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Unlocking bioeconomy finance: Connecting capital markets and forest conservation in the Amazon
As the world gears up for COP30—the “COP of Solutions”—the spotlight is on one critical question: how do we finance the global goals for nature and biodiversity? Meeting the targets of the three Rio Conventions will require unprecedented collaboration and scale-up of private sector investment.
Climate Change, Nature, News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 05 June 2025
Financing a plastic pollution-free future: The case for bold public and private action
As we mark World Environment Day, it is now more important than ever for communities across the globe to take bold action and ensure lasting solutions to beat plastic pollution.
Blue Finance, Nature, Publications | 30 May 2025
Ocean Investment Protocol
The Ocean Investment Protocol is a framework for financial institutions, (re)insurers, ocean industries, governments and development finance institutions to lead…
Blue Finance, Climate Change, Events, Nature | 21 May 2025
Financing the ocean: Key 2025 engagements for financial institutions
2025 is a pivotal year for ocean finance. Through its Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative, UNEP FI is is helping financial institutions align capital flows with ocean health and contributing to a series of key moments in the ocean space.
Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, Nature, Publications | 24 April 2025
UNEP FI Annual Overview 2024
2024 was a pivotal year for sustainable finance. As climate risks escalated and biodiversity loss accelerated, the UNEP Finance Initiative…
Nature, Publications | 24 April 2025
Nature-related finance and Indigenous Peoples: Advancing equity to halt and reverse nature loss
Strengthening finance-nature partnerships: Insights from COP16 UNEP FI’s latest briefing explores the critical connections between the financial sector, nature, and…
Blue Finance, Events, Nature, Webinars | 22 April 2025
Ocean Investment Protocol: Aligning financial flows with the transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy
Attend the launch of the Ocean Investment Protocol, a framework providing financial institutions and ocean-based industries guidance to align their activities with Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water) and related objectives.
World Water Day 2025: why glacier preservation matters for finance
The loss of glacier-fed freshwater supplies could put $4 trillion in global GDP at risk, disrupting agriculture, energy production, and urban water supplies. As we mark World Water Day 2025, the spotlight is on glaciers—natural water reserves that store nearly 70% of the world’s freshwater and sustain billions of people and industries.
Trends and innovations in nature finance: what to look out for in 2025
In June 2024, UNEP FI reported that private finance for nature had surged to USD 102 billion in circulation, up elevenfold relative to 2020 (USD 9.4 billion). This year, we look forward to the release of a new iteration of the State of Finance for Nature report by UNEP, which will integrate these and other fresh datasets on private finance for nature.
Governments adopt first global strategy to finance biodiversity: Implications for financial institutions
At the resumed COP16 negotiations in Rome on February 27, 2025, governments adopted the first global strategy to finance biodiversity,…
