Omar Hamdy

Glossary. Regulation, risk and disclosure

Physical risk

Physical risk

Financial risk from climate hazards such as floods, heat and drought.

Usage: Not «المادية», which clashes with materiality.

المخاطر الفيزيائية

المخاطر المالية الناتجة عن الظواهر المناخية مثل الفيضانات والحرارة والجفاف.

المصدر: المعهد المصرفي المصري

Source of the Arabic term: Egyptian Banking Institute

Why a lender reads this

Regulators and DFIs set what a lender must disclose and how it treats climate risk. These terms decide what goes in the annual report, the credit memo and the reply to the regulator.

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