Ensuring infrastructure investment at the necessary scale in order to support the low-carbon transition, protect biodiversity, and promote resilience will require appropriate policy frameworks and regulations in these fields. This will include: credible policy commitments to long-term climate goals, international biodiversity targets and other environmental objectives; regulatory frameworks that support the deployment of low-carbon infrastructure systems; and, resilience standards and regulations that reflect evolving knowledge of hazards and their implementation.
Key solutions
Demonstrate clear policy commitment to long-term climate goals, international biodiversity targets, and other environmental objectives
Apply effective carbon pricing combined with targeted compensatory measures to address concerns over distributional aspects
Ensure that regulatory frameworks are supportive of the deployment of low-carbon infrastructure systems
Establish national strategies, infrastructure plans and pipelines that are aligned with long-term climate and development objectives
Apply adapted cost-benefit analysis to guide infrastructure investments
Ensure that trade-offs and synergies with broader well-being outcomes are appropriately reflected in decision-making frameworks for infrastructure investment
Integrate biodiversity considerations into infrastructure planning and decision-making processes
Pursue measures that promote the appropriate pricing and management of climaterelated risks across the financial system
Adopt economic instruments that help internalise the negative impacts of infrastructure on biodiversity
Provide targeted support for new technologies needed for the low-carbon transition
Make effective use of public procurement to incentivise innovative low-emission infrastructure solutions
