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To fulfill its mission, the United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) provides products and services, practical guidance and tools directly aimed at facilitating the implementation of sustainable finance policies and practices in the global financial sector. The UNEP FI Impact Analysis Tools h ...

The financial cost of climate change has been significantly underestimated, according to new research saying it could cut the world’s GDP by almost half.  A recent study from UNSW Sydney factors in the full global reach of extreme weather, suggests the damage to the world’s economy could be far worse than previously th ...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated during a monthly cabinet meeting on Sunday that Washington’s imposition of a 46% tariff on imports from Vietnam should be viewed as an opportunity for the Southeast Asian country to restructure its economy and diversify products and markets toward sustainable development ...

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The HLPF brings together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as wel ...

Anti-ESG proposals flooded U.S. corporate annual meeting agendas in 2024 by shareholder proponents who do not support limiting corporate environmental impacts, promoting diversity, or providing investors with more ESG disclosure, filing more than 100 shareholder proposals as of June 30, 2024.  Support averaged only 1.9 ...