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99% of Queensland was declared a natural disaster zone due to the cumulative effects of Cyclone Yasi and widespread flooding (December 2010 – January 2011)

The rapid growth in Indonesia’s urban areas compared to other countries in Asia, coupled with migration to cities required a rapid scale up in infrastructure investment by the Indonesian government to provide adequate urban infrastructure for its people. There was a 3% increase in urban population year on year during the period between 2000-2010

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) was introduced as part of the Electricity Market Reform in 2013, followed by the first announcement in a 2011 White Paper

Tsukuba Express Line started operation in 2005, between central Tokyo and the north-eastern part of Tokyo metropolitan area to ease severe passenger congestion on the pre-existing railway linesAcquisition of the right of way and town development along the line was conducted under the 1989 Housing and Railway Act. Under the law, local governments were able to conduct land readjustment to link the reservation of specific land parcels with the relevant rail transit project

Saudi Arabia was almost exclusively reliant on fossil fuels for power generation and had a high-energy usage per capita because of its reliance on air conditioning and desalinated water. The country faced immense investment needs to finance sustainable developmentThe country has been hit by both COVID-19 and lower oil prices and was seeking additional financing channels

To meet the objectives of the 12th Five-Year Plan to assist China’s transition to a low-carbon green economy, in 2013 the central government announced plans to grow a corporate green bond marketJiangxi Province of China was one of the pilot areas designated to boost green finance. It needed to finance its infrastructure investment in alignment with a green bond frameworkThis was the first green municipal special bond issuance in the country

In 2014, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to provide an avenue for infrastructure developers to divest operational projects and reduce their leverageIndia had difficulty attracting and retaining long term capital from overseas. Therefore, the Indian government introduced various initiatives to demonstrate domestic confidence to foreign investors