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The world would need to invest $94 trillion to build sustainable infrastructure — energy facilities, public transportation, buildings, water supply, sanitation, among others — over the next 15 years, just $4 trillion, or four percent more than in the inertial scenario that is currently projected, said Felipe Calderón, former president of Mexico and director of the Global Commission on Economy and Climate. “Now the Commission estimates that the total demand for infrastructure, what the world needs in infrastructure, in energy, in many things, in the next 15 years, is 90 trillion dollars (trillion), not that it is required for sustainable infrastructure , it is in general what is needed,” said the former president in an interview with El Financiero-Bloomberg. “The key element is that, if the inertial model of intensive use of fossil resources is followed, if pollution continues, that is what would be required.
The question that the Commission asks is how much would be required if we make the change to sustainable infrastructure, and the surprising thing is that the difference is marginal: instead of 90, 94 would be required,” said Calderón. “We want to dismantle the premise that we will have to choose between economic growth or Bahamas ****** Number List environmental responsibility” Even this difference could be smaller in financial terms since the net present value in the case of choosing the sustainable alternative could be lower given that there are lower operating costs, for example, when operating green energy plants. sustainability The Commission headed by the former Mexican president, and which is independent in nature, is made up of businessmen such as Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Chad Holliday, Chairman of Shell; former prime ministers such as Gerardo Lagos of Chile, or Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD, among other personalities.
The mission of the project, Calderón explained, is to examine how countries can grow without falling into the risks of further contaminating the environment and increasing damage from warming. “What we want is to dismantle the premise that we will always have to choose between economic growth or environmental responsibility; we believe that both things can be done if we act correctly,” the director of the global organization stated in the interview.
The question that the Commission asks is how much would be required if we make the change to sustainable infrastructure, and the surprising thing is that the difference is marginal: instead of 90, 94 would be required,” said Calderón. “We want to dismantle the premise that we will have to choose between economic growth or Bahamas ****** Number List environmental responsibility” Even this difference could be smaller in financial terms since the net present value in the case of choosing the sustainable alternative could be lower given that there are lower operating costs, for example, when operating green energy plants. sustainability The Commission headed by the former Mexican president, and which is independent in nature, is made up of businessmen such as Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Chad Holliday, Chairman of Shell; former prime ministers such as Gerardo Lagos of Chile, or Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD, among other personalities.
The mission of the project, Calderón explained, is to examine how countries can grow without falling into the risks of further contaminating the environment and increasing damage from warming. “What we want is to dismantle the premise that we will always have to choose between economic growth or environmental responsibility; we believe that both things can be done if we act correctly,” the director of the global organization stated in the interview.