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

At last week’s meetings of the G20 Finance Ministers in Washington DC in the margins of the World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings, conversations continued to drive toward action on debt, reform of multilateral institutions, and sustainable finance and investment for the climate transition.

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.

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

The Global Infrastructure Hub welcomes yesterday’s launch of the G20’s Pandemic Fund to address pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, particularly in vulnerable countries.

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.

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.

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.

This week the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, the GI Hub and KPMG co-hosted an intimate infrastructure roundtable with the Lord Mayor of the City of London and senior Australian private sector participants, industry associations, think tanks, government, and infrastructure agencies.

After seven weeks of intensive training on infrastructure project finance and delivery, the third cohort of the Africa Infrastructure Fellowship Program graduated last month.

At COP27 this week, GI Hub CEO, Marie Lam-Frendo moderated a panel session on Accelerating, Targeting, and Blending Sustainable Investment at the Sustainable Markets Initiative Terra Carta Action Forum.

At last week’s meetings of the G20 Finance Ministers in Washington DC in the margins of the World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings, conversations continued to drive toward action on debt, reform of multilateral institutions, and sustainable finance and investment for the climate transition.

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.

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.

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.

This week, the G20 Heads of State and Government Summit was held in Bali, Indonesia. The Summit had the world’s attention, as we looked to G20 Leaders to tackle the multiple challenges of the war in Ukraine, increasing inflation and the global economic slowdown, and climate change.

The GI Hub’s CEO Marie Lam-Frendo and Director of Engagement, Rory are on the ground at COP27, read about their week ahead.