Green Infrastructure Finance: Leading Initiatives and Research

by Andrey Shlyakhtenko, Roberto La Rocca, Aldo Baietti

"Increasing concerns over the effects of climate change have heightened the importance of accelerating investments in green growth. The International Energy Agency, for example, estimates that to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2050, global investments in the energy sector alone will need to total US$750 billion a year by 2030 and over US$1.6 trillion a year from 2030-2050. Despite global efforts to mobilize required capital flows,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821394886
• ISBN13: 9780821394885
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"