Mobilising capital for sustainable development

For achieving the 2030 Agenda there is an urgent need to mobilise additional funds for environmentally sustainable investments. In view of this need the project elaborates innovative approaches to finance sustainable development. Moreover, the project deals with the reform of the international trade and investment regimes.

Project Lead:
Kathrin Berensmann

Project Team:
Florence Dafe
Nannette Lindenberg
Jan Ohnesorge
Christoph Sommer

Financing:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Time frame:
2015 - 2017 / completed

Project description

For successfully implementing the 2030 Agenda it is necessary to mobilize an enormous amount of additional private capital and to allocate private capital in sustainable investments. Against this background the project elaborates first innovative approaches to finance sustainable development. This includes the analysis of innovative instruments in the field of green finance such as green bonds. Similarly, local currency bond markets play an important potential role in mobilizing long-term financial resources needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda. In the context of the German G20-Presidency this project supports the BMZ in writing studies and reports for the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI). Second, the project deals with the reform of the international trade and investment regimes with a focus on the effects of trade and investment agreements on public procurement, services and rules of origins.

Events

Trade and the Environment

Die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Auswirkungen von TTIP

Financing Sustainable Development

Auswirkungen von TTIP