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Banking, Nature, Publications | 02 October 2025

Banks are increasingly talking to their clients about nature but knowing which questions to ask to understand the impact and reliance of their businesses on nature is not always clear. This prototype is an excel-based tool intended to assist banks—and specifically relationship managers—to formulate succinct, meaningful questions as part of client engagement on nature.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 02 October 2025

Asset owners explored options for the future focus of the NZAOA, such as climate adaptation and resilience

Climate Change, News, Policy | 29 September 2025

This November, governments will gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, for what we hope will be a pivotal moment for advancing the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Events, Risk, Webinars | 09 September 2025

This session will guide participants through practical approaches to identifying, assessing, and reporting physical climate risks in alignment with leading frameworks and best practices. It will explore how risk assessments can inform decision-making, strengthen portfolio resilience, and lay the foundation for effective climate adaptation strategies. 

Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, Events, Nature | 09 September 2025

Comprising of a high-level dialogue and technical workshop, this event will focus on climate policy, nature finance, and advancing the technical climate capabilities of African institutions.

Climate Change, Events, Risk, Webinars | 05 September 2025

This webinar explores how firms can leverage sustainability disclosures and climate stress-testing methodologies to identify vulnerabilities, meet evolving regulatory expectations, and build resilience in their portfolios.

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Events, Policy, Webinars | 03 September 2025

Designed for risk and sustainability finance professionals, policymakers, and sustainability practitioners, this session will provide actionable insights into leveraging sustainable finance taxonomies as a catalyst for scaling adaptation finance. 

Climate Change, Publications, Risk | 27 August 2025

Disclosures on sustainability-related risks and opportunities are indispensable for risk management at financial institutions as they provide the information needed to evaluate exposure, allocate resources, and align business strategies. For banks, effective disclosures also mean leveraging client’s disclosures to manage associated exposures, on top of meeting their own reporting obligations.

Climate Change, Events, North America | 22 August 2025

Find out how you can take part in UNEP FI events during New York Climate Week.

Banking, Nature, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 19 August 2025

Co-authored by UNEP FI and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the new “Nature Impact Target Setting for Banks” discussion paper proposes an approach for banks to set impact targets for nature – targets that aim to achieve an improvement in the state of nature through a set reduction of pressures across a bank’s lending, investing, and underwriting activities.