Research
This GGKP blog reflects on infrastructure from a gender perspective as its design often fails to account for women's use patterns. By considering women's needs in the design and planning process of future infrastructure projects, making infrastructure more gender inclusive.
Mega-sporting events such as the Olympics are exciting for fans the world over, but they can have profound impacts on the environment and economy of a host country. The massive infrastructure build-up, the resources and energy consumption, and the amount of human and financial capital invested in these ambitious undertakings...
Infrastructure is central to economic development, climate change mitigation and adaptation and promotion of social inclusivity. Indeed, building resilient and sustainable infrastructure is part of Goal 9 of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)s, and infrastructure impacts the achievement of up to 92% of all SDG targets. However, despite the wide range of benefits it delivers to societies, infrastructure is also responsible for an estimated 79 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Governments are presented with a unique multi-generational opportunity to recover from COVID-19 by building sustainable infrastructure that protects biodiversity, minimizes pollution, and decarbonizes the global economy.
High-level dialogue on Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Infrastructure Investment held by United Nations Environment Programme and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Governments have the opportunity to close the infrastructure gap by promoting a green recovery from COVID-19—especially in health, energy, logistics, and connectivity.
Developing more sustainable infrastructure systems is a prerequisite for changing the way that our economies and societies function, as well as achieving the SDGs and the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.
