1、Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow for the Global Commission on Adaptation About This report was prepared by Climate Finance Advisors for the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) as a contribu
2、tion to a series of technical background papers on finance for adaptation and resilience supporting the GCAs inaugural flagship report scheduled for September 2019. UNEP FI Global Commission on Adaptation Climate Finance Advisors United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a
3、 partnership between United Nations Environment and the global financial sector created in the wake of the 1992 Earth Summit with a mission to promote sustainable finance. More than 200 financial institutions, including banks, insurers, and investors, work with UN Environment to understand todays en
4、vironmental, social and governance challenges, why they matter to finance, and how to actively participate in addressing them. The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched in The Hague on 16th October 2018 by 8th UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The Commission launched with the mandate to encou
5、rage the develop- ment of measures to manage the effects of climate change through technology, planning and investment. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon leads the group with co-chair of the Bill insurance companies and other providers of financial “risk transfer” mechanisms; rating agencies and other n
6、eutral arbiters of credit risk assessment for investors. Financial system constituents The paper uses this term to broadly encompass financial governance bodies, financial institutions, and diverse addi- tional influential actors, such as rating bodies. Financial system governance bodies The paper u