Statement from Michael R. Bloomberg (Co-Chair of GFANZ and UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions), Mark Carney (Co-Chair of GFANZ and UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance), and Mary L. Schapiro (Vice Chair of GFANZ and Head of the Secretariat for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures).

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero’s (GFANZ) Japan Chapter released a Chapter Statement supported by seventeen Japanese financial institutions to send a powerful message on net zero to stakeholders within Japan and beyond.

東京、2024年3月29日 — グラスゴー金融同盟（GFANZ）日本支部は、１７の日本金融機関が賛同する支部声明を発表し、ネットゼロに関する力強いメッセージを国内外に発信しました。

Collaborative projects with the Brazilian Development Bank and Brazilian financial institutions aim to support Brazil to deliver its G20 Presidency climate finance priorities and ambitious climate goals.

On COP28 Finance Day, GFANZ unveiled its 2023 Progress Report, showing participation in the net-zero transition continues to build across the financial system and highlighting tangible momentum behind its work on transition planning, capital mobilization in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), and climate transition-related data.

On December 4th at COP28 in Dubai, the COP28 Presidency hosted a High-Level Roundtable on Unlocking High-Integrity Carbon Markets. The event was an important moment in support of the development of an integrated, high-integrity and global carbon markets architecture.

The Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) aims to address the limited availability and variable quality of climate data critical for the net-zero transition. We applaud the efforts of the NZDPU to build a proof of concept that demonstrates the feasibility of this complex undertaking and look forward to further development of functionality and coverage as outlined in the roadmap laid out in the CDSC’s 2022 recommendations.

Joint statement from UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Mark Carney, Brazil’s Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad, and BNDES President Aloizio Mercadante.

During the United Nations Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week, GFANZ announced the formation of its Latin America & Caribbean Network and the creation of a senior Advisory Board to drive net-zero progress in the region. 

The COP28 Presidency, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero (GFANZ), and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) convened a high-level roundtable of businesses, financial institutions, and standard setters on 19 September 2023, with the goal to build up high-integrity demand in voluntary carbon markets (VCMs). The event also featured the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), with whom VCMI collaborates closely.