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The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was launched by UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in São Paulo, Brazil, convening leading insurers, investors and banks.

At the start of the SDG Summit in New York today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the German Ministry for the Environment launched the Global Opportunities for SDGs (GO for SDGs) initiative, aiming to accelerate green economy solutions globally.

The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) warmly welcomes the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) as a new partner in green growth knowledge.

The GGKP Natural Capital Expert Working Group met in Geneva for an expert workshop on the newly developed Natural Capital Indicators Framework (NCIF). As one of the working group’s flagship projects of 2019, the framework is designed to bridge the knowledge gap for integrating natural capital into national green growth planning. The workshop included a technical review of the framework and its selected indicators and a discussion on how the framework can be applied at the national level by leading green growth organizations.

The Procura+ Awards Ceremony saw three cities and a European research organisation going up on the stage to get their recognition for their biggest successes in public procurement: Zurich won in the category ‘Procurement Initiative of the Year’, the City of Ghent in the ‘Sustainable Procurement of the Year’ one, the Municipality of Frederiksberg in the ‘Innovation Procurement of the Year’ category and the European Organization for Nuclear Research won the ‘Outstanding Innovation in ICT Procurement’. The event took place on 24 September within the Nordic Edge Expo in Stavenger, Norway.

According to the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2019 report, released ahead of the UN Global Climate Action Summit, global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade — 2010 to 2019 inclusive — is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion, with more gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology.

The initiative provides a roadmap for ensuring that people’s jobs and well-being are at the centre of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.

Washington, D.C. - September 5 2019. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued its first Canadian dollar green bond, attracting strong investor demand and raising CAD750 million for climate-smart business.

The proceeds of the five-year green bond - the largest Canadian dollar-denominated deal...

17 August 2019: Environment ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) have issued a joint statement, calling for “scaled-up, adequate and proper” resources to enable developing countries to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change. They stress that deliberations on a...

BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2019 -  Over 150 delegates from 40 global banks, investment firms and international organizations gathered in Beijing for the First Plenary Meeting of the Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road (GIP), a major drive to promote environmentally responsible investments under the Belt & Road Initiative.

Launched by China Green...