At the opening ceremony, Alain Berset said that "sustainable development is a huge challenge that we must face together and the Global Investment Forum identifies innovative ways to finance it". According to UNCTAD, $ 2,500 billion a year is needed for developing countries to meet the SDGs by 2030. President Berset called for open policies in a context of mistrust of multilateralism. He noted that "sustainable investment is spreading" but is worried about last year's drop in foreign direct investment flows.
This is the largest meeting of 2018 in Geneva.
