Developing Robust Project Pipelines for Low-Carbon Infrastructure
This report aims to provide policy makers with a comprehensive examination of “project
pipelines”, a common concept in infrastructure planning and investment discussions,
and one which has become a focal point in countries’ efforts to implement their climate
commitments. The analysis is structured around some basic but important guiding questions,
including: What is meant by project pipelines? How can we characterise them? What
concrete approaches and actions can governments and other public institutions take
to develop project pipelines and mobilise private finance into these projects? This
close look at pipelines suggests that they can only be as robust as the investment-ready
and bankable projects that constitute them, as effective as institutions that deliver
them, and as ambitious as the objectives to which they are linked. Through a series
of case studies, the report highlights that while governments and public institutions
are already taking actions to develop robust pipelines in a range of country settings,
these pipelines nevertheless need to be strengthened significantly to meet long-term
climate mitigation objectives. Good practices pioneered by the countries and actors
in the case studies can provide models for governments to adapt and bolster their
own efforts.
Published on November 12, 2018
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