Private sector investment will be the main driver of development and infrastructure change to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient growth. It can be leveraged through well-designed domestic policy frameworks and use of innovative financial instruments, both internationally and nationally. Check out our events on this topic.

 

Key instruments and areas of action include:

• Scaling up carbon markets to put a price on carbon and green taxation;
  
  
• Integrating sound domestic investment policies (e.g. investment in renewable energy; developing policy frameworks for low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure investment and enabling environments for investment with effective and economically-efficient climate policies to create a climate-friendly investment policy framework;
  
  
• Encouraging private sector engagement in adaptation to climate change;
  
  
• Raising incentives for pension funds and other private pools of capital to invest in low carbon and “climate proofed” development, including through the use of green bonds;
  
  
• Greener export credits;
  
  
• Encouraging pro-active corporate behaviour to transition to a low-carbon economy.
  

Actions Taken by Companies to Reduce Emissions
Number of companies (sample size = 63)

Source: OECD Survey on Business Practices to Reduce GHG Emissions, 2010.

 

Related Events:

February 2012 expert meeting "Mobilizing Private Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure"

7 November 2011 workshop "Catalysing Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Growth"

 

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