Washington, D.C., October 6, 2016: A major new report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate calls on governments and finance institutions to scale up and shift investment for sustainable infrastructure as a fundamental strategy to spur growth.
In light of the news that the Paris Agreement has achieved enough ratifications to trigger entry into force in 30 days, Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico and chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, has issued the following statement:
On October 6, 2016, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate will launch it's third major report, The Sustainable Infrastructure Imperative: Financing for Better Growth and Development, at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.
Africa has the chance to become a world leader in low-carbon urban development, writes Yvo de Boer and Dr. Carlos Lopes in This is Africa.
India should work with other G20 countries to accelerate the transformation to a low-carbon, resilient economy, writes Naina Lal Kidwai in Hindustan Times.
Investors large and small need to grapple with the opportunities in low-carbon investment, as well as the risks and challenges of being stuck in the old, high-carbon economy, writes Caio Koch-Weser in The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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China’s policymakers are going to show the world decisively that climate action and economic growth go hand-in-hand with its 15th Five-Year Plan, writes Lord Nicholas Stern in Financial Times.
Only an educated global society can take the decisive action needed to get us to a cleaner, more productive, and fairer path of development, writes President Felipe Calderón in Project Syndicate.
"It is time for us all to realise that sustainable infrastructure is not just one potential pathway among many: it is the only growth story of the future," writes President Felipe Calderón in Financial Times.