Climate Change

Climate change is referred to by leading economists as the greatest market failure in human history, with potentially disruptive implications on the social well-being, economic development, and financial stability of current and future generations: conservative estimates see unabated climate change leading to global costs equivalent to losing in-between 5 to 20% of global gross domestic product (GDP) each year, now and forever.

As a result, public and private decision-makers around the world are faced with the dual imperative of:

  • Significantly – and rapidly – reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, by decarbonizing the global economy, in order to prevent the mean global temperature increase from reaching dangerous levels
  • Adapting global consumption and productions patterns, lifestyles, and the underlying supply-chains, to the physical – meteorological, hydrological – impacts of climate change that are now unavoidable

The finance sector, lying at the heart of today’s global markets, faces the same challenges, but it also is presented with the vast financial opportunities associated with overhauling economies towards climate-compatibility:

  • On the one hand, new risks – recently categorized into transition-, physical, and liability-risks –  need to be understood, identified, assessed, managed, and eventually disclosed on, by institutions across financial industries.
  • On the other hand will the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies require additional investment at an order of magnitude of at least USD 60 trillion, from now until 2050; and that investment will require financing which, in part, will have to be provided by financial institutions: USD 35 trillion to decarbonize, through renewable energy and energy efficiency, the world’s energy system; another USD 15 trillion to adapt manmade infrastructure to changing meteorological conditions; and another 2 USD trillion to reorganize global land-use is ways that meet growing demands for agricultural commodities while stopping tropical deforestation.

For financial institutions to not only weather changing risk landscapes but for them to also become determined enablers and catalysts of the climate economic transition, a number of conditions need to be met: FIs need to understand the commercial risks and opportunities implied, and know how to act on them. Legislators and regulators, including financial regulators, on the other hand, need to understand the roles, potentials, and policy-needs, of financial institutions; they also need to know how they can help steer the finance sector to become an enabler, rather than inhibitor, of the climate economic transition.

As the interface between the financial industry and world Governments, UNEP FI is uniquely positioned to help meet those conditions. Join us.

Please contact Remco (Kai) Fischer  for more information.

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Climate Change Events

  • Press conference at WEF 2020: How are financial giants engaging with investee companies to catalyse shift to a net-zero-carbon economy?

    Join us in Davos at the World Economic Forum 2020 for a media briefing via live link which will see the announcement of an important milestone in the development of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, as the sixteen members welcome another influential and well-known investor to their mission to decarbonize the economy. Find out how the Alliance will be engaging with the companies it is investing into to ensure their portfolios are net-zero carbon by 2050.

  • UNEP FI at COP25: Highlighting finance sector action to governments, boosting climate finance ambition

    The annual gathering of governments, private sector and civil society will now be taking place in Madrid, Spain between 2 and 13 December to further action on climate change and implement the promises that were made under the Paris Climate Agreement. Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP25 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.

  • UNEP FI AT COP25: Join the New Climate Finance Leadership Official Side Event

    At this official side event to COP25, join a panel discussion which will discuss the role of financial institutions in climate leadership roles and the new climate ambition and commitments by financial institutions. The event explores how to achieve virtuous cycles between the finance sector, the real economy and public policy-making.

  • Webinar: Today’s Financial System for Tomorrow’s Climate Resilience

    UNEP FI members from banking, insurance and investment are invited to this presentation of UNEP FI’s paper on adaptation finance by the lead authors, Stacy Swann and Alan Miller of Climate Finance Advisors.
    The paper provides recommendations for financial institutions including integration in risk management systems and improved data & metrics.

  • Watch the launch of our new report for investors implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

    Financial institutions and journalists are invited to attend an event to hear the experiences of investors from a pilot project implementing the recommendations of the TCFD. Come and find out more about the tools that will help investors perform scenario analysis and calculate the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

  • Join us in Tokyo at the G20 Global Summit on Financing Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Clean Technology

    Co-hosted by UNEP FI and IPEEC, and as an official side event to the G20 Presidency of Japan, the G20 Global Summit on Financing Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Clean Technology will be held in Tokyo, Japan on June 12th. Join fellow financial institutions and senior G20 policy-makers in addressing the urgency of scaling up energy efficiency investment to deliver on the world’s agreed policy objectives for a clean energy transition.

