper is accompanied by a policy brief outlining practical recommendations for governments and public and development financiers to improve information flows and mobilise private capital.

Events, Pollution & Circular Economy | 02 November 2026

UNEP FI, convenor of the GFC Private Sector Financing and Investment Workstream under the GFC Implementation Programme, will contribute to a range of events throughout GFC IC1. Details of our activities, publications and events will be added to this page as they are confirmed.

Nature, News | 29 October 2026

As nature finance rises on the agenda of banks and insurers worldwide, UNEP FI outlines our priorities for working with our members to accelerate progress towards global biodiversity goals by 2030.

Nature, News | 27 October 2026

Banks, insurers and investors are among more than 70 organisations backing a global Call to Action on High-Integrity Nature Markets, launched at CBD COP17. The initiative urges governments to create the regulatory conditions needed to mobilise private finance for biodiversity conservation and restoration.