Liesel van Ast

Membership & Regional Coordination Manager at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative. Views are my own.

[Liesel van Ast @LieselvA]

@cathmckenna at #summit2023 -we need regulation to achieve stretch climate goals, starting with large companies.

[Liesel van Ast @LieselvA]

@markcarney2017 says transition plans should be mandatory in developed economies at #GlobalFinancingPact #Summit2023

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@thomasbuberl from @UNEP_FI member AXA at #GlobalFinancingPact #summit2023 In Paris calls for public and private institutions to work together to broaden capacities and have multiplier effect, and cooperate more to mobilize the private sector. Eg. Pooling of loans.

[Jay Collins @JayCollinsSays]

My message this week at Emmanuel Macron’s #NewGlobalFinancingPact #summit2023 in Paris:

“Mandate Development Banks to measure, target and deliver ambitious private capital mobilization rates.”

Why? The financing needs for sustainability and climate are…https://t.co/a0gQOQ7Lgm

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The global financial architecture is outdated, dysfunctional & unjust.

Today I urged participants at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact to take action to meet the urgent needs of developing countries.

[Liesel van Ast @LieselvA]

“We need to scale up development and climate finance by increasing the capital base and changing business models of MDBs… to leverage private finance at an affordable cost to developing countries”. Antonio Guterres

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

360 million people need humanitarian assistance – up 30% since the start of last year.

We know what needs to be done.

We need the funds to do it.

[Liesel van Ast @LieselvA]

President Macron at Summit for a new Global Financing Pact: “We need much more investment from the private sector to serve progress for the planet and to face the challenges of poverty, climate and biodiversity.”

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I urge all financial institutions to present public, credible & detailed plans to transition their funding from fossil fuels to clean energy.

To those institutions already doing this shift I say:

Do not relent in the face of attacks on progress.

You are doing the right thing.

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

CEOs from @icealion @stanbicug and @NIPDB discuss what a sustainable economic transformation looks like at the #RRT2023 in Windhoek, Namibia

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

The triple planetary crisis of #climate, #nature loss & #pollution is front & centre on the global stage. Absolutely critical that we focus on solutions, because progress on the #GlobalGoals depends on it.
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[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

NEW: The #NetZeroBanking Alliance’s recently published Progress Report captures an aggregated view of the intermediate targets that have been reported by more than 60 banking members. Read more about the ambitious action our members are taking: https://t.co/b0OKTOnI5c

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The #EmissionsGap Report “tells us in cold scientific terms what nature has been telling us all year, through deadly floods, storms and raging fires: we have to stop filling our atmosphere with greenhouse gases, and stop doing it fast.” — @andersen_inger https://t.co/JMt6Uv0vzZ

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

UNEP FI’s @PSI_Initiative is looking for a Project Coordinator to support the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance. The role will ensure the overall coordination, delivery and implementation of NZIA’s global work programme.
Find out more and apply by 14 November! https://t.co/V58NYqhSaz

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

Want to better understand the corporate risks associated with #plasticpollution? Join our @PSI_Initiative webinar with @minderoo on 19 October to get insights from insurance and policy leaders. https://t.co/X3QbqGnIcE

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

Live now: "Sustainability-oriented investments need to triple by 2030 to meet climate, biodiversity and land neutrality targets. The public sector alone cannot finance this" - @andersen_inger opening Day 2 of the #GRT2022. Watch now: https://t.co/6Vhj0bWYA7

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

NEW: The Principles for #ResponsibleBanking Academy is now launched! Designed to nurture responsible bankers, professionals can now learn about responsible #banking practices through this unique #training programme. Discover more: https://t.co/6ix2VZmF6L

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

How are actors in the global economy working to transform finance and accelerate change? Find out at the UNEP FI Global Roundtable next week: https://t.co/orGC64zeRa #GRT2022

[UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) @UNEP_FI]

UNEP FI’s @PSI_Initiative is currently looking for an African Implementation Officer to support the management, delivery and implementation of the PSI global work programme in Africa.

Find our more and apply by 2 October! https://t.co/kyYyyEU3A5