A small but growing number of countries now have legal
requirements for institutional investors to
report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more
stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the
Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related
Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the
financial sector can take account of climate - related
financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37
Additional elements such as equitable pricing measures, penalties for non-compliance, facilities for banking and borrowing,
requirements for monitoring and
reporting, and offset policies, as well as an oversight body and
stringent checks and balances, would also need to be addressed, again like those that regulate global
financial markets.