sustainable investment Xavier Leflaive OECD Environment Directorate Stockholm 25 August 2015 Timely and topical Water is relevant for SIF SIF is critical for water 2 ways ID: 413610
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Water assustainable investment
Xavier Leflaive
OECD
Environment
Directorate
Stockholm, 25 August 2015Slide2
Timely and topicalWater is relevant for SIFSIF is
critical
for water2 ways water makes sense for SIFInvesting in water drives sustainable growth and equityTo be sustainable, investment in a range of assets must be water-wise
The beginning of a conversationSlide3
Expected global flood damages from urban property
: USD 120 billion/
yearWater risks cost irrigators USD 94 billion/ yearInadequate WSS cost USD 260 billion/ year. 10% of GDP in some African countriesThe poor are affected most
Investing
in water drives
sustainable growth and equity
Source:
Sadoff
et al. (2015),
Securing Water,
Sustaining
Growth
,
report of the GWP/OECD
Task
Force on water
security
and
sustainable
growthSlide4
Investing in water drivessustainable growth and equity
Source:
Sadoff et al. (2015), Securing Water, Sustaining Growth, report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on water security and sustainable growthSlide5
Investing in water drivessustainable growth and equity
Source:
Sadoff et al. (2015), Securing Water, Sustaining Growth, report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on water security and sustainable
growth
Top 10 countries for people at
risk
of water
securitySlide6
Investing in water drivessustainable
growth
and equitySource: Sadoff et al. (2015), Securing Water, Sustaining Growth, report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on water Security and S
ustainable
G
rowth
Variability of annual
water availabilitySlide7
Water as an asset class for SIFInvestment in water infrastructure and services drives economic and social
development
Investment needs are rising(1 trillion USD per year by 2025)Investing in water drivessustainable growth and equitySlide8
Energy supplyFood supply and
food
pricesHard drive industryUrban developmentEtc.To be sustainable, investment in a range of assets must be water-wiseSlide9
Include water in the assessment of climate-related risks
Support a diversity of investments based on robust cost-benefit analyses
Combine project-level analysis and assessment of sequences of projectsSignificantly increase investment from existing and new sources of financeInvesting in water securityA role for SIFSlide10
Xavier.Leflaive@oecd.org
www.oecd.org/waterTowards Stockholm WWW 2016