The New Climate Economy was commissioned in 2013 by the governments of Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Norway, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The Commission has operated as an independent body and, while benefiting from the support of the partner governments, has been given full freedom to reach its own conclusions.
In September 2014, the Commission published Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report and in July 2015 it published Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate. The project has released a series of country reports on Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India and the United States, and various reports on cities, land use, energy and finance. It has disseminated its messages by engaging with heads of governments, finance ministers, business leaders and other key economic decision-makers in over 45 countries around the world.
The Commission’s 2016 report "The Sustainable Infrastructure Imperative: Financing for Better Growth and Development" is a synthesis of the latest evidence and analysis of relevance. In particular, the Commission’s deliberations, findings and recommendations drew extensively on Delivering on Sustainable Infrastructure for Better Development and Better Climate, by Amar Bhattacharya, Joshua P. Meltzer, Jeremy Oppenheim, M. Zia Qureshi and Nicholas Stern (forthcoming) which was part of a work program launched by the NCE partnership to contribute to the milestone events in 2015 and inform and give concrete impetus to the delivery of sustainable infrastructure as a central element of the 2015 global agenda.