  • Webinar: Energy efficiency taxonomy and green tagging: Participate in first EEFIG working group

    This webinar will help financial institutions understand the main topics and process for applying to participate in the first working group set up by the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) in its third phase: the working group on the development of an EE taxonomy and green tagging to inform the EU´s Sustainable Finance Technical Expert Group (TEG).

  • UNEP FI at COP24

    Climate negotiators from around the globe are meeting in Katowice, Poland at COP24 to keep working towards implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. UNEP FI will be taking part in the  following events:

  • Webinar: From TCFD to SDG Finance – Next Steps in Sustainable Finance

    UNEP FI has pioneered work on Positive Impact finance, and TCFD implementation for investors, banks and insurers. Join this webinar to hear from the leaders at UNEP FI about the next steps in financing the Sustainable Development Goals, TCFD implementation, and how the bigger picture in sustainable finance is evolving.

  • Insurance & Climate Risk Americas: The insurers role in avoiding the next big source of systematic risk in the financial system

    This one-day conference brings together the investment, risk, actuarial and underwriting teams to discuss and learn what roles they can play in response to the multidimensional effect of climate risk to their businesses as well as the opportunities it may bring. UNEP FI’s Butch Bacani, Programme Leader of the Principles for Sustainable Insurance, will deliver a keynote presentation on climate change action and sustainable development in the context of the insurance industry, financial regulation and global policy frameworks. Discount available for UNEP FI members.

  • VfU/UNEP FI Roundtable on Sustainable Finance

    Discuss sustainable organisation, sustainable business, and sustainable communications in light of the European Action Plan on Sustainable Finance on 12-13 September, 2018 in Munich, Germany at one of the biggest gatherings in the German-speaking sustainable finance field.

  • Webinar: Hear from participants in UNEP FI’s pilot implementing TCFD Recommendations with 16 banks

    This Webinar will discuss the results of a collaboration between sixteen of the world’s leading banks with UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and climate risk and adaptation advisory firm Acclimatise. The banks set out to develop and test a widely applicable scenario-based approach for estimating the impact of climate change on their corporate lending portfolios as recommended by the Recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Hear directly from the banks, climate consultants and UNEP FI secretariat involved in this project.

  • Webinar: Learn more about the first guidance to help the banking industry adopt the TCFD Recommendations

    Sixteen banks working in collaboration with UNEP FI, risk and investment management experts, and leading scientists have recently published a jointly developed methodology that will enable banks to be more transparent about their exposure to climate-related risks and opportunities, in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

    Join this webinar to hear more about the methodology for scenario-based assessment of risks and opportunities from the transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • Financing for efficient buildings: Learning from G20 and GlobalABC

    In order to realise the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the energy transition, the global building stock needs to be made zero emission, efficient and resilient. As the world adds the equivalent of the floor space of the city of Paris in new construction every week, there is an urgent challenge to bring together those who finance this large amount of new construction with the policy-makers who can enable new construction finance to evolve towards zero emissions.

  • Financing energy efficiency in Greece and Cyprus

    This event, organised by the European Commission in partnership with UNEP FI and the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy aims to share best practices from Greece and Cyprus as well as further countries on how energy efficiency investments can be financed, including through private sources of capital.

  • BrightTalk ESG summit: UNEP FI on Climate Disclosure, Fiduciary Duty & Energy Efficiency Investment

    In partnership with the BrightTalk ESG summit, UNEP FI will be presenting updates on three work streams related to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. Financial institutions have a key role to play in implementing the world’s agreed goals.

  • Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit: Green Tagging for Energy Efficiency Finance High-Level Roundtable

    UN Environment’s Finance Initiative, in collaboration with Climate Strategy & Partners, is organising a high-level roundtable on green tagging for energy efficiency finance as a side event to the Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit.

