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Countries are facing growing economic, social and environmental challenges, increasing the urgency of building more resilient and inclusive economies, communities, and ecosystems. Addressing these challenges will require substantial investment, particularly in emerging and developing economies.

UNEP FI will organize and contribute to a range of events throughout COP31, with Finance Day scheduled to take place on 13 November 2026.

COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed in Yerevan, Armenia, on 31 October with the Yerevan Pathway, the…

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) released its 2026 Progress Report today, showing signatories are delivering on ambition

UNEP FI convened the UNEP FI Mediterranean Forum in Athens bringing together financial institutions and real-economy actors. Discussions focused on sustainability and competitiveness, transition planning and client engagement, and the climate-nature nexus. Read key takeaways from the discussions here.

In this article, originally published in Net Zero Investor, Head of UNEP FI, Eric Usher, sets out why a common language is needed to tackle the climate adaptation finance gap ahead of COP 31.

As nature finance rises on the agenda of banks and insurers worldwide, UNEP FI outlines our priorities for working with our members to accelerate progress towards global biodiversity goals by 2030.

Banks, insurers and investors are among more than 70 organisations backing a global Call to Action on High-Integrity Nature Markets, launched at CBD COP17. The initiative urges governments to create the regulatory conditions needed to mobilise private finance for biodiversity conservation and restoration.

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum, the ASEAN Taxonomy Board, the Sustainable Finance Institute Asia, and UNEP FI have launched the first version of the “Mitigation Co-benefit and Adaptation for Resilience Guide”, a voluntary, non-binding companion resource to the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance. The Guide is intended to help financial institutions, investors and corporate entities determine how to effectively channel capital towards resilience building activities.

InsuranceERM has awarded the PSI Climate–Nature Nexus Atlas the Nature/Biodiversity Initiative of the Year, recognizing its contribution to evidence-based nature-aware underwriting and advancing industry understanding of the climate–nature nexus.