Investment is the fuel for sustainable development. Closing the SDG and climate financinggap will require an estimated $500 billion of international public finance and $500 billion ofinternational private finance per year, much of which would be in the form of foreign directinvestment.But many developing countries are running on empty. Global and regional crises, tradetensions and tighter financing conditions have had a chilling effect on foreign directinvestment, which remained subdued