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Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, News, Policy | 20 January 2021

A new report provides the first in-depth analysis of  sustainable finance practices in a part of the world most vulnerable to the effects of climate change: the Arab region. Issues such as water scarcity, rising sea levels, drought, land degradation and desertification will have serious repercussions for food, energy and water security in this area. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals – in particular those that help deal with the interlinked water-energy-food challenges – will be key to build resilient, fairer economies.

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Podcasts | 19 January 2021

Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, spoke to UNEP FI on navigating the climate crisis, climate disclosures, the Principles for Responsible Banking and the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance.

Insurance, News, TCFD | 19 January 2021

A group of 22 leading insurers and reinsurers convened by UNEP FI has published the first comprehensive guidance for the insurance industry to identify and disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses.

Climate Change, Insurance, Publications, Risk | 19 January 2021

22 leading insurers and reinsurers from across the globe worked with UNEP FI to develop the first comprehensive guidance for…

Asset Owner Alliance, Publications | 16 January 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has released the Inaugural 2025 Target Setting Protocol after consultation on the draft, issued…

Asset Owner Alliance, Publications | 15 January 2021

In the recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic, government spending and recovery packages will play a pivotal role in underpinning…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 13 January 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance publishes the final Inaugural 2025 Target Setting Protocol, as individual members begin setting their own 2025 decarbonization targets, to ensure a transition to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Events, Nature | 08 January 2021

Many companies are already setting climate science based targets (SBTs) to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Companies are now also considering nature science based targets in order to operate within planetary boundaries. Join a webinar co-hosted by UNEP FI and PRI for more.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 07 January 2021

As members of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (AoA), we welcome and commend important advancements in the recently-released 2020 World Energy Outlook – in particular, the first-ever inclusion of a net zero by 2050 case to supplement the Sustainable Development Scenario. To help enable a rapid and smooth global transition to net zero emissions by 2050 it is vital that this scenario is expanded into a more robust, comprehensive and central scenario in next year’s iteration of the WEO.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 22 December 2020

In this op-ed originally published for The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, Eric Usher, Head of UNEP FI, calls for…