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Financing a global deal on climate change

1pm, August 24th, 2015

This Green Paper builds on this experience and focuses on the priorities identified by UNEP Finance Initiative (FI) to mobilise the skills and resources of the banking, investment and insurance sectors behind an effective, efficient and equitable global deal on climate change at COP15 in Copenhagen. The Paper addresses the types of decisions that governments could take in Copenhagen to stimulate financial involvement; it does not cover the equally important issue of how to expand the take-up of best practice measures in the financial sector to manage climate change risks and opportunities.

The UNEP Finance Initiative is a unique global partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme and over 170 financial institutions from the banking, investment and insurance sectors across the globe. The Initiative aims to promote linkages between the environment, sustainability and financial performance through a comprehensive work programme, including research and training. Over the past 15 years, the Initiative has been working to build an effective financial response to the challenge of climate change across a range of issues including carbon markets, renewable energy, energy efficiency, adaptation and vulnerability as well as reporting and disclosure. This has included active participation in the UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties (COPs) to ensure that the financial sector perspective is integrated into the international framework for climate action.

View the report here: Financing a global deal on climate change.

Institutions Involved

  • United Nations Environment Programme
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