Green and Sustainable Finance Flashcards
Amount of funding per year over xx years to close climate financing gap?
US$6 trillion over at least 15 years
% of financing required from private sector?
80%
Current size of sustainable financing per year?
US$500bn/year
Current average carbon taxes vs realistic carbon price (by xx year), for 2 degree pathway?
US$2 / ton carbon, vs US$75 by 2030
Transitioning to green society requires OpEx to CapEx or CapEx to OpEx? Why?
Moving away from Opex-based systems (small upfront capital costs followed by high variable resource input costs, such as oil and gas) to CapEx-based ones (high upfront capital costs followed by negligible marginal costs, as ongoing inputs are renewable and (mostly) free, such as wind and sun).
Reducing the cost of capital by 1% on green investments is expected to save how much per year?
US$60bn (1% of US$6tn per year)
The Chartered Banker Code for Green and Sustainable Finance ProfessionalsTM comprises how many Principles?
7
AUM of insurance industry, by UNFCCC (2016) estimates
USD $27 trillion
Overall economic losses from weather-related loss events have increased approximately xxfold in the past xx years to an average of US$xxx billion per annum in the period 2010-14.
fourfold, 30 years, USD 140b per annum
Insured losses from weather-related loss events have increased from an average of around US$xx billion per annum in the 1980s to more than US$xx billion per annum over the past decade
USD10 billion; USD 50 billion
How many Principles are there for the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance?
4
As of 2018, xx organisations had adopted the UN Principles of Sustainable Insurance, including insurers representing more than xx% of world premium volume and $xx trillion in assets under management.
120, 25%, USD 14 trillion
Values-based investing has grown substantially in recent years. According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), this now accounts for more than a quarter of assets under management globally (almost $xx trillion in 2018), a xx% increase compared with 2016. Investors integrating ESG factors into their strategies, decision-making and portfolios account for approximately $xx trillion of this.
$31 trillion; 34% increase; $17.5 trillion
Female investors now control more than half of private wealth in the US, and will inherit nearly xx% of the $xx trillion expected to be passed on over the next 40 years.
70% of the $41 trillion
Surveys have shown that, in developed markets, up to xx% of female investors expressed interest in values-based approaches to investment; in many cases female investors were xx as likely to show interest in such approaches than male investors.
80%; 2x
