Climate Change

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Insurance, News | 15 October 2021

The COP26 summit will bring governments, civil society and the private sector together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP26 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 October 2021

Three Japanese insurance companies joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, adding a combined US$1.4 trillion to total assets under…

Asset Owner Alliance, Investment, News | 14 October 2021

Members of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance invite the public to comment on new additions and revisions to the Net…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, Investment, News | 13 October 2021

Ahead of the G20 Summit and COP26, hear from some of the most important net-zero pioneers who are acting now to decarbonize their portfolios and speaking out about the imperatives, challenges, opportunities and feasibility of doing so.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 30 September 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance today welcomed the French and Swiss insurance associations as supporting partners. The Swiss Insurance…

Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, Events | 23 September 2021

UNEP FI and the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) have partnered to deliver a series of workshops on climate risks, opportunities, and disclosures focusing on the Egyptian Banking industry. They will explore regionally specific physical and transition risks for the Arab region.

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, News, Regions | 23 September 2021

It is increasingly recognized that the finance and banking sectors can have a huge influence on the economy, through the way that they decide to invest in, and fund, businesses, and in Thailand, the UN is helping the government to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable finance.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 23 September 2021

Asset owners must immediately scale investment into impactful carbon management and negative emissions technologies both inside and outside of value…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Publications | 23 September 2021

This Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance position paper presents the basis for scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions, including a mix of land-based carbon sinks, nature-based solutions and technological carbon removal approaches, which are essential for alignment to a 1.5°C pathway.

Climate Change, Events, Insurance | 21 September 2021

As risk managers, re/insurers and investors, the insurance industry plays a key role in supporting the transition to a resilient net-zero emissions economy. This global virtual event will gather experts in climate as well as industry practitioners who will unpack the concept of net-zero insurance.