Green Finance: A Growing Imperative - Brief

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T19:58:26Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T19:58:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThis briefing outlines the urgent requirement to transform the global financial system to fund a sustainable economic transition, given that traditional environmental regulations and pricing reforms are insufficient. Although market-based innovations like green bonds have emerged, green finance remains limited. Scaling this initiative requires international public-private collaboration to standardise criteria, improve environmental risk disclosures, and use concessionary public finance. Additionally, individual governments and international platforms like the Group of Twenty play vital roles in establishing predictable policies and harmonising definitions to unlock private capital markets.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.greenfinanceplatform.org/research/green-finance-growing-imperative-0
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7643
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number4 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.haspart<a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/10604">Greening the Banking System: Taking Stock of G20 Green Banking Market Practice</a>
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectfinance
dc.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.titleGreen Finance: A Growing Imperative - Briefen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.institutionsG20 Green Finance Study Group Secretariat
wd.identifier.institutionsUNEP Inquiry
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000042
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000035
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000046

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