Infrastructure investment is undergoing a profound transformation. While traditional infrastructure assets such as roads, bridges and energy networks have long been the focus of institutional capital, a less obvious but rapidly emerging category is social infrastructure.

The water sector faces unprecedented challenges: escalating water scarcity, deteriorating infrastructure and intensifying climate impacts. These pressures have elevated water from a niche concern to a strategic priority for governments, corporations and institutional investors.

While onshore and offshore wind power projects rely on similar technology to convert mechanical power into electricity, they tend to exhibit some distinct risk characteristics during both construction and operating phases.

Kendra Corbett, a partner on the investment team at Cloverlay, sits down with i3 editor Kali Persall to discuss the voluntary carbon market.

The world needs to reach net-zero emissions — a balancing point where the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere is equal to the amount removed — by around 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and avoid rapidly worsening climate impacts.

The ripe potential of Indonesia’s infrastructure market is becoming increasingly hard to ignore, thanks in part to the Indonesian government’s focus on intensive infrastructure development and a strong pipeline of ports, roads and power projects waiting in the wings.

We just finished hosting our annual Visions, Insights & Perspectives (VIP) Infrastructure conference in Boston, where a total of 25 investors, 12 consultants and 97 investment managers convened for what is always a highly interactive and educational networking event.