Sustainable Finance: Bridging the Gap in Asia and the Pacific
October 18 , 2023 396 days 427 0
It was a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has put forward 10 principles for action for policymakers, regulators and private financers.
Only 17 of the 51 Asia-Pacific countries party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change have assessed and reported their financial needs to meet their Nationally Determined Contributions.
Only seven have broken down financial needs between adaptation and mitigation.
Average economic losses in the region from disaster-related and other natural hazards are expected to rise to $1.1 trillion in a moderate climate-change scenario.
1.4 trillion USD in a worst-case scenario of above.