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Infrastructure news from the G20 FMCBG and FCBD meetings in Gandhinagar, India

The GI Hub attended the third G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) meeting under the Indian G20 Presidency, held 26–28 June in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

McKinsey interviews our CEO, Marie Lam-Frendo about key strategies to help infrastructure leaders to attract private investment and meet net zero goals

Recently, the GI Hub coordinated a discussion of asset recycling as part of a presentation to fellows of the ASEAN Sustainable Leadership in Infrastructure Program.

‘Revitalising infrastructure investment’ was a focus at the recent G20 FMCBG meeting, and GI Hub-led work on sustainable investment and public infrastructure spending was endorsed.

The GI Hub has formed a strategic partnership with the Sustainable Markets Initiative Blended Finance Task Force, to identify solutions that scale private investment and mobilise capital to accelerate the transition to net zero.

Today the GI Hub has released Transition Pathways to Sustainable Infrastructure, a new resource to help governments shape future infrastructure to meet global climate targets and the UN Sustainable Development Goals with practical, accessible research and open consultations.

The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) today announced that it has successfully completed the transfer of its portfolio of government and investor-focused climate tools, solutions, and financial instruments to not-for-profit partners. Supported by the CCRI board, the GI Hub is intended to take the role of Secretariat, responsible for collaborating with and supporting the CCRI legacy partners who will continue delivering the core programs begun by CCRI.

The first meeting under the Indian G20 Presidency of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Bengaluru, India was a productive meeting, despite the ongoing problems evident on the global stage. Our CEO Marie Lam-Frendo discusses the outcomes.

Last week, the GI Hub facilitated an infrastructure roundtable in Toronto with Canadian private sector participants, industry associations, and government infrastructure agencies.

Our co-authored article with the Wilson Center explains how emerging and developing economies can create an enabling environment for private investment by de-risking at the country level

InfraTracker is an open access tool that shows how much governments invest in infrastructure, and how they allocate this investment. It is the first tool of its kind and scale to be developed with the cooperation of G20 governments.

Infrastructure definitions and classifications (taxonomies) have a huge impact on how much gets invested in infrastructure and what types of infrastructure get this investment. This week the G20 and GI Hub held a roundtable on infrastructure taxonomies to explore how they can be used to help close the infrastructure investment gap.

A summary of the first G20 Infrastructure Working Group meeting under the Indian G20 Presidency in January 2023

The GI Hub presented our report on Infrastructure Transition Pathways, which explores infrastructure transition pathways to achieve global climate targets and sustainable development goals.