Climate Change

Banking, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 07 August 2017

31 July 2017 We are pleased that UNEP FI member, DNB, has become the twelfth leading bank to join our…

Banking, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 11 July 2017

31 October, 2017: Update – 16 banks now form the UNEP FI TCFD pilot project. 11 July, 2017 Eleven of…

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Publications | 22 June 2017

The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) Underwriting Toolkit provides a common framework for financial institutions, project developers and hosts of…

Climate Change, News | 12 June 2017

“There is incredible momentum on climate action from individual states, cities, the private sector and citizens. A single political decision…

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, News | 06 June 2017

The 8th Clean Energy Ministerial in China saw the Asian launch of the G20 Energy Efficiency Investment Toolkit to a…

Climate Change, Events, Latin America & Caribbean, News | 23 May 2017

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.

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Publications | 03 May 2017

Each year, governments, financial institutions, companies and consumers around the world are investing more than USD 221 billion into capital…

Climate Change, Europe, Events, Investment, News | 24 April 2017

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.

Climate Change, Investment, News, North America, PDC | 24 January 2017

January 24, 2017 In the latest demonstration of institutional asset owners’ commitment to climate action, New York State Common Retirement Fund,…

Banking, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 14 December 2016

  The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) released its draft Recommendations Report in December 2016. The initiative –…