Closing the Gap: Sustainable Infrastructure to Save the World

In Closing the Gap: Sustainable Infrastructure to Save the World youll learn about one of the foremost challenges of our time: the global infrastructure gap. Youll learn about persisting shortfalls in access to energy water and transportation services and the ways this continues to drive poverty and inequality all across the world. Readers will discover how investments in sustainable infrastructure can reverse these trends while building resilience to global challenges of climate change pandemics and conflict. Moreover youll discover the massive opportunity facing our world to invest in sustainable development and bring about a more prosperous future for us all. Inside readers find stories about the devastating effects of climate change in India population growth and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and resource-driven conflicts in the Middle East. Youll hear from some of the worlds foremost experts on the potential to move massive amounts of private capital into infrastructure projects in the Global South. Youll learn about successful efforts to deliver renewable energy in the unlikeliest of places and the profound effects of infrastructure on sustainable growth and development. This is a book that not only organizes the complex world of sustainability but encourages readers to take action to make the world a better place.