Rising climate risk demands a proactive approach to adaptation and mitigation, according to Cube Infrastructure Managers’ Aurélien Roelens, Erwann Duquesne and Tiffany Yang.
The continent’s infrastructure assets are increasingly appealing as impact plays for global investors, says African Infrastructure Investment Managers’ Tania Swanepoel. But long-term local knowledge remains essential.
Building the next generation of renewables and related enabler technologies will be a key focus for years to come, says Ivor Frischknecht of Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners, part of Generali Investments.
Supportive regulation is good for the health of the sustainable infrastructure ecosystem and makes it easier for private equity players to step in, says Infracapital’s Alexia Savva.
Lower-mid-market infrastructure in the US is a fruitful space for meeting sustainability goals, says Ridgewood Infrastructure partner Sam Lissner.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals can serve as the basis for an effective impact investment process, argues Meridiam’s Thierry Déau.
Data centres are commanding eyewatering prices, while some fibre assets are crumbling under overbuild pressures. Still, there are ways to play both sectors – and win, according to seven industry insiders.
Investor appetite for infrastructure debt will outlive this current period of high interest rates, investment professionals tell us.
Allocations will increase as funds seize opportunities to address the infrastructure deficit, say Igneo’s Michael Ryder and John Ma.
The rapid deployment of solar in North America will continue regardless of politics, predicts NextEnergy’s Michael Bonte-Friedheim.