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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)’s new report, Unlocking Private Capital to Finance Sustainable Infrastructure, provides a roadmap for increasing collaboration with the private sector to fill critical public infrastructure funding gaps. The report, produced by Meister Consultants Group, Inc. for EDF, emphasizes the importance of investing in sustainable infrastructure and highlights the benefits of incorporating natural infrastructure approaches in coordination with more traditional structures or systems such as seawalls or levees. The report’s Investment Design Framework will help state and local governments mobilize private investment to repair existing and build new infrastructure that can help mitigate the effects of extreme weather events.