Presentation: Beyond the Gap – How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need While Protecting the Planet
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 2019
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Presentation for the Third Global Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance and Tools
Take-aways:
- How much countries need to spend on infrastructure depends on their goals, but also the efficiency with which they pursue these goals. Good policy can achieve ambitious goals at half the cost.
- Infrastructure investment paths compatible with full decarbonization by the end of the century need not cost more than more polluting alternatives.
- Investing in infrastructure is not enough; maintaining it matters. Maintenance ensures reliability and reduces the total life-cycle cost of transport and water and sanitation infrastructure more than 50 percent.
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