How can public policy, financial institutions, development finance and private capital be better aligned to mobilize long-term investment, especially where high financing costs and fragmented financial architecture hold back otherwise viable projects? A comparative institutional study that starts from the financing problem, with digital financial infrastructure as one lens for where innovation can, and cannot, reduce frictions.
Comparative focus: the United States and South Korea, tested against emerging-market cases.
Applied research focus: financing the energy and climate technologies powering the AI economy, from renewables and nuclear energy to storage, grid infrastructure and data-center cooling. The research examines who provides the capital, how investments are structured, how risks are allocated, and how technological and commercial readiness shape what enables or constrains climate-aligned investment.
Institutional mandates
What investors may and must hold
Policy frameworks
How regulation changes project economics
Financing structures
How deals are built, layer by layer
Risk allocation
Who carries which risk, at what cost
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