{"id":58491,"date":"2019-06-13T09:21:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T07:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/connecter-initiatives-internationales-financement-climat\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T10:46:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:46:48","slug":"connecter-initiatives-internationales-financement-climat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/en\/connecter-initiatives-internationales-financement-climat\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to connect the international initiatives on Climate Finance!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2016,\u00a0I4<\/span>CE\u00a0is the Secretariat of the\u00a0Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative<\/a>. Launched at COP21 in 2015, the Initiative brings together 44 public and private financial institutions to make climate change an essential component of their strategies & operations. Leveraging its expertise and network, I4<\/span>CE\u00a0assists the Initiative in fostering exchanges between the so-called \u201cSupporting Institutions\u201d on emerging practice and approaches to mainstream climate change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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On the 6th of June, Supporting Institutions of the Initiative gathered in London for the 2019 Annual Assembly, hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. An opportunity to dialogue on priority topics \u2013 this year focusing on\u00a0climate risks<\/strong>\u00a0and \u2018Paris Alignment\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 and to exchange on the strategic vision of this network.<\/p>\n

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New vision for the Initiative: \u201cconnecting the dots\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At now over three years since its creation, the Initiative strives to actively position itself within the ever-changing landscape of discussions on climate change and the financial sector. Testament to the increasing up-take of climate-related subjects by the financial sector, close to thirty calls to action, networks and finance-sector specific initiatives exist today.<\/p>\n

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To help Supporting Institutions better understand this evolving landscape,\u00a0\u2018Connecting the Dots\u2019 online resource<\/a>\u00a0has profiled over 27 of these initiatives and identified the principal insights.<\/p>\n

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Many of these initiatives have been instrumental in advancing discussions on rules and defining common terminologies, principles, voluntary standards. In turn, many of our Supporting Institutions are directly or indirectly involved in one or more of these initiatives.<\/p>\n

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In this fast-moving landscape, discussions at the Annual Assembly led to the conclusion that the role and added value of the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative lies in \u2018connecting the dots\u2019. \u00a0While there is a growing body of work on climate change and the financial sector, no other initiative is in a position to \u2018connect the dots\u2019 as it can. Today, the Initiative is well placed to:<\/p>\n

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