UNEP Finance Initiative and partners launch the World Climate Summit

UNEP Finance Initiative and partners launch the World Climate Summit
The group includes the UNEP Finance Initiative, The UN Global Compact, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, The Climate Group, The World Bank, Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Carbon Disclosure Project, Bright Green, Club of Beijing, and the International Finance Corporation.

It will also have the support of the Mexican government's international economic promotion agency, ProMexico.

As the first founding partner of the WCS and focal point of partner investment networks, The UNEP Finance Initiative is supported by the largest coalition of investors through their membership and network who represent more than $30 trillion of assets under management.
As world leaders drive towards a global agreement on climate change, investors in the world´s capital markets cannot afford to simply sit and wait. Investors and other financial institutions are determined to work with policy-makers to catalyse new low carbon markets worth USD trillions.

"What is needed now is a stronger commitment to collectively support bottom-up efforts and to amplify the uptake of green solutions. The World Climate Summit is a platform where business can lead and inspire Governments to act to ultimately turn the tide on climate change," noted
George Kell, Executive Director, The UN Global Compact
Some key highlights of the World Climate Summit include:

•Convening, under the leadership of The UNEP Finance Initiative, the largest network of investors and financial intermediaries demanding climate change action ever assembled-representing more than $30 trillions of assets under management.

•Providing an unparalleled global media platform with CNN International, TIME, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Dow Jones.