TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation ESG20: STANDARDISATION TO FOSTER PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA ABSTRACT The post-COVID stage represents a unique window of opportunity to accelerate the transition towards sustainable development. Public investment will be essential to achieve such a goal; yet, [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation CREATIVE ECONOMY 2030: INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT CREATIVE ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RECOVERY ABSTRACT Before the pandemic, the creative economy was growing rapidly and generating new jobs in every region of the world, predicted to account up to [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing MAINTAINING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS ABSTRACT Improving maintenance management and increasing investment in infrastructure maintenance makes it possible to boost the resilience of infrastructure against a variety of threats. This has a positive financial return for developed as well as developing [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing G20 SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT CYCLES IN AFRICA ABSTRACT This policy brief argues that new, African-led infrastructure models are needed to support Africa’s economic transformation. We argue that the G20, including the Compact with Africa initiative, should support [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing BUILDING A NEW SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY. INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTION AND WELL-BEING ABSTRACT Global development and environment talks were disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis, but the year 2021 resonates with renewed ambitions, with infrastructure investments a macroeconomic and geopolitical [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing SUSTAINABLE AND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE BEYOND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: PROPOSALS FOR NEW FINANCING MODELS ABSTRACT Infrastructure investment is indispensable for green and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, public funding has been limited due to the use of funds for [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing SUCCESS PATH FOR RESILIENT CITIES ABSTRACT Resilient cities require modern infrastructure that can withstand the challenges of a growing population and environmental threats. The community of interest that focuses on building resilient infrastructure utilises classic risk assessment techniques that [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY ABSTRACT Infrastructure policies, investment and finance ought to be aligned to net-zero emission targets. Nationally Determined Contributions ought to be cascaded down to subnational government (SNG) levels through (i) harmonising carbon neutral [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing RISK MITIGATION TOOLS TO CROWD IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN GREEN TECHNOLOGIES ABSTRACT In order to close the financing gap in green technologies, finding new mechanisms to enhance the participation of the private sector, combined with that of the public [...]