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With infrastructure responsible for 79% of global GHGs, JETPs have great potential to rebuild trust among stakeholders and help mobilise private climate finance to support the climate transition and sustainable infrastructure development broadly. The JETP platform offers a valuable sandbox to co-create and validate new approaches and innovations while firming up political will
Public investment is 83% of all investment in infrastructure, and lack of data about how this investment is prioritised and allocated impedes private participation and investment. The GI Hub’s InfraTracker is the first annual tracker of public investment in infrastructure for the G20. This article delves into how we estimate public investment priorities, and why doing so isn’t as straightforward as it may seem.
This article examines what trends like slowing globalisation, trade wars, politicisation of trade, and 'friendshoring' mean for infrastructure.
The GI Hub is helping ‘connect the dots’ among governments, technology providers, and investors to scale up technological adoption and seize the opportunity for more sustainable roads. Here, we discuss why this is important and what we aim to achieve.
In response to a call for submissions issued by the GI Hub and eight multilateral development banks (MDBs) in March 2023, nearly 50 technology providers submitted solutions to make roads more sustainable in emerging markets.
"We have multiple gaps to fund, requiring not billions, but trillions"
Transformative changes are needed to unlock infrastructure financing and fill multiple gaps in financing climate, biodiversity, and infrastructure gtargets.
This article breaks down the blockers to InfraTech adoption and why they occur. Use this article to deepen your understanding of the repercussions of problems like poorly defined value cases and disparate interests among parties across the timeline.
This article reviews five economic shocks that are worsening the bankability of new infrastructure projects, and eight approaches to improve bankability and get projects off the ground.
Despite the turmoil in the banking sector, now is not the time to become more risk averse about investing in infrastructure.
To mark International Women’s Day 2023 we invited infrastructure students from University College London to quiz GI Hub leaders on how innovation and technology can advance gender equality.
In this Q&A we speak to IRIS CEO and Co-founder Emil Sylvester Ramos, to find out how winning the GI Hub’s 2021 innovation competition has helped IRIS to scale globally and reach emerging markets.
The Miundo Misingi Hub capacity-building program in Africa is improving collaboration between the public and private sectors and shifting the continent's infrastructure financing.
Amidst rising interest rates and soaring inflation, infrastructure debt is an increasingly attractive investment strategy for private investors. Alex Murray, Vice President, Research Insights, Preqin explores this trend and what it means for infrastructure investments.
Post-COP15, GI Hub's Strategic Adviser Denis Crevier explores some meaningful outcomes for biodiversity and its influence on infrastructure.
What qualifies as critical infrastructure, and what can governments and industry do to increase its resilience? We spoke to four experts for their perspectives.
EBRD’s Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation Matthew Jordan-Tank shares insights on how Egypt’s 6th of October Dry Port supports sustainable infrastructure development.
In this Q&A our CEO, Marie Lam-Frendo explores how the G20 has the power to help bridge the current infrastructure investment gap - a gap that is hindering strong, sustainable development.
We need more investment in economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable infrastructure, but there is real danger that investment by both the public and private sectors may slip backward
The current energy crisis underscores the urgency to scale up green infrastructure investment.