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After decades of private sector growth, private capital holds most available global finance. The rise of private wealth coincided with the decline of public wealth in developed countries, which now hold zero or even negative shares in total wealth due to significant public debt burdens, according to the 2022 World Inequality Lab Report. Moreover, the 2023 IMF Global Debt Monitor revealed that global public debt reached 90% of GDP in 2022, a dramatic increase from the 30% recorded in the early 1970s.

Post-COP15, GI Hub's Strategic Adviser Denis Crevier explores some meaningful outcomes for biodiversity and its influence on infrastructure.

Private investment in infrastructure remained stagnant for the eighth year in a row. Three trends to inform future policies to fund the significant shift to enable infrastructure to reach climate targets and address global inequalities.

The World Bank and the GI Hub announced the GI Hub will join The World Bank’s Infrastructure Practice Group as an associated trust fund to the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) . In connection with this shift, the Global Infrastructure Hub will cease to operate as a standalone not-for-profit organisation.

This week, the GI Hub joined nine other global organisations in issuing a call to action to heads of state, policymakers, and multilateral development bank (MDB) officials to scale up private investment in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs) to fight climate change and deliver on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The PPIAF team recently participated in the annual #Infra4Dev Conference in Rabat, Morocco. Henri Blas, Ludovic Delplanque, and Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva each engaged in panel sessions during this two-day event, sharing knowledge insights and resources on various topics, including the global infrastructure financing landscape, PPP project preparation, and integrating gender into PPPs.