Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including UNEP FI, ISS ESG, ISSB, Xpansiv and Carbon Trust. Carbon Trust says the platform will be further developed to support companies with carbon footprinting, target setting and value chain analysis.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Business and financial markets information service provider Bloomberg announced today the launch of a new data mapping and materiality assessment tool, aimed at enabling investors to assess the potential impact of a company’s business on any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to support impact integration in portfolios.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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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.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

From the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit and Climate Week NYC to the UN’s climate change conference COP 28 , the collective goal is to unite people worldwide to steer passion and innovation into tangible climate action solutions. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 28, 2023 /3BL/ - Ahead of COP28, the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), The Global Methane Hub (GMH) and Delterra are proud to announce their partnership to reduce methane emissions in the Global South. Learn more at: [link] and connect with us on LinkedIn & Instagram.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Among market-led developments, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change finalized its guidance on climate solutions , while several firms predicted the emergence of financial products, including exchange-traded funds, that claim to address the physical risks of climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. It is a now problem,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “To per cent off predicted annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, compared to the previous round of commitments.

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3BL Media

JULY 31, 2023

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is working to develop an international legally binding agreement to address plastic pollution and the INC process is the vehicle used to negotiate and deliver such an agreement.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Co-created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IOC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Sports for Nature Framework aims to deliver transformative action for nature across sports, by 2030 and beyond.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Consumption in “developed” countries has led to massive-scale logging of the Earth’s forests , leaving just 3% of the world’s ecosystems intact. For example, trees are the Earth’s carbon storehouse but the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that 10 million hectares of forests are lost each year.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

But these solutions and approaches are still being developed, meaning many risk interaction effects and tipping points not necessarily being captured. The report said that FIs are realising the importance of integrating climate-related risks, with the risks being divided primarily into physical and transition risks.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This has served as a pivotal moment for us, learning to work with a team to develop an idea and actualize it. The world-class panel of judges for the 2022 Innovation Challenge event included: Juan Pablo Celis Garcia, Youth Engagement Specialist for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 Emissions Gap Report – aptly titled ‘Broken Record’ – clearly states that the world is a long way from limiting global warming to 1.5°C Twenty-four percent of assessed countries said they have developed a NAP, and 46% intend to do so in the near future.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to two recent reports from Goldman Sachs, the cost of developing fossil fuels has surpassed the cost of renewable energy projects. These developments are critical. C above pre-industrial levels, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

CEET members convened at the Africa Climate Week to discuss low carbon energy and green technology pathways for economic development in Africa. Every year, RCWs will be held across the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion on green research and development and $35.2 Of the $14.6

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. According to the Commission’s Adapt Now report — which builds on UNEP-WCMC’s research — three crucial steps are needed to make this happen: 1. Raise understanding of the value of nature.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Blended finance vehicles can help asset owners achieve impact in emerging markets and developing economies. . Given that impact investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial returns, developing markets are target regions.” .

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Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This blend of free markets and state control is the dominant economic system in the vast majority of developed nations in the world today. Increasingly this also includes offshore renewable energy development.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

The investor-led initiative will be advised by UNEP and is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Cape Town and the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Skye Macpherson , Global Head of Asset Management, said: “Nick has a wealth of experience within natural capital investments and strong relationships with business, financial institutions, donors, governments and development finance institutions.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2024

This is according to Dr Nicola Ranger, Head of the Resilience and Development Programme at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI). The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 ‘ State of Finance for Nature ’ report suggested that investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) to date have been underwhelming.

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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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The COP28 outcomes on adaptation and loss and damage will aim to advance real action towards building resilience and contributing to sustainable development, including by driving enhanced adaptation finance,” he says. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is bullish on the impact of this year’s conference. But will the outcomes match the rhetoric?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29. UNEP FI estimates the current adaptation finance gap is around US$194-366 billion per year, and positively, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found last month that adaptation finance had reached an all-time high of US$63 billion, growing 28% from 2019/20.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2023

Speaking at ESG Investor’s inaugural Stewardship Summit, UNEP FI’s Carlin says transition finance flows to developing economies are too low to meet net zero targets.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Says Neil Burgess, Chief Scientist at UNEP-WCMC: “ Nature Map is a crucial new tool that can help to guide policies that tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss together. Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 30, 2022

SDSN Youth Mediterranean publishes the 1st edition of this report The Mediterranean Youth Solutions Report 2021 has been prepared by SDSN Youth Mediterranean, the regional team of volunteers of SDSN Youth, in collaboration with the UNEP/MAP–Barcelona Convention Secretariat and Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We have to minimize the risk of extreme wildfires by being better prepared: invest more in fire risk reduction, work with local communities, and strengthen global commitment to fight climate change” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. Wildfires disproportionately affect the world’s poorest nations.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The United Nations Global Compact’s universally recognised Principles, rooted in UN treaties, provide a robust foundation from which we lead UK business action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We use our power to convene business and other organisations to find practical solutions to global challenges.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Mitigation Work Program’ Development. SOURCE: Inogen Alliance. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Loss and damage, 22.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Because of their multiple benefits, investments in NbS would represent “good value for money” at a time of global macroeconomic uncertainty, said Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). . Where finance flows, action follows,” she said, adding: “Where finance flows lag, commitments wither.” .

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Key takeaways from the event include: Tackling Barriers for Electric Vehicles (EVs): Cesar Vargas of Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) highlighted two major barriers to scaling up electric vehicles in the LAC region: high initial costs and the need to create a supportive ecosystem.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

However, UNESCO and UNEP believe the number of animals that disappear is actually far greater than what is being recorded. In the initial phase of the project, he is providing expertise in sequencing difficult samples and in developing protocols. Illumina iConserve is a very forward-looking initiative,” says Ivo Gut, Director of CNAG.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. But that [progress is] not being made by all governments.”. Focus on nature.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

Founded in April 2021 by UNEP FI, the NZBA has 143 members overseeing US$74 trillion in capital. The initiative is developing a Finance Net Zero Standard which aims to provide clarity on key concepts, such as what it means to reach net zero for a financial institution. As both thresholds were “comfortably cleared”.

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