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Finance for Biodiversity Initiative

Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) aims to increase the materiality of biodiversity in financial decision-making, and so better align global finance with nature conservation and restoration.

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)

Organisation: 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Government of Germany, Government of Switzerland, European Union (EU)

Available evidence and the decisions adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) indicate that a significant gap remains in finance for biodiversity management, for countries to drastically scale up their efforts and achieve the 20 Aichi Targets defined in the CBD’s Strateg

January 2018

Greening the Belt and Road Initiative

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers both opportunities and risks for investors, for sustainable development, and for natural resources. Financial institutions have a key role to play to ensure that its programmes and projects are delivered in ways that invest in and enhance natural capital and ensure a net gain for the environment. This report provides recommendations to the finance sector in three main areas: (i) Integrating sustainability in infrastructure decisionmaking; (ii) Demonstrating the sustainable business opportunity; and (iii) Scaling up sustainable infrastructure.
13 October 2020 to 14 October 2020

UNEP Finance Initiative Webinar - Global Roundtable: Financing a Resilient Future

On 13–14 October 2020, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is hosting its 16th Global Roundtable virtually, in collaboration with Responsible Investor.
10 June 2019

Three key private finance initiatives for financing a 1.5°C degree target

Kamleshan Pillay
Kamleshan Pillay, Climate Finance Lead at the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), outlines three potentially game-changing initiatives to enhance private finance of climate action, in response to the release of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.
December 2013

Greening China's Financial System: An Initial Exploration

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), People's Republic of China

This International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Finance Research Institute of the Development Research Centre, State Council of China, are collaborating on an exploration of policy options to support China in developing a “green financial system,” and to encourage such developmen

April 2020

Climate-Related Financial Risks: a survey on current initiatives

This report discusses the results of a survey on current initiatives for climate-related financial risks.
April 2020

Initial Impact of COVID-19 on European Capital Markets

This report analyses the impact of COVID-19 across all major capital market sectors.
June 2016

Experience and Lessons from South Africa: An initial view

Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry), Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
This paper, Experience and Lessons from South Africa, provides an outline of South Africa’s financial sector, the environmental and social issues it faces, the response of government and financial regulators and the extent to which has resulted in measurable sustainable investment flows.
27 November 2018
Online

Climate Policy Initiative Webinar - What’s the latest on global climate finance?

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
On 27 November 2018 (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET) the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is hosting a webinar titled "What’s the latest on global climate finance?"

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