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The Initiative at the Global Climate Action Summit

Friday, Sep 07, 2018 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, NEWS, Relevant news and events, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

At the Global Climate Action Summit, the 42 financial institutions participating in the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative released a Joint Statement demonstrating how they are moving from commitment to action – both individually

Climate Finance at the 2018 Spring Meetings

Monday, Apr 23, 2018 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: NEWS, Relevant news and events, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

The 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) took place in Washington D.C. on April 16-22. During the meeting of the Development Committee on April 21, the

Summary of the workshop on climate risks organised by the work stream 1 of the Initiative

Tuesday, Mar 13, 2018 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, NEWS comments: 0

The Work Stream 1 of the Initiative “Climate Risks: Approaches, Tools and Methodologies” aims to facilitate knowledge sharing between Supporting Institutions on climate-related risk management. As part of the initial phase of the work stream,

One Planet Summit: ‘Walking the Talk’ of the 5 Principles

Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, NEWS, Relevant news and events, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

One word was heard throughout the One Planet Summit, which took place on 12 December in Paris, France under the auspices of French President Emmanuel Macron: Mainstreaming. This international Summit brought together world leaders and

The initiative now gathers 36 “Supporting Institutions”

Monday, Dec 11, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

Today at the Mainstreaming! event co-organized by the AFD, the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative, many of the world’s largest public and private financial institutions have come together to reaffirm their commitment to integrate climate change in their operations. The Initiative was pleased to announce the adhesion […]

Launch of the Climate Mainstreaming Practices Report

Monday, Dec 11, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, Inititiave publications, NEWS comments: 0

On behalf of the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative, Rémy Rioux, Chair of IDFC and CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), announced today the launch of the 2017 Climate Mainstreaming Practices Report. This report

The Initiative co-organises the “Mainstreaming!” event on the sidelines of the One Planet Summit

Friday, Dec 01, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, NEWS, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

Since COP21 and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, a number of financial actors have taken significant and concrete measures to mainstream climate issues into their strategies and operations. Others are gearing up to join

HSBC announces five new commitments to tackle climate change on the sidelines of COP23

Monday, Nov 13, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: NEWS, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

HSBC joined the initiative in 2015 and is an active member of the initiative as member of the Coordination Group and co-leader of the Work Stream 3 "City-level climate smart approaches and financial instruments". On

Launch of the “Climate Mainstreaming Practices Database”

Friday, Nov 10, 2017 by: Alice Pauthierposted in: Initiative, NEWS, Supporting Institutions comments: 0

The Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative launched the Climate Mainstreaming Practices Database on the sidelines of COP23. On Thursday the 9th of November, CAF, EIB and I4CE (Secretariat of the Initiative), co-organized the official UNFCCC side

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