Sustainable Finance: An Overview

This overview defines sustainable finance and highlights its relevance for the financial sector from sustainability, risk, and efficiency perspectives. It emphasizes the need for unprecedented financial resources from both public and private sectors to achieve national and international sustainable development targets. The document assesses how the financial sector can mobilize and allocate capital for this transition, stressing the importance of appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks, and the integration of sustainability risks in investment decisions. It also examines current developments and future outlooks.