Trade & Development Finance Brief (ATDFB) Volume 1 Issue 1, 2025: Financing Green Infrastructure

Financing green infrastructure is critical in responding to global environmental challenges, particularly, climate change on account of its devastating impact on the global economy. Accordingly, there is an increasing call for investments in environmentally friendly infrastructure, in recognition of the imperative for developing infrastructure with minimal environmental impact. Financing green infrastructure involves a combination of financial and non-interventions instruments deployed to ensure that investment in green infrastructure is more affordable and less risky to private sponsors, financial markets, and governments. Financing green infrastructure focuses on dealing with the growing infrastructure requirements of an increasing population and urbanisation, while at the same time protecting the environment.