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The financial system can play a major role in contributing to a transition towards a low-carbon, resilient and inclusive economy. However, for this to happen, three key deficiencies must be addressed:  the misallocation of available capital for long-term development; externalities and systemic risk, including climate change; and environmental stress, notably natural disasters. Critical to aligning financial and capital markets will be measures within the financial system to green private finance through adjustments to key policies, regulations, standards and norms, and through market innovations.

In 2018, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) launched the GEF Aligning Finance Policies project to build international consensus to align financial systems with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and develop national regulatory actions. The project focuses on the development of national Sustainable Finance Roadmaps in six countries – China, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia and Nigeria – and building international consensus on best practices – from policies and regulations to standards and norms – to green the financial system.

This Green Forum discussion is for professionals to share their knowledge and experience on sustainable finance, particularly best practices to help align the financial system with sustainable development and climate change mitigation needs, as well as ways to incorporate sustainability factors into the rules that govern banking, insurance, institutional investment and capital markets.

 

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#PAGE and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action cohosted #ProsperityThroughResilience at #UNEA7 bringing together leaders from Brazil🇧🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Uganda🇺🇬, Indonesia🇮🇩, and global institutions to rethink how public finance can respond to climate risks, mobilize investment, strengthen competitiveness, and support inclusive growth. 

➡️The conversation underscored a shared understanding: resilience is now a driver of prosperity, and aligning fiscal governance with climate, nature, and economic priorities is essential for the future.

✅As an outcome of this dialogue, the Joint PAGE–CFMCA Co-Chair’s Action Note for UNEA-7 captures a shared aspiration emerging from the #FFD4 engagements: strengthening the fiscal foundations, institutional capacities, and investment pathways that make economies more resilient, competitive, and inclusive.
 
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🌱 Transitioning to a greener, more competitive economy requires more than ambition — it demands coherent, forward-looking public finance strategies.

🔎 Explore how integrated policies can unlock private investment, support innovation, and protect communities from future shocks.

Be part of this global conversation at #UNEA7.

🔗 Save your spot for #ProsperityThroughResilience ➡️ https://www.un-page.org/event/page-at-the-7th-session-of-the-united-nations-environment-assembly/

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🔎 As climate and economic shocks intensify, Ministries of Finance sit at the heart of national resilience. 
 
💡 Join us at UNEA-7 for “Prosperity Through Resilience,” where global leaders will unpack how forward-looking fiscal strategies can steer private capital, strengthen domestic sectors, and create inclusive, competitive growth. 
 
Register now to engage with those shaping the future of resilient public finance ➡️ https://www.un-page.org/event/page-at-the-7th-session-of-the-united-nations-environment-assembly/

 

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As climate and nature risks rise, the value of stability — of ecosystems, economies, and communities — has never been clearer. At the recent IMF–World Bank Fall Meetings, UNEP and partners launched the Net Zero, Nature Positive Accelerator, a USD 100 million initiative to scale up resilient, nature-based investments. Because resilience is the new growth story. Check out this blog entry by Steven Stone, Deputy Director, Industry and Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): 

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📊 The deployment of JTAM–Morocco, supported by #PAGE, represents a milestone in the country’s shift to data-driven and systemically informed policy planning. The model helps assess how different climate and employment strategies interact. This enables smarter decisions that balance growth, equity, and sustainability.

💡JTAM–Morocco is more than a planning tool; it is a foundation for Morocco’s long-term vision of a just transition, one that leaves no one behind.

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