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Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, News | 21 April 2021

21 April 2021 – The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance today announces a tripling in membership from its launch…

Climate Change, Publications | 20 April 2021

UNEP FI has partnered with MinterEllison to examine the impact of litigation in adaptation finance and address some of the challenges in scaling up adaptation capital identified in the GCA Adaptation Finance Paper published in 2019. This collaboration led to the publication of “The Forgotten Climate-related Financial Risk: Liability Impacts on Adaptation and Adaptation Finance“ in April 2021. 

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, News | 20 April 2021

The fifth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report (2020) found that 72% of countries have adopted at least one…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events | 20 April 2021

Mark Carney, the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance - in partnership with the UK COP26 Presidency and the UN Race to Zero campaign - are launching a coordinating alliance that brings together existing and new net zero finance initiatives into one sector-wide strategic forum: The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 16 April 2021

Read about the conference hosted by the European Investment Bank and WWF, where Portugal, represented by Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea Republic of Portugal, endorsed the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles and the EBRD and the Asian Development Bank were welcomed as recent signatories of the Principles.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 April 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has today released a new resource designed to help asset owners set expectations for,…

Climate Change, Publications, Thought Leadership | 13 April 2021

UNEP FI has partnered with EIT Climate-KIC to bring the Thought Leadership Series, which presents papers from some of the world’s…

Events, Nature, News | 09 April 2021

The European Investment Bank, WWF and the partners of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles are delighted to invite you to join an event on the margins of the 2021 virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group: Sustainable Financing of the Blue Economy.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Projects | 02 April 2021

An Alliance of banks representing over 40% of global banking assets committed to net-zero by 2050, consistent with a maximum temperature rise of 1.5°C. The banking element of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

Asia Pacific, Events, News, Regions, Social, Themes, Webinars | 25 March 2021

For investors (institutional investors and asset managers), banks, financial regulators, other financial industry actors, and corporates in Thailand and in the region. The session guides participants in developing their understanding of what is human rights, what are some of the infringements seen in business activities in Thailand and internationally, and what are the best practices by investors and banks to protect human rights.