Finance at work for climate action - EIB INFO 4-2012 (n°148)

The EIB supports investments that help bring about sustainable growth, whether by financing projects directly, or by lending its expertise or teaming up with other financiers to achieve more through joint action. Creative new urban transport solutions, innovative industrial production processes, energy-efficient building concepts and far-sighted resource plans, can help Europe move ahead. This edition of the EIB INFO shows that the solutions are already out there.

• EIB in focus
  • Global climate talks continue in Doha
  • EIB launches public consultation on its energy lending policy
  • News in brief
  • ‘We must tackle the economic crisis, the jobs crisis, the resources crisis and the climate crisis jointly’
• EIB in action
  • EIB climate action in numbers
  • Supporting electric-car sharing services in Paris
  • Backing innovative enzyme research in Denmark
  • Portuguese windfarms are a ray of sunshine
  • From Bristol to Milan, local sustainable energy investments get a lift
  • Marguerite drives new renewable energy and infrastructure investments
  • Helping the rural economy grow with sustainable forestry in Hungary
  • Partnering for green growth in Southeast Europe
  • Backing South Africa’s first solar tower project
• New@EIB
  • Can Public-Private Partnerships leverage investment to get Europe out of the economic crisis?
  • New EIB publications
  • Events at EIB