{"id":5120,"date":"2018-04-24T08:12:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T13:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:28:26","slug":"contracts-for-sustainable-infrastructure-ensuring-the-economic-social-and-environmental-co-benefits-of-infrastructure-investment-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2018\/04\/24\/contracts-for-sustainable-infrastructure-ensuring-the-economic-social-and-environmental-co-benefits-of-infrastructure-investment-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Martin Dietrich Brauch, Published by International Institute for Sustainable Development (<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span>), December 2017<\/h3>\n<p>To achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the objectives of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the infrastructure to be upgraded and built must be sustainable\u2014it must be specifically designed to mitigate economic, social and environmental risks, and to generate economic, social and environmental co-benefits. 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