While India has outperformed itself over the last year on the national index on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the country’s performance globally leaves much to be desired. At home, the country’s score on the SDG.
Leveraging Mining-Related Infrastructure Investments for Development (Rails, Port, Power, Water and ICT)
To be beneficial for a country’s development, non-renewable resource extraction should be leveraged to build long-term assets, such as infrastructure, that will support sustainable and inclusive growth. This is especially critical for countries facing an infrastructure-funding gap (e.g. the World Bank’s Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic has estimated that Africa faces an annual infrastructure funding gap of US$31 billion); leveraging extractive industry-related investment could help fill this gap. Historically, natural resource concessionaires have adopted an enclave approach to infrastructure development, providing their own power and transportation services to ensure that the basic infrastructure needed for their operations is reliably available.
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World-class congress to take place virtually from June 15-16.
Congress will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholders to map out a bold new approach to how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed.
LONDON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ dmg events announced the launch of the Citizens Energy Congress, a unique energy industry event committed to resetting the energy agenda, post COVID-19, to drive the transition to a low carbon energy system that balances affordable energy access and climate change commitments.
The Citizens Energy Congress will be a virtual event taking place from June 15-16. It will connect the fragmented, divergent, and polarising perspectives around energy and accelerate the industry s response to growing pressure for a bold new approach to how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed.