Miért létfontosságúak a bankok világszerte az infrastruktúra finanszírozásában?
Az áradásoktól az áramszünetekig – Egyre nő a nyomás, hogy olyan infrastruktúrát építsünk ki, amely ellenáll az éghajlati kihívásoknak. A fejlesztési bankok igyekeznek áthidalni a finanszírozási hiányt, de tudnak-e elég gyorsan cselekedni?
00:00It's urgent for us to close the infrastructure financing gap in Asia and beyond.
00:08We're at a crossroads for humanity and the planet.
00:12We're reaching two big tipping points, climate and biodiversity.
00:16We're experiencing the economic costs, lives lost due to different climate shocks.
00:22Investing in sustainable infrastructure is a question of equity.
00:26Infrastructure is our means to be better equipped for the future.
00:31But we need to do it at scale, from billions to trillions.
00:43Infrastructure is at the basis of everything. It's at the basis of livelihoods.
00:47Without transport, you cannot have a job without a job.
00:50You don't have a sustainable livelihood, so it's the basic structure of society.
00:56If we improve people's livelihood, they can also protect the planet.
01:00If the planet is healthy, that will create more opportunities for the people.
01:04If you think of the cost of inaction, it has been growing and growing.
01:08I think insurers are those that really try to get the numbers right.
01:14And you know, so many things are uninsurable at this point.
01:17If we don't do anything, by the end of the 21st century, our GDP may lose up to 30%.
01:24We are lacking money everywhere, and there are more and more needs.
01:28After the financial crisis, many countries have had challenges to, say, budget balance.
01:35But if you don't act now, it will cost more in the future.
01:40There are still 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to electricity.
01:50If you do not have renewable energy, improve the transportation, all these people will be left behind.
02:09In Rwanda, we've prioritized investing in infrastructure.
02:14We see infrastructure as basic right for our citizens, but we also see the transformative potential it has for our economy.
02:21We've managed to see the results of those investments translate into strong economic growth in the last 30 years.
02:29We have the investment case. It is a very compelling case.
02:33If actually we invest where we should in terms of the clean and green transition,
02:38we already know the scenarios show that the returns will be higher.
02:42But it means also the quality of life of people, including health, education, people's incomes, including leaving more people out of poverty.
03:01I am Jing Li Qin. I'm the president and chairman of the board of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
03:09AIIIB is a newly created development bank. The mandate is to promote broad-based economic and social progress through investment in infrastructure.
03:26This means the infrastructure projects are designed, constructed, implemented and managed in a way which can improve the environment,
03:36reduce emissions and keep the economy more sustainable. It's infrastructure for tomorrow.
03:43We are learning that a lot of investments have been made in the energy transition by this bank and this is something to be celebrated.
03:50In meetings like this, we meet people from around the globe that are being very creative and innovative to address the challenges.
03:58And basically, infrastructure is one big challenge that we still face in the developing world and emerging economies.
04:05Meetings of this kind actually brings in great minds together and we share common objectives, but we come from different backgrounds and different expertise.
04:15So it offers a good forum to bring in different types of thoughts and thinking and encourage actions.
04:21Multilateral banks such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are very important in closing the infrastructure gap.
04:29So they're able to leverage their strong AAA rated balance sheets to card in private capital, as well as support the public sector in project preparation to make sure that our projects are more bankable.
04:41Multilateral development banks are a central actor for this mobilization for resilient infrastructure and also for climate finance at large, because they finance long-term solutions.
04:53And they also are very important mobilizers and catalyzers. They can bring more actors. So we need to make the best use of their resources.
05:02Multilateral development banks put together international efforts to bring in the know-how and international capital into projects where it is needed.
05:14Hello, I'm Adam Amariko. I'm the Secreter General of Finance in Common, the coalition of 530 public development banks in the world.
05:21Financing sustainable infrastructures is not easy. A bank or a country can go alone if it wants to go fast, but it won't go far.
05:27Because there are several actors that need to federate around these projects.
05:30So it needs the state budget, the companies, the constructors, the banks to finance.
05:35That's why it's important to collaborate, to exchange knowledge, and to stay in the partnership by principle.
05:42$60 billion of financing covering about 40 countries. We've been doing more than 310 projects. These are the numbers.
05:52But behind these numbers, there are so many moving and touching stories.
05:57Multilateral development banks are key to address humanity's biggest challenges.
06:03And this is why lessons learned through this bank will be very important for the future.
06:08Today, Rwanda has 95% internet coverage, but we still lag behind when it comes to usage.
06:15Through our partnership with AIIB, we've been able to invest in basic digital literacy skills.
06:22We've also been able to increase internet access to schools and hospitals,
06:27as well as to modernize more government services to bring them online.
06:32The future is optimistic in terms of the ability to meet our infrastructure gaps,
06:38and especially to make sure that the infrastructure that we build is also resilient to the climate shocks that we're facing.
06:44My main message is that we need to continue to invest.
06:54And we need to stop thinking that it's the subject of others.
06:57When there's a problem in a part of the world, and that the pandemic has shown us,
07:01it's our problem to all.
07:03So let's stop being egoists and let's finance together.
07:07I'm a little bit worried about the increasing selfishness of countries,
07:13and the increasing protectionism.
07:16And I don't like that at all, because all the challenges we face,
07:20they are not national ones, they are global ones, which we have to tackle together.
07:25Human beings are very resourceful, and we just have to put our minds together,
07:30our hearts together, and work as a collective.
07:33Individualism is not what will save us.
07:36It's all about working as partners and collaboratively.
07:40I don't think you can do anything single-handedly.
07:44I believe in teamwork.
07:46I believe in modularism.
07:48I believe in cooperation.
07:50Because only in so doing could we make achievements.
