AIIB‘s Benny Zachariah on the bank‘s climate ambitions

Benny explains AIIB’s focus on digital and sustainable infrastructure and infrastructure for tomorrow (00:43); his perspective on the outcomes of COP26, the push for implementation and mobilising private capital (03:00); what are AIIB’s plans for creating climate change resilient infrastructure and what sectors will the Beijing-based bank cover under their climate finance portfolio (06:50); the bank's strategy to align themselves to the Paris agreement by 2023 (08:30); the challenges posed by regulatory frameworks in mobilising private capital (10:15); investing in new technologies to mitigate climate change (14:00); and the potential of circular economy (16:50).