{"id":18797,"date":"2019-03-19T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/?page_id=18797"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:45:58","slug":"finance-and-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/networks\/global-research-networks\/finance-and-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance and Economics Knowledge-Action Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Financial and economic issues underlie virtually every sustainable development decision that must be made over the coming years. The Future Earth Finance and Economics Knowledge-Action Network will focus on improving the understanding of sustainability through the lens of business, economic, and financial systems, and their inter-dependencies. <\/span><\/h1>\n

The aim of this urgent work is to inspire the emergence of sustainable development pathways that link economic prosperity with social justice and a healthy biosphere. There is growing interest from policy makers, financial practitioners, civil society, and researchers in systemic interventions that can help mobilize capital for the transition to sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Work done by the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and UN Environment Program (UNEP) Financial Inquiry lays the groundwork for this process.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ el_class=”paddingFix”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Key Contacts<\/h3>\n

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Sunhee Suk<\/h4><\/div>\n

Science Officer, Japan<\/p><\/div>\n