Investment Technologies Today

The document argues that while low-carbon technologies are available to support environmentally conscious development, developing countries lack the financial capacity to deploy them at the necessary scale. It highlights a significant investment gap, noting that global net-zero emissions by mid-century would require an estimated USD 100 trillion in investments, with a substantial portion needed in developing countries to meet rising energy demands.

• Developing countries are expected to drive the majority of future energy demand, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) projecting they will account for 88% of the growth in electricity demand from 2019 to 2040, yet they lack the internal capacity to mobilize the required investments.
• Achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century would require an estimated USD 100 trillion in investments, and even less ambitious climate trajectories still require trillions of dollars.
• The low-carbon transition requires an economy-wide transformation across the buildings, industry, transport, and electricity and heat generation sectors, utilizing 'technologies of today' which are technologically viable but not yet commercially viable in developing nations.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Investment Technologies Today. https://www.sei.org/publications/investment-technologies-today/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Investment Technologies Today. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/investment-technologies-today/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022investment, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Investment Technologies Today}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/investment-technologies-today/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }