The Financial System we Need

Achieving sustainable development requires investment in an inclusive, green economy. Today, mismatches between what is financed and what needs financing contributes to continued environ¬mental deterioration of natural capital and insufficient investment in infrastruc¬ture and people to secure inclusive prosperity. Financial decision-making responds to price and policy signals in the real econo¬my, but is also impacted by how the financial system is organized, informed par¬ticularly by the actions of the financial system’s governing institutions, including government ministries, central banks and regulators, and rating agencies, stan¬dard setters and stock exchanges.