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Towards a Green Investment Policy Framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

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  • Jan Corfee-Morlot

    (OECD)

  • Virginie Marchal

    (OECD)

  • Céline Kauffmann

    (OECD)

  • Christopher Kennedy

    (OECD)

  • Fiona Stewart

    (OECD)

  • Christopher Kaminker

    (OECD)

  • Geraldine Ang

    (OECD)

Abstract

Achieving low-carbon, climate-resilient (LCR) development is a policy goal of many governments today, and investment in built-infrastructure – in the energy, transport, water and building sectors – is a central part of the challenge. In the face of growing infrastructure needs and fiscal constraints, such transformational change will require large-scale private sector engagement. However, there is little policy experience on how to integrate climate and other environmental policy goals into investment policy frameworks and infrastructure planning. While many studies focus on the role of environmental and climate change policies to support a transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient (LCR) economy, this paper suggests that other factors play a critical role to achieve this transition. It starts from the premise that climate change policies and their effectiveness cannot be studied in isolation, but need to be considered in a broader national policy context, one that has the enabling environment for investment and development at its centre. This report aims to advise governments on how to create and improve domestic enabling conditions to shift and scale-up private sector investments in green infrastructure, to finance a transition to a LCR economy and greener growth. This report advances a “green investment policy framework” taking infrastructure investment as a starting point and looking only at climate change mitigation and adaptation. It highlights the significant opportunities and many challenges that exist today in both developed and developing countries to transition to LCR development through investment in both renovated and in new infrastructure. The report suggests it is possible to generate multiple local development benefits from LCR infrastructure investment. It presents a five-point policy framework to guide domestic reforms that can steer use of limited public funds while also enabling and incentivising private investment to support a transition across relevant infrastructure sectors to simultaneously deliver climate change and local development goals. La mise en oeuvre d’un développement sobre en carbone et résilient au changement climatique constitue aujourd’hui l’un des objectifs de nombreux gouvernements, et les investissements consacrés aux infrastructures bâties – dans les secteurs de l’énergie, des transports, de l’eau et du bâtiment – représentent une part essentielle du défi à relever. Compte tenu de l’augmentation des besoins en infrastructures et des contraintes budgétaires, ces changements nécessiteront une mobilisation à grande échelle du secteur privé. Or les pouvoirs publics ne possèdent guère d’expérience sur la manière d’intégrer les objectifs climatiques ou relatifs à d’autres questions environnementales dans les cadres d’action pour l’investissement et la planification des infrastructures. Alors que de nombreuses études mettent en avant le rôle des politiques environnementales et climatiques dans la transition vers une économie sobre en carbone et résiliente au changement climatique, le présent document tend à démontrer que d’autres facteurs ont également un rôle décisif à jouer dans cette évolution. Il part du principe que les politiques climatiques et leur efficacité ne peuvent être étudiées isolément, mais doivent être envisagées dans un contexte de politique nationale plus large, en mettant l’accent sur les moyens de favoriser l’investissement et le développement. Ce rapport vise à conseiller les gouvernements sur la manière de créer ou d’améliorer les conditions permettant, au niveau national, d’orienter et d’accroître les investissements du secteur privé dans les infrastructures vertes, ainsi que de financer le passage à une économie sobre en carbone et résiliente au changement climatique et à une croissance plus verte. Ce rapport propose un « cadre d’action pour l’investissement vert » à partir d’une réflexion sur l’investissement dans les infrastructures, considéré exclusivement du point de vue de l’atténuation du changement climatique et de l’adaptation à ses effets. Il met en évidence les opportunités notables et les nombreuses difficultés que suscite aujourd’hui, dans les pays développés et en développement, la mise en oeuvre d’un développement sobre en carbone et résilient au changement climatique par le biais de l’investissement dans la rénovation ou la construction d’infrastructures. Ce rapport suggère qu’il est possible de dégager de multiples avantages, en termes de développement local, de l’investissement dans des infrastructures à bas carbone et résilientes au changement climatique (BRC). Il propose un cadre d’action en cinq points afin de contribuer à définir des réformes nationales susceptibles d’orienter l’utilisation de fonds publics limités tout en encourageant le secteur privé à soutenir la transition par des investissements dans les secteurs d’infrastructures appropriés, de façon à répondre simultanément aux objectifs climatiques et de développement local.

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  • Jan Corfee-Morlot & Virginie Marchal & Céline Kauffmann & Christopher Kennedy & Fiona Stewart & Christopher Kaminker & Geraldine Ang, 2012. "Towards a Green Investment Policy Framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure," OECD Environment Working Papers 48, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:48-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k8zth7s6s6d-en
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    1. Charfeddine, Lanouar & Kahia, Montassar, 2019. "Impact of renewable energy consumption and financial development on CO2 emissions and economic growth in the MENA region: A panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) analysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 198-213.
    2. Emodi, Nnaemeka Vincent & Wade, Belinda & Rekker, Saphira & Greig, Chris, 2022. "A systematic review of barriers to greenfield investment in decarbonisation solutions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    3. Alsagr, Naif, 2023. "How environmental policy stringency affects renewable energy investment? Implications for green investment horizons," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    4. Geraldine Ang & Dirk Röttgers & Pralhad Burli, 2017. "The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy," OECD Environment Working Papers 123, OECD Publishing.
    5. Kennedy, Christopher & Corfee-Morlot, Jan, 2013. "Past performance and future needs for low carbon climate resilient infrastructure– An investment perspective," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 773-783.

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    Keywords

    climate change; development; finance; infrastructure; policy; private investment; risk;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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