Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges, and infrastructure is vital for mitigating the climate emergency. Between 2000 and 2019, there was a 74.5% increase in natural …
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New case study: Achieving infrastructure transparency in cities and regions
Four years ago, CoST opened membership to allow cities and regions to become CoST members. This advancement recognised the important role that local governments have in infrastructure, and the need …
CoST will enhance its impact on sustainable infrastructure
The impact of the CoST, The Transparency Initiative, can be measured in different dimensions. On this opportunity, we will explore a vision to reflect on the challenges ahead, especially in …
Opening climate finance to public scrutiny is crucial to guarantee social impact
Helping emerging economies to tackle the climate emergency is extremely significant. In the light of the risks to these funds, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) with our partners, Engineers Against …
Beneficial Ownership Transparency could end anonymous companies linked to corruption and mismanagement in infrastructure procurement
By Olive Kabatwairwe, CoST Africa Regional Manager Africa needs USD $100 billion a year for infrastructure development, but only $45 billion is being mobilized annually. Governments don’t have the capacity …
CoST utilises the ITI tool in Asia
CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, has recently socialized the Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) in Asian countries, as a tool that can be useful in order to make public infrastructure projects …