  • Sustainable Investment Forum Europe: Financing Innovation for a Low Carbon Future

    Building on the success of its Forum in New York, Climate Action is bringing the Sustainable Investment Forum to Europe in March 2018 in partnership with UNEP FI.
    The European Forum will welcome 250+ high-level decision-makers from the finance community, European governments and think tanks to meet, network, share ideas and discuss concrete solutions to the current challenges of the European and global climate finance market.

  • Energy efficiency in buildings: how to accelerate investments?

    This high-level conference will take stock, two years after COP 21, of the significant committments by banks and investors on energy efficiency and identify ways to scale up energy efficiency investment. The event will culminate in a high-level segment with UNEP FI member CEO representation and occurs the day before the summit organised by the French President on the Paris Agreement.

  • UNEP FI at COP23 in Bonn, Germany

    This year’s global Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘COP23’) will take place in Bonn, Germany, from 6 – 17 November. UNEP FI and partners are building a strong presence at COP23, via a number of events and platforms.

  • Webinar: Deployment of Energy Efficient Mortgages in Europe

    The European Union’s Energy Union Framework Strategy includes energy efficiency as one of its five dimensions and states it is to be considered as an energy source in its own right. The ambitious Paris climate agreement also underlines the importance of energy efficiency. To realise its full potential, public funds will not suffice and private financing will have to be unlocked on a large scale. This webinar, organised in partnership with the European Commission, will discuss the use of energy efficient mortgages in Europe.
    Register by 22 September 2017.

  • UNEP FI Member Webinar: Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group – Consultation on the Third Phase

    The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) is a partnership between UN Environment Finance Initiative and the European Commission to scale up energy efficiency financing and investment. This webinar for UNEP FI members is to seek your views on the future development of EEFIG, which will enter its third phase in 2018.

  • Financing Energy Efficiency in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

    The event aims to share best practice from the Republic of Ireland, the UK and further afield on how energy efficiency can be financed through private funds and innovative financing instruments, notably in the building and SME sectors. Speakers will focus on practical experience in developing, structuring and financing energy efficiency investment programmes.

  • Webinar: Energy Efficiency Initiative and Work Plan for European members (Members Only)

    This members-only webinar highlights UNEP FI’s work plan for the European region and discusses expectations for and from the members. The discussion will then focus on the Energy Efficiency initiatives in Europe and opportunities for membership involvement.

  • Climate week 2017 “Sustainable Santiago – together against climate change”

    UNEP FI will be participating in the Climate week 2017 “Sustainable Santiago – together against climate change” that will take place in Santiago de Chile from 13 to 16 June 2017. This event is being organized by the Foundation Konrad Adenauer, the Ministry of Environment, along with other partners and collaborators. The event will have several panels, throughout the week. On June 16th, UNEP FI will be part of a panel on “Sustainable Finance” with a focus on Sustainable Construction Financing, along with Banco Santander Brazil.

  • Financing Energy Efficiency: The Key Role of Standardisation and Benchmarking

    This webinar, organised by the European Commission in partnership with the UN Environment Finance Initiative, will discuss the role of standardisation and benchmarking in order to facilitate access to finance for energy efficiency investments.

  • Third Stakeholder Meeting of the EMF-ECBC Energy Efficiency Mortgages Initiative

    UNEP FI supports the Energy Efficient Mortgage Initiative launched last year by the European Mortgage Federation- European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC) which will have its third stakeholder meeting and kick off of the Energy Efficient Mortgages Action Plan on June 9.

  • Financing Energy Efficiency in the Nordic Region

    The event aims to share best practice from Denmark, Sweden and Finland on how energy efficiency can be financed through private funds and innovative financing instruments, notably in the building and industry sectors. The event is organised as part of a series of events over three years, seeking to build and support long-lasting action in EU Member States.

