Bringing wind power to Cape Verde

Building a better and more sustainable future is the driving force behind everything we do.” Philippe Maystadt

Events

• 15/12/2011, European Development Days 2011, Warsaw
• 05/12/2011, Conference on innovation, Brussels
• 05/12/2011, Roundtable with CSOs on EIB development results, Brussels
• Climate Negotiations, Durban (until 09/12/2011)

Recent EIB publications

• Shaping sustainable cities
• Supporting electromobility in Europe
• EIB INFO n°144 highlights EIB climate action
• The EIB Group and microfinance: promoting inclusive finance
• The European Investment Bank Promoting Climate Action
• Banking in the Mediterranean
• The EIB Group supports SMEs

Did you know?

The EIB is active both inside and outside the European Union. The Bank's lending totalled EUR 72bn, of which EUR 63bn in the European Union and EUR 9bn outside the EU in 2010.

Top news

• World leaders talk climate in Durban
• UK: EIB to fund world’s largest operational offshore wind farm
• Belgium: EIB finances the world’s biggest lock
• EIB suspends all existing loans with Syria
• Banking in the Mediterranean
• SMEs go green in the Netherlands
• EIB supports new Nissan battery plant and electric car production in the UK
• France: EIB finances Île-de-France tramway
• New mandate for lending outside the EU welcomed
• Morocco inaugurates Rabat-Salé tramway and Oujda wastewater treatment plant

EUR 20.5 billion

Video

This film illustrates the EIB’s financing for renewable energy as one of the pillars of the Bank’s climate action.