CMS Infrastructure Index: Partnerships, policies and geopolitics

	Net zero Net zero is a priority but also a challenge, technology is key in the transition. As we’ll soon be reminded at COP28, the transition to net zero is not going quickly enough.
	Digitalisation The amount of data that must be stored and processed has exploded and requires significant investment to manage the volume.
	Critical infrastructure Defence against future threats, like adaptation finance, tends to lose out when competing against more immediate demands for funding. It is more important than ever that governments and other players invest to maintain, upgrade and protect their key assets.
	Protectionism Energy security and protection of critical infrastructure have been two key drivers behind what might be described as a general shift away from globalisation and liberalisation towards protectionism. Tighter controls in FDI screening mechanisms, NSIA and EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, have not prevented deals from going through.
	Sustainability The EU has introduced the first stage of its carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), aimed at goods imported from outside the EU that have a cost advantage arising from less strict carbon policies in other countries.

Publication

CMS Infrastructure Index 2023

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Elena Aguilar

Partner
Co-Head of the CMS Infrastructure & Projects Group // Global Co-Head of Digital Communications Infrastructure IFG

Madrid

Kristy Duane

Partner
Co-Head of the CMS Infrastructure & Projects Group

London