  • Financing Energy Efficiency in Central Europe

    Targeting the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria, this event aims to share best practice from the region on how energy efficiency can be financed through private funds and innovative financing instruments, notably in the building and industry sectors. The event is organised as part of a series of events over three years, seeking to build and support long-lasting action in EU Member States.

  • First 2017 in-person meeting of the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

    The members of the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC), a UNEP FI-convened platform of 30 leading investors worldwide committed to taking bold portfolio action in response to climate change, are convening this week in Stockholm, at the invitation and under the auspices of Scandinavian pension company Storebrand/SPP, a member of the PDC Steering Committee.

  • Innovative Financial Instruments to Support Private Sector Investments in Energy Efficiency: Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Latin-American and Asia-Pacific Regions

    15-16 November 2016 | Lima, Perú This event aims to promote a dialogue and exchange of experiences among Financial Institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions about the challenges and opportunities for private investments in energy efficiency to mobilize and deploy adequate and effective financial resources to achieve a […]

  • Outcomes and UNEP FI perspectives and interventions: COP22 in Marrakech

    4-16 November | Marrakech, Morocco
    The first global climate meeting focused on implementing the historic Paris Agreement will take place in Marrakech 7-14 November. This is an overview of upcoming events and activities taking place at, and around COP 22, that UNEP FI members can contribute to.

  • Sustainable Investment Forum

    20 September 2016 | New York, NY, USA

    The Sustainable Investment Forum, organized by Climate Action, will unite 300 stakeholders from national and regional government, international finance, private industry and carbon management sectors for a day of high level discussion and debate during New York Climate Week.
    UNEPFI Members are eligible for a reduced fee.

  • UNEP FI and its role at COP 21

    1-9 December 2015 | Paris, France Significant COP21 events and side events December 1st Financing the Transition to Zero Deforestation Open registration – registration link Financial institutions can play a vital role in addressing the deforestation and degradation risks inherent in the unsustainable production, trade, processing and retail of soft commodities, especially soy, palm oil […]

  • Webinar: Carbon Asset Risk

    26, 27 and 28 August 2015 | Webinar These webinars will explore how financial institutions can measure and manage exposure to carbon asset risk. The webinars will coincide with the public release of the Carbon Asset Risk Discussion Framework, a highly-anticipated resource for financial institutions. The exact timings for this second set of webinars are […]

  • UNEP FI leads on climate change at ‘Climate Finance Week’

    19-22 May | Paris, France Climate Finance Day on 22 May provided a platform for financial institutions to demonstrate leadership on climate change. By showcasing firstly the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC) – and secondly the Insurance industry commitments to build disaster resilience and promote sustainable development – UNEP FI continued to demonstrate that it is […]

  • Investor Briefing: Portfolio Carbon

    Relevant Materials   Investor Briefing: Portfolio Carbon Programme Article in the Guardian Press Release         , News   Investment & Pensions Europe All Africa Eco Seed Business Green Environmental Expert Environmental Leader         , Relevant Materials   Programme Article in the Guardian Press Release         ,19 […]

  • UNEP FI’s delegation and events at COP18

    UNEP FI at the UNFCC 18th Conference of Parties (COP 18)26 November – 7 December 2012 | Doha, Qatar ,In the arena of the international climate change negotiations, UNEP FI has facilitated input from the finance, investment and insurance industries into the UNFCCC process. As part of its activities in this space, UNEP FI offers to […]

  • Launch of Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in sub-Saharan Africa

    Videos   Video: Financing Renewable Energy     Press Conference at Governing Council View Report   Press release 21 February 2012 | Nairobi, Kenya Smart public policies are key to powering up sub-Saharan’s Africa’s clean energy potential, said the head of UNEP Achim Steiner while unveiling UNEP Finance Initiative’s latest report in Nairobi. In doing […]

  • Outcomes of the Global Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17)

    Webinar | 30 January, 2012, 14:00 CET UNEP FI is pleased to invite you to join a webinar with leading financial representatives on the recent 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17). The recent climate change conference, which took place in Durban, South Africa, is believed to have […]

