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Nature, News | 07 October 2026

The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa (UNCCD), closed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with an important message for the finance sector: land degradation and water scarcity are material macroeconomic and portfolio risks running through agricultural supply chains, food systems and energy security.

Blue Finance, Nature, Publications | 18 September 2026

The Ocean Investment Protocol offers a framework for financial institutions, policy makers and industry leaders to lead this transition. First published in 2025, this updated edition reflects developments in the sustainable ocean finance landscape and highlights new priorities; including stronger action by central banks, regulators, and supervisors and better integration of ocean considerations into financial decision-making.

Banking, Nature, Publications, Risk | 16 September 2026

This guide helps risk professionals at banks gather the information they need to monitor and manage nature-related risks and opportunities across their portfolios. Structured around ten questions, the guide helps banks better understand their nature-related impacts, capabilities, and management practices – and turn that understanding into greater resilience and future opportunities. 

Banking, Nature, News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 10 September 2026

The new "Circular Solutions to Achieve Nature Targets" guidance aims to help banks address nature-related impacts and dependencies by integrating circular economy considerations across their portfolios and operations. Focusing on three ecosystems - ocean and marine, freshwater, and terrestrial and land ecosystems - it provides examples of high-impact sectors to address, practical actions for institutions to take and case studies illustrating emerging banking practices.

Banking, Nature, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 10 September 2026

This report provides commercial banks, particularly signatories to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB), with a practical framework for understanding how circular economy solutions can address nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities across three ecosystem categories: ocean and marine, freshwater, and terrestrial and land-based ecosystems.

Events, Nature | 30 July 2026

At COP17, UNEP FI will mobilize its network of members and partners to highlight the critical role of finance in protecting and restoring nature. Throughout the conference, UNEP FI will showcase progress on biodiversity finance since the adoption of the GBF, spotlight leading initiatives, commitments and innovations from across the finance sector, and advance dialogue on what is still needed to align global financial flows with biodiversity goals.

Asia Pacific, Banking, Nature, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 16 July 2026

Supporting clients in the transition to a nature-positive economy means embedding nature into client engagement, supporting clients through advice, financial products and solutions, and capacity building. This is both an environmental and strategic imperative. In Asia Pacific, where economies are closely tied to natural systems, enabling client transition can reduce portfolio risk, strengthen resilience, and unlock new business opportunities.

Banking, Events, Nature, Webinars | 09 July 2026

This webinar will introduce the new "Asking Better Questions on Nature" guide for Bank Risk Committees, developed to help board members, Risk Committee members, and senior executives better understand, oversee, and respond to nature-related risks and opportunities.

Nature, News | 07 July 2026

In this interview, Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, reflects on progress against key GBF finance targets, the opportunities for banks and insurers to support a nature‑positive transition, the importance of gender‑responsive finance and leadership, and why strong engagement from the finance sector will be critical at COP17.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 08 June 2026

In this article, we explain why conserving ocean biodiversity is increasingly material to financial institutions and invite banks and insurers to help design new financial vehicles under One Ocean Finance – a new initiative led by UN agencies and global partners to boost finance for ocean-dependent industries and blue economy sectors.