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Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 08 April 2022
Escalating energy security crisis underscores imperative for accelerated net-zero transition
A statement from the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance: As countries face critical choices in their energy strategies, amid heightened…
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 07 April 2022
“Change rules of the game,” asks $10.4trn Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance in new paper on investor action
The UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance releases a high-level paper outlining a forward-looking, systematic stewardship approach for investors that seeks…
Climate Change, News | 06 April 2022
Hear from lead authors of the IPCC report on climate change mitigation
At the launch of the latest IPCC report, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that a 3.2C rise in global…
Climate Change, Investment, News | 30 March 2022
Investor Climate Action Plans & net zero targets: Opportunities for progress in 2022
By Hamish Stewart, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI & Rahnuma Chowdhury, Investor Climate Action Lead, UNEP FI This blog highlights…
Investment, News | 29 March 2022
Legal Framework for Impact: The rationale for investing for sustainability impact
Investors have both a profound responsibility and a huge stake in the maintenance of a sound financial system. That stability…
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 22 March 2022
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance renews its call to asset managers for climate-focused blended finance vehicles
Having received a positive response to its initial Call to Action to Asset Managers – released in February 2021 – the…
Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, News | 03 March 2022
What conclusions should financial institutions take from the latest IPCC report?
This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched the second part of its 6th Assessment Report, drawing on…
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 03 March 2022
Diving deep: new guidance on finance, ocean pollution, plastics and coastal resilience
New guidance launched today by UNEP FI provides banks, insurers, and investors with a science-based, actionable toolkit to align their…
Banking, Europe, News | 15 February 2022
UNEP FI and EBF outline practical approaches to applying EU Taxonomy to bank lending
UNEP FI and the European Banking Federation have launched a report, “Practical approaches to applying the EU Taxonomy to bank…
Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 14 February 2022
One year on from commitments on adaptation: lack of risk data and standards delaying progress
In January 2021, UNEP FI and the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) came together with ten financial institutions from across banking and investment to commit to disclosing their risks from the physical impacts of climate change. UNEP FI’s Paul Smith reviews the progress made by the group, explains the importance of this commitment, and the issues facing financial institutions trying to accurately disclose their physical risk.
