Banking Net Zero Paris Agreement UNEP 
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 1, 2023
COP28 represents a critical, and perhaps the last opportunity for Parties and non-state actors to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5°C But they cannot do it alone. But this is not widely recognised.
Chris Hall
MARCH 15, 2024
Alliance extends net zero targets to capital markets activities, as frameworks provide more tailored approach for banks’ transition strategies. The second of the four guidelines requires banks to establish an emissions baseline and annually measure and report the emissions profile of loans and investments.
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Chris Hall
JUNE 21, 2023
The proposed solution for net zero targets and progress aims to improve transparency and accountability, but will need to consider existing guidance. But there is still room for hope that net zero commitments – and subsequent progress on decarbonisation – can be transparent, aligned and ambitious.
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 13, 2023
“Investors and companies are increasingly setting climate and nature targets, but once those are in place, they need to be thinking more about how to redirect capital [in line with these goals],” Ivo Mulder , Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), told ESG Investor. trillion in 2022.
Chris Hall
JULY 1, 2022
Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. of emissions.
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 28, 2022
SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C.
Chris Hall
MARCH 16, 2022
The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.
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