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Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 15 December 2022
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance re-elects Günther Thallinger as Steering Group Chair
Günther Thallinger has been reelected as Chair of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance for the next two years. He…
Insurance, Nature, News | 15 December 2022
COP 15 – A turning point for nature and the insurance sector
We are at a unique turning point for nature. COP15 [1] is expected to deliver the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF),…
Nature, News | 13 December 2022
150 financial institutions, managing more than $24 trillion, call on world leaders to adopt ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15
Signatories call for governments to adopt a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework which ensures the halting and reversal of nature loss…
Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, Publications | 12 December 2022
Scaling Private Sector Climate Finance in the MENA Region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are highly vulnerable to the physical impacts of climate change through sea level…
Banking, Climate Change, Impact Centre, Insurance, Investment, Nature, News, Pollution & Circular Economy, Social | 07 December 2022
2022: a year of milestones on the road to implementing sustainable finance
At UNEP FI, 2022 was a year in which we marked important milestones, while we continued to drive the finance…
Climate Change, News | 07 December 2022
COP27 – ‘Loss and damage’ success tempered by lack of implementation
COP27 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh was the latest opportunity for governments and non-state actors to gather and…
Climate Change, Latin America & Caribbean, News | 07 December 2022
New hub in Latin America and the Caribbean to support central bankers, financial supervisors and regulators in dealing with financial risks from triple planetary crisis
A new hub has been established in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to convene central banks, supervisory authorities, and…
Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 07 December 2022
The NZBA at COP27: Achievements and Action
The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended on 18 November with…
Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 05 December 2022
Physically Fit? How financial institutions can better disclose climate-related physical risks in line with the recommendations of the TCFD
Physical impacts from climate change such as heat waves, storms, droughts, or sea level rises are already being felt across…
Nature, News | 30 November 2022
What’s next for biodiversity data in the finance sector
In a guest blog, Lisa Petrovic, ENCORE Lead from Global Canopy explores the need for the ENCORE biodiversity module, a…
