Infrastructure is key to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution, and offers a unique chance to help countries get back on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mitigate and adapt to climate change and equally accelerate recovery from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This report highlights the key role that infrastructure plays in delivering climate action and sustainable development. For delivering on the potential of infrastructure to contribute to achieving goals set out in global agendas such as the SDGs or the Paris Agreement, it emphasizes the need for taking a holistic, systematic and integrated approach to infrastructure development. This will ensure that the right sustainable infrastructure is done well and that investments in infrastructure development prioritize mutual benefits across the agendas of sustainable development, climate mitigation and adaptation.
The report also identifies and demonstrates a variety of sector-specific actions that foster climate-compatible development throughout the infrastructure lifecycle through various case studies.