A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
First year tracking of the Danish pension fund commitment towards USD50 billion in green investments by 2030
Insurance & Pension Denmark CEO, Ken Damsgaard reported that Danish pension funds have invested $8 billion in green projects since the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York. This far exceeds earlier expectations and could lead to Danish pension funds reaching their $50 billion green investment target three years ahead of schedule.
The Climate Investment Coalition will act as a primary force in the world for mobilising financial commitments towards green investments for the coming decade
Annual Reporting on Commitments
The Climate Investment Coalition coordinates the reporting of commitments (based on reported numbers), the allocation and use of commitments towards 2030, and actual investments from commitments. This reporting will further help develop thought leadership and definition on commitments and allocation of funds for investors and governments to guide and continue committing towards clean energy and climate solution investments.
2020
First year tracking of the Danish pension fund commitment towards USD50 billion in green investments by 2030
Insurance & Pension Denmark CEO, Ken Damsgaard reported at the Climate Investment Summit 2020, that Danish pension funds have invested $8 billion in green projects since the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York. This far exceeds earlier expectations in a year marked by a pandemic and financial uncertainty. If this pace continues, Danish pension funds will reach their $50 billion green investment target three years ahead of schedule.
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