Publications

This three-part report offers comprehensive guidance and best practice examples for financial institutions and policymakers in emerging markets to strengthen organisations’ climate risk management practices, facilitate informed decision-making, and ultimately contribute to the transition to low-carbon, resilient and inclusive economies.

With the goal of fighting climate change and delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals, ten organisations—representing some of the largest…

The new Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Climate Adaptation Target Setting guidance aims to help banks accelerate their efforts on managing climate-related impacts and financing climate adaptation, by setting adaptation targets using the PRB impact framework.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) calls for a whole-of-society approach to halting and reversing nature loss. UNEP FI and UNDP…

This guidance aims at helping the banking industry align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and address the critical issues of nature and biodiversity loss.

Between 2011 and 2021, sustainable fund investments grew more than 14-fold, from $186 billion to $2.7 trillion. Similar growth rates…

Through this discussion paper, the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance creates a foundation for asset asset owner expectations of asset managers regarding climate engagement. Specifically, the Alliance sets out principles, requests and practices that are applicable to all Alliance members’ asset managers.

Under a business-as-usual scenario, the volume of mismanaged plastics waste is projected to grow substantially to well over 250 million…

"Increasing Climate Ambition, Decreasing Emissions”, third progress report of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, shows membership growth, US$ 8.4 trillion in AuM covered by interim targets, and data on total financed GHG emissions, which dropped by 3.5% between 2021 and 2022.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is confronted with more extreme heat and less precipitation with every degree…