Green investment opportunities can help to close the country's infrastructure funding gap and also meet its climate commitments. The Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities - Brazil 2019 was developed to facilitate the engagement between project owners and developers, and investors. The report analyses the development of the sustainable finance market in Brazil, and the investment opportunities in green infrastructure across four key sectors: low carbon transport, renewable energy, sustainable water management, and sustainable waste management for energy generation. Moreover, it also lists alternatives for unlocking the country's potential in sustainable infrastructure investment as well as identifying a range of actual projects that are in the pipeline for development and which could potentially access green finance.

This briefing proposes innovative Pooled Finance Mechanisms to improve the capacity of Brazilian subnational consortiums to implement sustainable infrastructure projects. It provides a legal and financial overview on local subnational consortiums experiences and frameworks. It also analyses international Pooled Finance experiences and provides alternatives for the implementation of innovative financial structures that could leverage the countrys investment capacity in local sustainable infrastructure.