A New Era for Investment, Finance and Internationalism: Action Now to Deliver a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Future

The report advocates for a transition to a sustainable economic model by scaling up public and private investment in clean technologies and infrastructure. It emphasizes the need for a new global financial architecture, including 'country platforms' and increased multilateral funding, to support emerging markets and developing economies in their transition to net-zero while ensuring social equity and climate justice.

• Global investment must increase by approximately 2–3% of GDP per year above pre-pandemic levels during this decade and beyond, primarily driven by the private sector, to enable low-carbon transformation and sustainable growth.
• Transforming electricity generation, storage, and distribution networks requires an estimated global investment of $1.5–1.6 trillion per year, with the majority coming from private sources.
• Low-carbon solutions are expected to be competitive in sectors representing nearly 75% of emissions by 2030, a significant increase from the 25% (electricity) competitive today.
• The report proposes 'country mobilization platforms' to coordinate finance in emerging markets and developing countries, using the Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa as a prototype.
• To meet Paris Agreement goals, the report suggests a 'stretch scenario' where bilateral climate finance from donors doubles from 2018 levels to $60 billion by 2025, and multilateral development bank (MDB) climate-related lending triples from 2018 levels by 2025.
• Sustainable investments offer significant co-benefits, including higher job creation rates than fossil-fuel alternatives; for instance, $1 million invested in building efficiency creates 2.8 times as many jobs as the same investment in fossil-era alternatives.

APA

World Economic Forum (2022). A New Era for Investment, Finance and Internationalism: Action Now to Deliver a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Future. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_New_Era_for_Investment_Finance_and_Internationalism_2022.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. A New Era for Investment, Finance and Internationalism: Action Now to Deliver a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Future. 2022. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_New_Era_for_Investment_Finance_and_Internationalism_2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2022new, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{A New Era for Investment, Finance and Internationalism: Action Now to Deliver a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Future}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_New_Era_for_Investment_Finance_and_Internationalism_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }