1、2023/2024EIB GLOBALIMPACT REPORTEIB GLOBAL IMPACT REPORTEUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK GROUP2023/2024European Investment Bank Group Global Impact Report 2023/2024 European Investment Bank,2024All rights reserved.All questions on rights and licensing should be addressed to publicationseib.org.European Inve

2、stment Bank98-100,boulevard Konrad AdenauerL-2950 LuxembourgIn nature,no organism exists without some relation to another one.Oxpeckers nourish themselves on the parasites they clean from the fur of a giraffe.A clownfish shelters among the tentacles of an anemone,while fertilising it with its waste.

3、Plovers clean the teeth of the Nile crocodile and,in doing so,feed themselves.The covers of our reports highlight these symbiotic,natural relationships this year,because they mirror the different levels on which each European Investment Bank project operates.When we finance infrastructure or innovat

4、ion,we seek also to ensure that the project bolsters climate action or environmental sustainability.By investing in startups or green energy,our public finance encourages private investment that might otherwise have been withheld.In a world where humanity seems so often to be at odds with itself,we

5、hope these images of natural collaboration will inspire readers to cross boundaries and build new partnerships.Photo credits:Shutterstock,Getty Images,UNDP,City of Lviv,Artem Hetman/UNDP Ukraine,Darcy Levinson/Who,KfW Bildarchiv,Inspired Evolution Investment Management.Authorisation to reproduce or

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