Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) is delighted to launch episode seven of our ‘Countdown to COP: Financing and Fuelling the Future’ podcast series. This week, Mhairi Main Garcia is joined by Finance Partner José María Anarte to discuss the journey to net zero in the infrastructure sector, touching both on social infrastructure and transport infrastructure as well as emerging sub-sectors such as data centres.

The key challenge facing the sector is ageing or a lack of existing infrastructure, which will greatly impact the drive to decarbonise the sector. Steps will need to be taken to address this and other challenges including strengthening net zero policies and regulations to level the playing field for low carbon producers along with a public-private investment agenda that incentivises financial investment in infrastructure projects. There also needs to be an integration of global knowledge and innovation. However, the infrastructure sector can and is contributing toward achieving net zero.

Based in Madrid, José María has more than 20 years of experience advising on all types of infrastructure assets and is currently co-leading WFW’s infrastructure campaign, coordinating the firm’s infrastructure capabilities on a global basis.

To discuss any aspect of this episode further, please do reach out to Mhairi Main Garcia, José María Anarte or your usual WFW contact.

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