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Don't miss this World Economic Forum Agenda article by our own Vincent Martinez ... about carbon and infrastructure life cycle. As we move forward, embracing low-carbon infrastructure will be essential to achieving global climate goals and ensuring sustainable development. Thank you to those who contributed to this piece, including Jennifer Taranto, Meghan Lewis, Jordan Palmeri, Lauren Alger, PE, Anthony Kane, ENV SP, and Lisa Chamberlain. https://lnkd.in/e9ZU5wRJ Martinez has participated in the Forum's work on these topics and a number of new resources have been released: The Forum's G20 Smart Cities Task Force took on the effort to create a Whole Life Carbon Assessment Mandates Model Policy to help cities take a decisive step to reduce the carbon footprint of their built environment and reach their climate-neutrality and net-zero emissions targets. https://lnkd.in/giqjXzE4 Can the evolution of building-level decarbonization policy inform a whole-life carbon approach for infrastructure? The newly released report, Implementing a Lifecycle Approach to Infrastructure: A Policy Roadmap for Cities, aims to answer this and other questions, balancing short-term and long-term impacts on essential infrastructure needs around the world. Launch page: https://lnkd.in/gKW9fR2f Full report: https://lnkd.in/gam5PmS2 #BeyondTheBuilding Carbon Leadership Forum ASCE Infrastructure 2050  

🔊 Climate action announcement 🌏 Greenhouse is busy cooking up some high-level policy and climate finance events over the coming months to dig into how Sydney's climate action ecosystem can help Australia realise our potential as a global climate superpower. As the Chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency, Greg Combet, stated today: “If we do this well, Australia has the opportunity to develop numerous new clean industrial projects, involving billions of investment dollars and providing thousands of jobs,” he said. “Neither government funding nor private capital alone can meet this challenge.” What Greenhouse is cooking up: - Climate Action Week Sydney - a 'event by the community, for the climate' during the week of 13-19th May. Check out the website for more info - A Climate Conversation with Blair Palese and Tim Buckley of the Climate Capital Forum to wrap-up the Federal Budget and discuss the need for large-scale climate finance. - The launch of an India-Australia climate tech network focussed on exploring collaboration and decarbonisation pathways between our two countries. - Events focussed on public policy, systems change, unlocking capital, climate philanthropy and much much more. Stay tuned for more info and registration links! https://lnkd.in/gBZTaS_S

Dear network. I'm sharing this new document, where I emphasize the urgent need for a radical rethinking of our approach to tackling climate change. It argues that marginal modifications to the current economic system, which is the source of environmental degradation, will not suffice. Instead, a profound societal transformation is necessary, involving three key pillars: redefining progress and innovation, creating a new economic system, and reforming the financial system, including debt restructuring. The interconnection between these propositions and the climate debt haircut is crucial. The debt haircut is proposed as a necessary step to alleviate the financial burden on vulnerable countries, enabling them to invest in sustainable development. This measure is tied to the overall reform of the financial system, ensuring that financial resources are directed towards environmentally friendly activities. By linking debt restructuring to climate impact and vulnerability, the document advocates for a comprehensive approach that integrates financial, economic, and environmental policies to achieve global sustainability and equity. Comments welcome. https://lnkd.in/exTKhvMT

💼 In the intersection of climate action and financial innovation lies the transformative force of climate finance. This strategic initiative directs funds towards projects combatting climate change, serving as a linchpin for a sustainable future. 🏗️ Think of it as an architect, shaping the landscape with renewable energy systems, sustainable infrastructure, and cutting-edge technologies. Beyond that, it acts as a safeguard, supporting resilience initiatives against natural disasters and extreme weather events. 🌱 However, the potency of climate finance is magnified through unity. It thrives on collective action and collaboration, a synergy where pooling resources, knowledge, and experiences becomes paramount. Together, we can amplify the impact, ensuring an inclusive transition to a sustainable future. 💚Join us in unlocking the full potential of climate finance, as we lay the groundwork for a world where future generations not only endure but thrive within a climate-conscious economy. #ClimateFinance #AffordableHousing #Sustainableliving #Actionism

🌱𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗛𝗚 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? : 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧-𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹. The 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 criteria within the Environmental Dimension of the FAST-Infra Label emphasizes mitigating climate change by actively reducing GHG emissions. Key best practices include estimating, reducing, and reporting on Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions throughout the project’s lifecycle. 👉 Swipe through to explore how the 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 best practices align with global  frameworks and standards. Learn how your infrastructure project can demonstrate positive contribution to the SDGs. FAST-Infra Group | Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation | Bloomberg #ClimateAction #SustainableInfrastructure #GHGEmissions #NetZero #EnvironmentalImpact #GreenInfrastructure #SDGs #FASTInfra #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #EcosystemProtection #InfrastructureDevelopment #GlobalStandards #ESG #ResilientInfrastructure

Infrastructure is going to be a core part of a just energy transition and achieving climate adaptation goals. It helps catalyse economic growth and facilitate trade. It underpins urban renewal, and lays the foundations for digital transformation. Help shape the world of infrastructure in 2024 while learning about the latest trends in KPMG’s Emerging Trends in Infrastructure: https://ow.ly/B3AY50QJUsu #Infrastructure #geopolitics #philanthropiccapital

