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Cities are at the forefront of the pandemic crisis and are key players in the fight to achieve net-zero emissions targets. The recovery choices they make today will set urban agendas for years to come.
Cities are at the forefront of the pandemic crisis and are key players in the fight to achieve net-zero emissions targets, but they lack funding for essential services and infrastructure. Examples from recent projects demonstrate ways to increase support from private investors.
Innovative Funding and Financing
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) gathered for their fourth official meeting under the Italian G20 Presidency on 13 October 2021. Today, the results of the discussion were shared in the official Communiqué of the meeting and the Fourth Progress Report on the G20 Action Plan.
Fourth G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Communiqué 13 October 2021
Fourth G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Annex I Fourth Progress Report on the G20 Action Plan October 2021
Fourth G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Annex II Reports and Documents Received 13 October
A new GI Hub initiative, launching in November 2021, tracks the amount of infrastructure as a stimulus announced by G20 governments and presents data insights that will help governments, investors, multilateral development banks, and project directors achieve transformative outcomes from infrastructure in the post-COVID-19 recovery.
Watch the GI Hub and International Finance Corporation (IFC) webinar ‘Green recovery for cities: What role can the private sector play’, the second in the series 'New Deals: Funding solutions for the future of infrastructure'. The discussion explored green recovery solutions and highlighted lessons learnt from two projects.
Join the GI Hub and IFC for Session 3 in the webinar series 'New Deals: Funding solutions for the future of infrastructure'. This session will include an expert panel discussion of innovations for de-risking greenfield investment.
How can we drive infrastructure delivery reforms? Join GI Hub and Jacobs on 26 October for the launch webinar of our newest initiative, Improving Delivery Models.
The recording is now available for the GI Hub and Italian G20 Presidency’s InfraChallenge 2021 Final which was held over two-days on 15 and 16 September 2021
What role can the private sector play in a green transition? How is green financing implemented, and what are the current green financing trends? These are a few of the key questions that will be explored in this GI Hub and IFC webinar.
A bond issuance anchored by IFC allowed Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand access to broadband internet and digital and cloud services across Africa.
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Uganda is targeting a 22% emissions reduction from a business-as-usual scenario by 2030.
Uganda is targeting a 22% emissions reduction from a business-as-usual scenario by 2030. A run-of-river hydropower station project lowered energy costs and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
In Senegal, energy is produced by private operators and sold to the Senelec government energy corporation.
Since 2010, Senegal had pursued reform policies within the energy sector, and aimed to increase installed renewable energy to 20% of total installed capacity by 2017.
A significant risk for foreign investors in developing and frontier markets is exchange rate risk, which can greatly alter a project’s rate of return.
The Federal Government of Nigeria’s Energizing Economies Initiative (EEI) aimed to increase access to energy through private development of off-grid electricity solutions in economic clusters, such as markets, shopping centres, and industrial complexes
AI-enabled cameras detect road hazards in real time, enabling faster and securer maintenance for safer roads. Winning InfraChallenge will assist Canadian start-up IRIS to scale globally and reach emerging countries.
This GI Hub and IFC webinar discussed approaches to attracting institutional investors and mobilising capital markets, highlighting solutions and lessons learnt from two recent projects.
With a USD3.7 trillion global infrastructure investment need that continues to widen, and government debt levels substantially higher than they were after the global financial crisis, recent infrastructure bond issuances offer valuable lessons.
The GI Hub today launches a shorthand cost-benefit analysis tool for analysing the environmental, social, and economic (ESE) benefits of bus transport projects.
Innovating Infrastructure is a new podcast from the GI Hub that showcases new and emerging technology-based solutions to infrastructure challenges. Hosted by GI Hub’s Director of Thought Leadership, Monica Bennett the ten-part series delves deep into these solutions to find out how they will create impact towards a more resilient future.
Join the GI Hub and G20 Italian Presidency for the two-day InfraChallenge 2021 final, featuring sessions with expert guest speakers exploring technological innovations and their role in creating resilient infrastructure, and the final of the InfraChallenge competition with live announcement of the 2021 winner.
In this panel discussion, participants will be introduced to approaches to attracting institutional investors and mobilising capital markets, hearing solutions and lessons learnt from recent projects in India and South Africa.