  • Bridging the public-private divide on climate change – UNEP FI at COP 17

    UNEP FI at the UNFCC 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17)28 November – 9 December 2011 | Durban, South Africa ,The private financial sector must be a central part of the global strategy to address climate change. Not only do financial institutions possess the skills, expertise and resources required to deal with the problem: if […]

  • World’s largest investors step up call for urgent policy action on climate change

    ,Despite the global economic crisis, and increased market volatility, the world’s largest investors gathered under the umbrella of UNEP FI and four other investor groups urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change in late October. In a joint statement the group of 285 investors […]

  • REDDy-Set-Grow: Part II – Recommendations for International Climate Change negotiators webinar launch

    Press Release   English Version ,,Video of launch of REDDy-Set-Grow Part I Visit the webpage of the launch of the Part I report., 13 September 2011 | Webinar UNEP FI invites you to join an online discussion with leading financial and government representatives to mark the launch of a landmark UNEP FI report on forest […]

  • UNEP FI side-events at UN Climate Change Conference

    7-16 June | Bonn, Germany UNEP FI, in partnership with UNEP, held a series of events in June in parallel to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn with the intention of bridging the public-private divide in current efforts to address climate change. While the need to mobilise the private sector – including financial institutions […]

  • REDDy – Set – Grow: Opportunities, risks and roles for financial institutions in forest-carbon markets

    REDDY-Set-Grow video , Press release   Press release ,, 6 May, 2011 | London, UK Leading financial institutions upped the ante on their future role in mitigating climate change as they called for more effective forest-carbon regulations on the occasion of a UNEP FI report launch at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s European headquarters […]

  • UNEP FI and PRI joint Webinar: “Investor views on climate policy: From Cancún to Durban”

    Webinar | 22 March 2011, 16:00 GMT While the Cancún Agreements did not provide long-term certainty or a vastly improved climate policy environment, the negotiations did make progress in key areas and reaffirmed the overall policy commitment on climate change. Following on from the 2010 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change this IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, […]

  • Launch of UNEP FI and SBI Study on Climate Information

    , 12 January 2011 | Frankfurt, Germany On the 12th January in Frankfurt, Germany, the new report ‘Advancing adaptation through climate change information services: Results of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector’, was launched by UNEP FI and the Sustainable Business Institute (SBI), sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of […]

  • UNEP FI at the UNFCCC COP 16

    , 29 November – 10 December 2010 | Cancun, Mexico From the 29 Nov to the 10 Dec 2010 the world’s governments meet in Cancun, Mexico, to continue a process to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long term cooperative action. It is hoped that we will see governments and […]

  • World Climate Summit

    4-5 December 2010 | Cancun, Mexico From the 4-5 December 2010 the UNEP Finance Initiative and partners, including the World Bank, the UN Global Compact, the Carbon Disclosure Project and many others, will come together to launch the inaugural World Climate Summit at The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, Mexico. WCS will be running in parallel to COP16, […]

  • The African Bankers’ Carbon Finance and Investment Forum

    4-5 November 2010 | Johannesburg, South Africa UNEP FI and The African Carbon Asset Development Facility along with signatories Standard Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa are proud to bring to you The African Bankers’ Carbon Finance and Investment Forum on 4-5 November in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the run-up to the COP16 in […]

  • UNEP FI and PRI joint webinar: Outcomes and implications of the historic UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

    Webinar: 28 January 2010 | 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM GMT In December 2009 world leaders finalised historic negotiations at COP15 in Copenhagen; even though the outcomes remained well below expectations, some progress was made and new ground covered, with potential implications for emissions reductions targets, carbon markets and other instruments, public finance mechanisms and, […]

  • From Cape Town to Copenhagen – UNEP FI brings the finance sector perspective to the decisive Climate Change Summit (COP 15)

    Cape Town toCopenhagenNEWS CENTRE ,, 7-18 December | Copenhagen, Denmark From the 7th to 18th December 2009 the world’s governments meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate and hopefully agree on what the global response to climate change and a successor deal to the Kyoto Protocol will look like. All potential outcome scenarios suggest that businesses, […]

