European Investment Bank

Since its establishment in 1958, the EU bank has invested over a trillion euros. While climate action is a part of everything we do, our activities focus on the following priority areas: climate and environment, development, innovation and skills, small and medium-sized businesses, infrastructure and cohesion.

The EIB works closely with other EU institutions to foster European integration, promote the development of the EU and support EU policies in over 140 countries around the world.

The European Investment Bank is one of the world’s main financiers of climate action.

The decade 2021-2030 is critical to address our planet's climate and environment emergency. To achieve this, trillions of investment are required. We must:

• limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century,

• combat environmental degradation,

• halt biodiversity loss,

• stop widening inequalities.

The European Union is at the forefront of the global fight against greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to adapt to a changing climate. It plays a leading role in implementing the Paris Agreement . The EIB Group places sustainability at the heart of these EU initiatives.

The EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025 guides our ambition. The Roadmap signals the urgency of the climate and environment crisis and represents our commitment, as the EU’s climate bank, to support the European Green Deal, help Europe become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable development goals.