Interesting and relevant report out today from Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment comparing experience of two very different councils, Westminster City Council and Cumberland Council in scaling up net zero investment at the local authority level in the UK. Some very practical takeaways. Key messages: - The UK’s transition to net zero requires unprecedented investment around the country, with some £550 billion needed by 2050 for local net zero projects. This investment is not flowing at the scale needed; well-documented barriers include the small size of individual projects, a lack of local project development capacity, revenue uncertainty in key areas requiring major investment, historically uncertain government policy, and limited engagement by larger institutional investors. - To ensure a just transition, investment in decarbonisation must be undertaken in a way that is fair to and inclusive of communities, workers and local supply chains. This project therefore aimed to identify not only technology solutions, but also just transition opportunities such as the creation of good jobs, community participation and regional equality. - The business models explored ranged from renewable energy power purchase agreements to electric vehicle charge point concessions. The project identified two specific potential proposals for further development: a pay‑as-you-save building retrofit model supporting heritage retrofit skills development (for Westminster); and community energy co-investment for larger projects (for Cumberland). These could have an impact at scale and be further applied or tailored to other places. - The business model and innovation analysis also revealed a range of possible place-specific opportunities for each locality. The direct and indirect gross value added (GVA) resulting from the interventions could amount to £1.3 billion for Westminster, with co-benefits valued at £171 million, and £25.6 billion for Cumberland, with co-benefits of £1.01 billion, between 2025 and 2050. Nick Robins Rhianydd Griffith Brendan Curran Jamie Broderick Mark Hall Sarah Forster Matthew Hale https://lnkd.in/ekVbcdGm

📢 I'm happy to share the release of the 2024 State of Cities Climate Finance Report! 🏙 Cities are at the forefront of the climate transition, yet they need substantially more investment to meet their climate targets. With over half the world's population currently living in urban areas and that number expected to rise to 70% by 2050, the urgency to act is clear. 📊 The report reveals that annual urban climate finance needs to increase fivefold to stay on track for a 1.5°C pathway. This presents a significant opportunity to invest in low-emission, resilient infrastructure, but also highlights key challenges that we must address to unlock this potential. 🌍 With detailed insights into global urban climate finance needs, the report underscores the importance of Commitment, Collaboration, Capacity Building, and Capital Mobilization. These are the keys to ensuring cities lead the global climate transition. 🌱 The time for action is now. Let’s turn these insights into impactful change and work together to close the urban climate finance gap. A huge congratulations to the incredible Climate Policy Initiative/Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) team behind this report: Jessie Press-Williams, Priscilla Negreiros, Chavi Meattle, Hamza A., Arthur Vieira, José Eduardo Díaz Azcúnaga, Ben Melling, Costanza Strinati, Angel Jacob, Pauline Baudry, Angela Pavuk. Your hard work and dedication made this possible! 🔗 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/g8xvB6hZ #UrbanClimateFinance #ClimateAction #SustainableCities #GreenInvestment #NetZero2050 #CCFLA #4CUrbanAgenda

A new report from the Climate Policy Initiative shows that #privateactors provided 49% of urban climate finance and #publicactors 22%, with the rest from unknown sources. National governments were the biggest providers of public urban climate finance (36%). Another relevant data for the #watersector is that the most tracked adaptation finance was in the water and wastewater sector (68%, or USD 7 billion). However, the flow is still low, especially if we consider that cities urgently need to build the resilience of essential utilities, such as water and energy services. According to the report, "urban climate adaptation involves projects to enhance cities’ adaptive capacity and resilience to climate-related risks that directly impact urban areas, such as reinforcing river basins and wastewater collection systems." Regarding private investments, the report mentions that "almost all urban adaptation finance data relates to the water and wastewater sector, which is increasingly dominated by private finance due to its commercial viability".

Absolutely! Climate change has far-reaching effects on infrastructure, exerting a compounding negative impact on the financial well-being of impoverished populations, particularly in developing countries. Damage to roads and bridges often renders them impassable, significantly increasing the cost of delivering public goods and services. This also restricts market access for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), further exacerbating poverty among these vulnerable groups. Infrastructure resilience is crucial for adapting to climate change. In cities like Kampala, the effects of climate change on roads translate into traffic jams as thousands of road users navigate potholes and squeeze through the few passable roads. This congestion imposes a substantial economic cost. City dwellers resort to primitive means of public transport such as "boda-boda" taxi motorcycles. These harm and cripple thousands of riders and passengers daily, creating a heavy public health burden and contributing significantly to carbon emissions. Thousands of motorcycles and used "dumped" vehicles idle their engines endlessly during peak traffic hours, producing carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Therefore, public-driven adaptation investments in infrastructure can go a long way in changing this situation. Building resilient infrastructure means designing and constructing roads, bridges, and public transport systems that can withstand extreme weather events and continue to function effectively. This reduces the economic costs associated with damage and downtime, ensuring that goods and services can be delivered efficiently and reliably. Moreover, resilient infrastructure supports sustainable development by enabling better market access, reducing transportation costs, and facilitating economic activities for smallholder farmers and SMEs. Investing in resilient infrastructure also promotes environmental sustainability. Improved roads and transport systems can reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions. By transitioning to more efficient and less polluting forms of transportation, cities can reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to global efforts to mitigate climate change. Additionally, resilient infrastructure can better protect vulnerable populations from the impacts of climate change, such as flooding and extreme weather, thereby enhancing their adaptive capacity and overall well-being. In conclusion, infrastructure resilience is key to adapting to climate change because it ensures essential services' continued functionality and efficiency, supports economic development and promotes environmental sustainability. By prioritizing public-driven investments in resilient infrastructure, cities like Kampala can mitigate the negative impacts of climate change, improve the quality of life for their inhabitants, and foster a more sustainable future. #climatechange