China News Service, Guangzhou, November 22 (Reporter Wang Qingkai) "The earth cannot be separated from the financial industry, but the financial industry cannot be separated from the earth and can exist in a long-term and healthy manner." Inge, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Anderson stated at the 17th Global Annual Meeting of the International Financial Forum on the 22nd that the global financial industry should take joint actions to take responsibility and take active measures to address climate change.

  Anderson said that the unsustainable ways of human consumption and production in the past have brought crises to the planet and are destroying the systems that humans rely on for survival.

In the next stage, while the world is fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it must join hands to respond quickly to climate change and act quickly.

  "China's proposal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 is gratifying." Anderson said that such a commitment can help the world achieve carbon neutrality and other sustainable development goals.

  Anderson said that global investment in this area may require trillions of dollars.

Therefore, the realization of the above goals is also inseparable from the support of the financial industry. Public funds and social capital should be fully mobilized to achieve carbon-neutral, nature-friendly, and pollution-free social and economic development.

  Anderson said that in order to ensure that "every penny is spent on the blade", the United Nations Environment Programme has four main initiatives.

  One is that the financial industry must speed up the measurement of the impact of its actions.

For example, the positive results in financing, the quantitative results in reducing emissions, and the publication of negative effects.

  The second is to further promote the implementation and landing of the sustainable development goals.

In this regard, there must be a series of international agreements to coordinate the actions of governments.

  Third, financial institutions should scientifically design investment portfolios, specific timetables and roadmaps for zero carbon emissions.

In this way, the staged results can be gradually promoted in the process of achieving the final goal.

  Fourth, all agencies must openly and transparently prove that they can fulfill their commitments.

Such transparency helps ensure credibility and enhance trust.

  "The earth cannot do without the financial industry, but the financial industry must understand that they cannot do without the earth and exist in a long-term and healthy manner." Anderson said that the financial industry must take active measures to reverse the adverse impact on the environment.

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