Gemeinsam stärker: Die EIB auf der Jahrestagung 2018 der Weltbankgruppe und des IWF

In the margin of IMF/World Bank meetings taking place in Bali, the EIB, KfW and Agence française de développement announced their joint initiative for Cleaner #Oceans. Watch the official launch by president Werner Hoyer, KfW's President Günther Bräunig, and AfD President Rémy Rioux.

Ahead of the IMF/World Bank Group meetings, KfW Group on behalf of the German Federal Government, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) launched the Clean Oceans Initiative to support the development and implementation of sustainable projects that will reduce pollution in the world’s oceans over the next five years. 

A compelling recent example of the EIB's role as a "crowding-in" bank is support for the Althelia SustainableOcean Fund (SOF), the first close of which...

Speaking at the Global Infrastructure Forum alongside representatives of other financial institutions, Marjut Santoni offered concrete measures on how to ‘de-risk’ investments. 

The resilience of Europe’s economic and financial system to future shocks and crises as well as finding the key to sustainable growth were at the centre of a discussion that brought together EU 

EIB’s partnership with Indonesia has been renewed at the 2018 IMF/WB Group Annual Meetings.

A major agreement to further develop green infrastructure in support of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in Indonesia was signed today by the Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia and the European Investment Bank (EIB). 

The heads of the leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) meeting at the Global Infrastructure Forum 2018 (GI Forum) today expressed their condolences following the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods in Sulawesi, Indonesia and reaffirmed their commitment to work together to deliver infrastructure that is resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.

A partnership focused on supporting projects to promote climate action and attract private investment. That’s what marks the work the EIB and IDB are doing together in Latin America and the Caribbean:  

EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle has been calling for the 'democratisation of innovation' in a high-level panel at the World Bank annual meetings in Bali to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by technology for jobs and livelihoods – particularly in Africa.

The EIB is joining forces with KfW, AFD, CDP, ICO and the EBRD to fight against the plastic contamination of our oceans through the #CleanOceansInitiative.

We have just launched the EIB Sustainability Awareness Bonds! We sat down with Eila Kreivi, EIB Head of Capital Markets, and asked three of the most important questions you might have about the EU bank’s first sustainable bonds.

Bodendegradation verstärkt den Klimawandel. Wir haben 50 Millionen US-Dollar für den „Land Degradation Neutrality Fund“ (LDNF) zugesagt, der in die Wiederherstellung degradierter Böden investieren wird. Dabei entstehen 100 000 Arbeitsplätze in ländlichen Regionen.

Die Europäische Investitionsbank unterstützt umweltverträgliche Verkehrsmittel, um den CO₂-Ausstoß in Städten zu verringern.

U-Bahnen und Straßenbahnen sind umweltfreundlich, sicher und schnell. Deshalb investiert die Bank der EU in diese Verkehrsmittel: 755 Millionen zusätzliche Fahrten per Jahr weltweit – das ist die Bilanz der Projekte, die wir 2016 mitfinanziert haben. Von Quito bis Rotterdam, von Lucknow bis Rabat: In Ecuadors Hauptstadt arbeiten derzeit 2 400 Menschen an der ersten Phase des U-Bahn-Projekts. Die Einwohner von Rotterdam können mit der neuen U-Bahn-Linie demnächst direkt an den Strand fahren. In Indiens Millionenmetropole Lucknow, wo die Luftverschmutzung besonders hoch ist, wird die erste U-Bahn alle vier Minuten bis zu 1 100 Fahrgäste befördern. Rabats neue Straßenbahn bringt bald täglich 180 000 Fahrgäste günstig und schnell ans Ziel. In diesem Kurzvideo erfahren Sie, wie unsere U-Bahn-Projekte die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen rund um die Welt verbessern.

Die argentinische Provinz Jujuy will mit ihrer neuen Initiative nachhaltiges Abfallmanagement praktizieren und Treibhausgasemissionen reduzieren. Dabei eröffnen sich auch Frauen neue wirtschaftliche Perspektiven.

Die EIB-Projekte in Telangana und Andhra Pradesh versorgen die Menschen mit Strom aus Sonne und Wind und ermöglichen Frauen und Mädchen ein selbstbestimmteres Leben. Die Schülerinnen können nun Computer verwenden, und für Frauen ist es abends durch die Straßenbeleuchtung sicherer.

As the largest multilateral provider of climate finance worldwide, we are committing at least 25% of our investments to climate change mitigation and adaptation, supporting low-carbon and climate-resilient growth.

Gender equality is one of the founding values of the European Union, and a key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Guided by EU policy, including commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Action and to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the EIB Group fosters sustainable growth within the EU and abroad. This approach drives all of our initiatives, products and activities.