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Nature Risk Profile: A Methodology for Profiling Nature Related Dependencies...
This technical guideline aims to enable the financial sector to measure and address nature-related risk by providing scientifically robust and actionable sustainability... -
Advancing environmental risk management
Environmental degradation puts at risk the capacity of natural capital assets to continue to generate the ecosystem service benefits upon which businesses depend. A failure to... -
Review of the biodiversity requirements of standards and certification schemes
Standards, including those in certification schemes, are widely used to influence environmental performance. Amongst other things, they create performance requirements related... -
Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure: A practical...
This technical report provides an overview of Phase 1 of the Advancing Environmental Risk Management project. The knowledge base compiled as part of this project is a... -
Integrating Natural Capital in Risk Assessments: A step-by-step guide for banks
Natural capital is a way of thinking about nature as a stock that provides a flow of benefits to people and the economy. It consists of natural capital assets such as water,... -
Analysis of International Funding for the Sustainable Management of Coral...
This analysis was conducted by UN Environment, the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, in response to United... -
Aligning Biodiversity Measures for Business
Businesses depend on or impact biodiversity, either directly through their activities or indirectly through their supply chains. In order to manage impacts and dependencies on... -
Beyond "Business as Usual": Biodiversity Targets and Finance
Biodiversity underpins all economic activities through the provision of a range of ecosystem services, and it is experiencing dangerous and unprecedented declines due to the... -
Assessment of biodiversity measurement approaches for businesses and...
Measurement of biodiversity performance by businesses and financial institutions is rapidly gaining attention. We are facing a global biodiversity crisis which requires urgent... -
Land Use Finance Impact Hub
The world urgently needs increased private capital flows into sustainable land use practices. It is imperative to ensure that funds are spent efficiently, any potential risks... -
Aligning financial portfolios with biodiversity goals: How to use the ENCORE...
Following the launch of the cutting-edge biodiversity module in ENCORE, a new guide is recently launched to help financial institutions navigate the tool. Developed by the... -
Guidebook to financing CDM projects
This Guidebook is part of the CDM knowledge management tools produced by the Capacity Development for CDM (CD4CDM) Project, being implemented by the UNEP RISOE Centre, Denmark.... -
Climate finance for cities and buildings: a handbook for local governments
The objectives of this Handbook are to help raise awareness among local stakeholders regarding climate finance and its potential in the built environment, given the important... -
The global financial crisis and its impact on renewable energy finance
This study examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the renewable energy sector drawing upon both survey-based empirical research and transaction-based data analysis. -
Global trends in renewable energy 2013
This report presents the global trends in renewable energy in 2013. -
The Adaptation Finance Gap Update with Insights from the INDCs
In 2014 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) pub¬lished its first global Adaptation Gap Report (AGR 2014) (UNEP, 2014), which put forward a preliminary framework for... -
Increasing access to the carbon market
This brochure provides an overview of the UNEP RISOE Centre's Energy and Carbon Finance Program and its activities related to carbon finance and the CDM that help developing... -
Experience and lessons from South Africa: An initial review
The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme to advance policy options to improve the financial... -
Sustainable infrastructure and finance - How to contribute to a sustainable future
The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme to advance policy options to improve the financial... -
Public finance mechanisms to mobilise investment in climate change mitigation
With an ambition of helping scale up climate mitigation markets, this report provides an overview of the mechanisms being used today by the public sector, with a particular...