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The report highlights major barriers such as market failures, information asymmetries, lack of awareness and lack of consideration of non-financial or longer-term value, as well...

In 2014, the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, working with and on behalf of the Banking...

consider selecting assets that will promote sustainability, including climate change mitigation and adaptation. During the 2008 financial crisis, central banks deployed...

This study, which serves as a companion to the main report, looks at how digital finance is already enabling citizens to participate more directly in the infrastructure...

This report reviews the Inquiry’s core analysis, summarizes progress made in aligning the financial system with sustainable development between 2014 and 2017, reflects on the...

The main objective of the assessment was to understand the trends of public expenditure in environment and to obtain critical information for streamlining and strengthening...

Finance is a keystone to the successful implementation of the Agenda 2030 but significant barriers exist to securing adequate public and private financing to achieve the...

United in Science 2021 delivers on its mission, to present the very latest scientific data and findings related to climate change, to inform policy and decision-makers. This...

Adverse environmental impacts from infrastructure should be minimized, and natural capital enhanced to the greatest degree possible. Construction should be avoided in areas...

This publication marks the second iteration of work produced by UNEP FI AMWG on the financial materiality of ESG issues. For this round, the AMWG requested ten sell-side...

The seventh pan-European environmental assessment gives an insight into the progress achieved in environmental protection, a cornerstone of life and human health, but also...

Relevant enabling policies and actions include education reform; support for technology innovation and financing; innovative business models; sustainable supply chain...

This booklet presents an overview of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) – its mission, vision, strategy and action for tackling the triple planetary crisis. It chronicles...

The Glasgow commitments build upon numerous existing international initiatives on nature and climate. The Bonn Challenge and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration,...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a passionate advocate for planetary and human health. For almost 50 years, UNEP has delivered science to help the world...

Realizing sustainable development depends on “greening finance”—that is, ensuring that the financial institutions charged with allocating available financial assets take...

Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity, The international community must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a transformation of energy, industry,...

This report aims at strengthening the case for investment and provides a collection of financing options for different types of urban NbS1. It has been developed as a...

A realignment of the financial system is a critical enabler of the sectoral transitions required to address the current climate crises. Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement...

This paper focuses on the actual and potential role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in achieving the transition to a low-carbon, just and sustainable world and, more...