Financing renewable energy in developing countries - Drivers and barriers for private finance in sub-Saharan Africa : a study and survey by UNEP Finance Initiative on the views, experiences and policy needs of energy financiers

UNEP FI, 2012

This report explores how the opening up of energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive renewable energy potential.

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 Financing renewable energy in developing countries - Drivers and barriers for private finance in sub-Saharan Africa: a study and survey by UNEP Finance Initiative on the views, experiences and policy needs of energy financiers

  Available online: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/Financing_Renewable_Energy_in_subSahar [...]

UNEP Finance Initiative

Published by: UNEP FI ; 2012

This report explores how the opening up of energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive renewable energy potential.

Language(s): English

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Tags: Environment and landscape ; Renewable energy ; Financing climate change action ; North Africa ; Region I - Africa Add tag

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Investment-grade climate change policy : financing the transition to the low-carbon economy

UNEP FI, 2011

This report has been commissioned by the three major investor climate change networks (the European-based Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the North Americanbased Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), and the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC)) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). These groups, and their members, are concerned about climate change because of the potential for climate change to have major negative impacts on the economic systems they operate in and, in turn, on the assets in which they i ...

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 Investment-grade climate change policy: financing the transition to the low-carbon economy

  Available online: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/Investment-GradeClimateChangePolicy.pd [...]

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change ; Investor Network on Climate Risk ; (IGCC) Investor Group on Climate Change ; UNEP Finance Initiative

Published by: UNEP FI ; 2011

This report has been commissioned by the three major investor climate change networks (the European-based Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the North Americanbased Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), and the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC)) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). These groups, and their members, are concerned about climate change because of the potential for climate change to have major negative impacts on the economic systems they operate in and, in turn, on the assets in which they invest. They also recognise that investors have a critical role to play in responding to climate change, through their ability to provide capital to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy, through the decisions they make about the sectors and activities they invest in, through their ability to encourage the companies in which they invest to reduce their emissions, and through the support they can lend to public policy efforts directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and at enabling society to respond effectively to the physical and other impacts of climate change. The report has two objectives: (1) to contribute to policymakers’ understanding of the factors that institutional investors consider when investing in areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, and (2) to set out what institutional investors see as ‘investment-grade’ climate change and clean energy policy that would support significant low carbon, clean energy investment.

Language(s): English

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Tags: Climate ; Financing climate change action ; Climate change ; Greenhouse gas reducing ; Green economy Add tag

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Advancing adaptation through climate information services : results of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector

UNEP FI, 2011

Financial institutions need more developed information services regarding the physical impacts of changing weather patterns. The survey showed that with the risks of climate change expected to increase, financial service providers need enhanced access and availability of climate information to further enhance related risk management within their industry. The influence of these financial institutions worldwide could in this way play a key role in accelerating the implementation of adaptation measures by the private sector more broadly. The report, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Ed ...

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 Advancing adaptation through climate information services: results of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector

  Available online: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/advancing_adaptation.pdf

UNEP Finance Initiative ; United Nations Environment Programme ; Sustainable Business Institute

Published by: UNEP FI ; 2011

Financial institutions need more developed information services regarding the physical impacts of changing weather patterns. The survey showed that with the risks of climate change expected to increase, financial service providers need enhanced access and availability of climate information to further enhance related risk management within their industry. The influence of these financial institutions worldwide could in this way play a key role in accelerating the implementation of adaptation measures by the private sector more broadly. The report, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, presents the results of an international survey undertaken by the Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) of UNEP FI and the Sustainable Business Institute (SBI), Germany. A total of 60 institutions from all continents took part in the survey, including both developed and developing countries. “As a leading insurance group we can observe in our data base in some regions a change of loss patterns from weather catastrophes in the past decades”, said Ernst Rauch, Head Corporate Climate Centre at Munich Re and a member of the CCWG. “To secure risk transfer to the private insurance sector in the future, the understanding of potential impacts from climate change on losses from atmospheric perils is essential. The relevance of climate data and their interpretation for business purposes will play a more and more important role in the future”.

Language(s): English

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Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Climate Services Information System (CSIS) ; Developing countries Add tag

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Declaração de Investidores sobre Mudanças Climáticas : reduzindo Riscos, Aproveitando Oportunidades e Diminuindo a Lacuna de Investimento

UNEP FI, 2010

Para os governos mundiais limitarem o aumento das temperaturas globais abaixo de 2°C, diminuírem os danos climáticos que já estão começando a ocorrer, fazerem a transição para uma economia de baixo carbono e aproveitarem as oportunidades econômicas da energia limpa e de outras atividades relacionadas ao clima, trilhões de dólares em investimentos são necessários nas próximas décadas. Os níveis de investimento atuais estão muito abaixo do que é necessário. Sem o investimento do setor privado, esta lacuna de investimento no clima não será preenchida e estes objetivos não serão alcançados.
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 Declaração de Investidores sobre Mudanças Climáticas: reduzindo Riscos, Aproveitando Oportunidades e Diminuindo a Lacuna de Investimento

  Available online: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/InvestorStatement_ClimateChange_pt.pdf

UNEP Finance Initiative ; United Nations Environment Programme ; Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change ; Investor Network on Climate Risk ; (IGCC) Investor Group on Climate Change ; United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative

