The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has identified five emerging infrastructure trends that will shape Asia’s post-COVID-19 recovery.
Trend #1: Green infrastructure — coordinated, cost-effective multi-sector resilience planning
Addressing the current health crisis and providing immediate relief to affected businesses and workers are justifiably the main priorities. However, post-crisis recovery programs should not be carbon-dependent, which presents policymakers with an opportunity to align public policies more closely with climate objectives, thereby limiting the risk of locking-in carbon-intensive infrastructure. Stimulus packages can be designed to orient investment toward sectors and technologies that can accelerate the transition and improve resilience to future shocks from climate change. While the recent investment trends in green infrastructure have been promising, the actual volume of investment is still well b