Tag: SDGs
IDB: Record $23.4bn in financing approvals in 2021
Major increase over projections includes record private finance mobilisation and climate finance.
EBRD and ILX form €500m climate and SDG partnership
EBRD committed to mobilising more private sector finance, with ILX becoming a key partner in catalysing new investment from pension funds.
“Lives are entrusted into engineers’ care” – George Okoroma
Interview: As Nigeria invests big in infrastructure, ACEN president reminds industry it must hand the next generation a planet that is safe, healthy, and better.
Senegal regional express railway opens
Flagship project within the 'Emerging Senegal Plan' opened by the president. Phase two of the plan is now set to begin.
Blue SEA Finance Hub launched with $300m planned ocean infrastructure
Asian Development Bank announces major investment vehicle to bridge the gap in sustainable finance for ocean health and economy.
DR Congo: $70m for new schools, health centres and more
African Development Bank provides loans to build 41 schools, 40 health centres, 22 drinking water networks and 88 latrines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“From concept to decommissioning – everything must improve” Graham Pontin
After speaking at the UN Environment Programme’s sixth Global Environment Outlook for Business, FIDIC head of economic and strategic policy, Graham Pontin, writes for Infrastructure Global about the wholesale change needed to achieve sustainable development goals.
Joseph Daniels: Sustainability depends on information
How can we change an industry overnight? How can we introduce products that enable such drastic change and meet such targets on such a large scale? Project Etopia CEO outlines the need to use better information.
Maria Rózpide: Environmental community planning has only just begun
Sustainability challenge is huge but so is our sector’s capacity for future transformation, says Typsa’s director of consulting and environmental assessment.
FIDIC’s latest State of the World report focuses on water
FIDIC’s latest State of the World report will highlight the crucial issue of water, its value and the business case for change.





















