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This follow-up annual report reveals a doubling in policy actions over the past five years to align the global financial system with sustainable development. Policy and...

Funding, capacity building, knowledge sharing, international outreach, debt sustainability, trade facilitation, domestic resource mobilization, effective public–private...

This report reviews the development of the market for environmental finance in Azerbaijan. Beginning with an overview of recent macro-economic performance, it then sets out the...

This book is an eloquent expression of how market based instruments can indeed contribute to protecting the natural environment and thereby achieving sustainable development....

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...

The objective of this Roadmap is to propose an integrated approach that can be used by all financial sector stakeholders—both public and private—to accelerate the transformation...

This report lays out ways in which the ASEAN region can unlock this investment and protect its people, environment and economies. It provides an analysis of green investment...

This paper examines the role of central banks in ‘greening’ financial systems. Given the enormous investments needed to bring about a green transformation, the financial sector...

This briefing outlines key concerns and needs of developing countries in relation to green finance, particularly focusing on developing countries that are not members of the...

This report a) sets out the global and national landscape in terms of the challenge of financing sustainable development, with a focus on the environmental dimension; b)...

This working paper identifies the implications of time for investment in sustainability for both the public and the private sectors. It also explores the issue of the interplay...

World leaders have made ambitious commitments to achieve the SDGs. Yet, securing enough resources remains a major challenge, with developing countries facing a gap estimated...

Climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste –evidence that Earth is “code red” is all around us and growing more ominous every day. At the same time,...

This discussion paper is the result of a year-long collaboration between UNEP and GLOBE International to foster more integrated policymaking and legislative action on key...

The Renewable Energy Performance Platform supports private sector renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa that are typically between 1MW and 25MW (but can be up to 50MW...

The Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF) is a multi-donor trust fund managed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and backed by the German Federal Environment...

Sustainable finance as a new paradigm considers environmental, social and governance issues that traditionally have not been included in financial and economic parameters. The...

This report a) sets out the global and national landscape in terms of the challenge of financing sustainable development, with a focus on the environmental dimension; b)...

UN Environment and the World Bank Group view the over-arching objective of a sound financial system as being to provide finance that meets the long-term needs of an inclusive,...

The report, a companion to the second edition of “The Financial System We Need”, assesses how the financial system’s core functions are likely to be disrupted by financial...