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EIB | At COP30, EIB Group to unveil range of global climate initiatives

• EIB Group to activate series of projects to step up fight against climate change and nature degradation. • Initiatives to increase clean energy, forests and biodiversity worldwide to be announced at UN climate conference in Brazil. • Support for women entrepreneurs in Amazon region also planned. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group will unveil a series of initiatives to accelerate the fight against global warming at the 30th United Nations climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil running from today until 21 November....

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EIB Group to boost investments outside EU to up to €10 billion annually

• Strategic orientation approved by Board of Directors focuses on win-win global partnerships and a strong European voice in the world. • EIB Global will tailor approaches by region and sector, aligned with EU priorities. • Strengthened support for Ukraine, new tools, and streamlined procedures. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has approved strategic orientations for EIB Global, its international partnerships and development arm. The plan targets global challenges and amplifies Europe’s voice in a changing geopolitical landscape. It streamlines support for high-impact...

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EIB | President Calviño at the 2025 Global Gateway Forum

EIB Group President Nadia Calviño delivered the closing remarks of the panel discussion on the State of World on 9 October, during the Global Gateway Forum 2025 in Brussels. Thank you very much. Indeed, I was listening to this very interesting panel, and I am absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to close this very interesting, very insightful exchange with very interesting metaphors to try to describe what we are living these days. This new global order that is in the making. We are at a historical...

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World Bank | Global Gateway Forum: the European Commission and World Bank Group Deepen Partnership for Infrastructure and Jobs

BRUSSELS, October 8, 2025 - The European Commission, in line with its Global Gateway investment strategy, and the World Bank Group are deepening their strategic partnership to drive a new generation of connectivity projects. An initial pipeline of projects includes 18 high-impact investments in three strategic sectors (energy, transport, and digital infrastructure) across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The collaboration, which will include regular high-level engagement and progress updates, is designed to ensure that projects...

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DFC | Statement from Acting CEO Mr. Dev Jagadesan on Confirmation of DFC CEO Mr. Ben Black

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the United States Senate confirmed Mr. Ben Black as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). We are pleased to welcome Mr. Black as the next CEO of DFC. His confirmation comes at a pivotal moment as we continue to advance our dual mandate of fostering strategic and economic development investments and serve as a force multiplier for the Trump Administration's foreign policy, economic prosperity, and national security agenda. Mr....

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New Statistics from GEMs Consortium Show Risk of Investing in Emerging Markets Is Lower than Commonly Perceived

Luxembourg, 7 October 2025—New default and recovery statistics released today by the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium shed light on investment risks in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) and provide new views on potential opportunities for investment and diversification through increased transparency.   EMDEs face challenges financing their development needs, including a potential cumulative shortfall of more than $10 trillion by 2050, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The GEMs statistics, released in three...

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European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled today a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. This campaign raises global awareness and mobilises public and private investments for clean energy generation and access across Africa. “The choices...

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EBRD and EU to unlock investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are teaming up to identify and support new investment opportunities in in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. The EU will contribute €15 million for technical assistance activities to prepare projects in the agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, small business, critical raw materials and digital/telecommunications, media and technology sectors. The funds are part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, which aims to deliver large-scale investments of €300...

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TRIA | Transatlantic Efforts to Close the Investment Gap in Middle- and Low-income Countries (2nd Operational Meeting)

The 2nd operational meeting of the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance (TRIA) was held in Seville, Spain on July 1st, 2025. It took place in the context of the International Business Forum at the UN's 4th Financing for Development Conference. TRIA is a joint initiative between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY), that aims to unite key actors to support the financing of infrastructure investments in low- and middle-income countries. With only...

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TRIA | EIB & EACCNY Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance: Strengthening Collaboration Between the EU and the U.S. on Key Investments (1st Operational Meeting)

The first operational meeting of the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance (TRIA) was held in Luxembourg on 6. March 2025, following a formal launch in New York in October 2024. It took place in the context of the third edition of the EIB Group Forum, held from 5. to 7. March 2025. TRIA, a joint initiative between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY), aims to unite key actors to support the...

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