Published by: UNEP FI ; 2010

Para os governos mundiais limitarem o aumento das temperaturas globais abaixo de 2°C, diminuírem os danos climáticos que já estão começando a ocorrer, fazerem a transição para uma economia de baixo carbono e aproveitarem as oportunidades econômicas da energia limpa e de outras atividades relacionadas ao clima, trilhões de dólares em investimentos são necessários nas próximas décadas. Os níveis de investimento atuais estão muito abaixo do que é necessário. Sem o investimento do setor privado, esta lacuna de investimento no clima não será preenchida e estes objetivos não serão alcançados.
Os investidores estão preocupados com os riscos apresentados pelas mudanças climáticas para as economias regionais e globais e ativos individuais. Ao mesmo tempo, os investidores estão interessados no grande potencial de oportunidades econômicas que a transição para uma economia de baixo carbono apresenta. Os investidores têm uma responsabilidade fiduciária que os obriga a buscar a melhor relação risco-retorno em seus investimentos. No momento, na ausência de quadros políticos fortes e estáveis, muitas oportunidades de investimento de baixo
carbono não passam neste teste.
O investimento privado apenas fluirá em escala e ritmo necessários se for apoiado por estruturas políticas claras, confiáveis e de longo prazo que mudem o equilíbrio de risco-retorno em favor de investimento menos carbonointensivo. Por isso, investidores prudentes ao redor do mundo se juntaram para apoiar essa declaração. Nós incentivamos o diálogo entre governos e instituições internacionais sobre as políticas e os instrumentos financeiros necessários para catalisar o investimento privado na economia de baixo carbono.

Language(s): Portuguese; Other Languages: English, Spanish

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Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Financing climate change action Add tag

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 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change : reducing Risks, Seizing Opportunities & Closing the Climate Investment Gap (2010)  

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Global Investor Statement on Climate Change : reducing Risks, Seizing Opportunities & Closing the Climate Investment Gap

UNEP FI, 2010

Over 250 investors responsible for the management of funds the size of US GDP call for policies to unlock low-carbon growth and avoid economic devastation.

The world's largest global investors have a powerful message for world governments and climate negotiators in Cancun: take action now in the fight against global warming or risk economic disruptions far more severe than the recent financial crisis. Investors released the statement, which was facilitated by the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group and Partners, calling for national and international policies that will spur pri ...

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 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change: reducing Risks, Seizing Opportunities & Closing the Climate Investment Gap

  Available online: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/InvestorStatement_ClimateChange.pdf

UNEP Finance Initiative ; United Nations Environment Programme ; Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change ; Investor Network on Climate Risk ; (IGCC) Investor Group on Climate Change ; United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative

Published by: UNEP FI ; 2010

Over 250 investors responsible for the management of funds the size of US GDP call for policies to unlock low-carbon growth and avoid economic devastation.

The world's largest global investors have a powerful message for world governments and climate negotiators in Cancun: take action now in the fight against global warming or risk economic disruptions far more severe than the recent financial crisis. Investors released the statement, which was facilitated by the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group and Partners, calling for national and international policies that will spur private investment into low-carbon growth and protect the world economy from the worst impacts of climate change.

Signatories include both global players like UNEP FI Signatories Allianz and HSBC as well as many smaller institutions from developed and developing countries. This is the largest-ever group of investors to call for government action on climate change. “We cannot drag our feet on the issue of global climate change," said Barbara Krumsiek, Chair of the UNEP FI and CEO of US-based investment firm Calvert Investments. "Calvert is deeply concerned about the devastating impacts climate change - if left unaddressed - will have on the global economy. Based on the Stern Report, we know these impacts could reach global GDP cuts of an unimaginable 20% per year. Why should we take that risk? The solutions are quickly emerging and we must deploy these solutions to help secure the innovation and sustainable growth our economies need."

Language(s): English; Other Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Financing climate change action ; Developing countries Add tag

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 Declaración Mundial de los Inversores sobre el Cambio Climático : reducción de los riesgos, aprovechamiento de las oportunidades y cierre de la brecha en inversión climática (2010)  

 Declaração de Investidores sobre Mudanças Climáticas : reduzindo Riscos, Aproveitando Oportunidades e Diminuindo a Lacuna de Investimento (2010)  

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Declaración Mundial de los Inversores sobre el Cambio Climático : reducción de los riesgos, aprovechamiento de las oportunidades y cierre de la brecha en inversión climática

UNEP FI, 2010

Para que los gobiernos del mundo limiten el aumento de la temperatura global a menos de 2ºC, contengan el daño climático que ya está comenzando a producirse, se muevan hacia una economía de bajas emisiones de carbono y aprovechen las oportunidades económicas de la energía limpia y otras actividades climáticamente afines, en las próximas décadas es necesario invertir billones de dólares. Los niveles de inversión actuales están muy por debajo de lo necesario. Sin la inversión del sector privado, esta brecha en la inversión climática no podrá ser cerrada y estos objetivos no podrán ser alcanzados ...

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Fiduciary responsibility: Legal and practical aspects of integrating environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment

UNEP FI, 2009

This landmark publication by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative on the fiduciary responsibility of institutional investors continues the debate initiated by the 2005 'Freshfields Report' of UNEP FI that explored the complex relationship between fiduciary law and environmental, social and governance issues in investment policymaking and practice.
UNEP FI's work to align investors, companies, markets and economies more closely with the goals of sustainable development is an important contribution to the advancement and dynamism of responsible investment.

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