  • CCWG side event creates an essential link between international climate change negotiators & the financial world

    , 6 June 2009 | Bonn, Germany UNFCCC June Talks on the run-up to Copenhagen View the webcast of the event. How can carbon markets and the Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol be actually improved to cover so-far neglected countries, project sizes and technology categories? How can technology transfer happen without compromising the vital […]

  • Making Forests Competitive – Practical Solutions for Permanence (UNFCCC COP 14)

    9 December | CoP 14 – Poznan, Poland Seminar followed by networking reception. Forests are biological sinks that permanently stabilise and sequester carbon since the beginning of life on the planet. They have covered vast areas of the earth’s surface for millennia, and to date contain around 60 per cent of the carbon stored in […]

  • Carbon Crunch: Meeting the Climate Change Cost (UNFCCC COP 13)

    , 11 December 2007 | COP 13 – Bali, Indonesia On December 11th, the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group launched its latest CEO Briefing at COP 13 in Bali. “Carbon Crunch: Meeting the Cost“, analyses the most recent studies on the cost of climate change, the benefits of early mitigation- and adaptation-action, and the […]

  • Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Role of the Finance Sector (UNFCCC COP 12)

    , 15 November, 2006 | COP 12 – Nairobi, Kenya UNEP FI’s CCWG held a side event at the UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, marking the launch of its latest report “Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Role of the Finance Sector.” The report is the latest from the Climate Change Working Group, […]

  • The Future of Climate Policy: The Financial Sector Perspective (UNFCCC COP 11)

    ,5 December, 2005 | Montréal, Canada The UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) held a side event at the UNFCCC Eleventh Conference of Parties (COP 11), and first Meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) in Montréal, Canada. The side event marked the official launch of the CCWG’s latest publication, The Future of Climate Policy: […]

  • Finance for carbon solutions: The Clean Development Mechanism from the financial sector perspective (UNFCCC COP 10)

    ,UNEP FI Side Event: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP 10) 15 December 2004 | Buenos Aires, Argentina UNEP FI launched its CEO Briefing on Finance for Carbon Solutions (PDF: 1.3 MB) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Tenth Conference of the Parties […]

  • Sustainable Energy Finance (SEF) event: Creating the Climate for Change

    ,Creating the Climate for Change 1-2 June, 2004 | Bonn, Germany The following is adapted from the SEF event Communiqué On 1-2 June 2004, the Sustainable Energy Finance (SEF) Event “Creating the Climate for Change” (organized by the Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI), a joint initiative between UNEP FI, UNEP Energy and the Basel Agency […]

  • Emissions Trading – The Financial Sector Perspective (UNFCCC COP9)

    ,UNEP FI Side Event: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP 9) 10 December 2003 | Milan, Italy With the uncertainty of Russian ratification looming over the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP 9) in Milan, the UNEP FI Climate Change […]

  • Beyond Kyoto – What next? (UNFCCC COP 8)

    ,UNEP FI Side Event: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP 8) 30 October 2002 | New Delhi, India Key Documents Emissions Trading Position Paper (PDF: 146 KB) UNEP Press Release: Financial Sector, Governments and Business Must Act on Climate Change or Face the Consequences (PDF: 198 KB) Reuters: […]

  • The Financial Sector and Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 7)

    UNEP FI Side Event: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Seventh Conference of the Parties (COP 7) November 2001 | Marrakech, Morocco Key Documents Climate Change Working Group Position Paper – 2001 (PDF: 31 KB) UNEP FI Press Release: Finance sector ready to implement Kyoto Protocol: Multi-billion USD market is waiting (PDF: 20 […]

  • UNEP FI side event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6 / Part 2)

    UNEP FI Side Event 18 July, 2001 | Bonn, Germany Key documents UNEP Press Release: Financial sector responding to climate change – impatient with pace of political progress (PDF: 18 KB) Overview UNEP Finance Initiatives held a successful special event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 6th Conference of the Parties (COP […]

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