Is water an obvious risk US Baseline Water Stress and Power Plants Change in US Water Stress by 2025 and Power Plants 47 of fracked wells were found to be in river basins with high or extremely high risk of water stress ID: 635824
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Is
water
a global
risk? Slide2
Is
water an obvious risk? Slide3
US Baseline Water Stress and Power PlantsSlide4
Change in US Water Stress by 2025 and Power PlantsSlide5
47% of fracked wells were found to be in river basins with high or extremely high risk of water stressSlide6
South East Asia Baseline Water Stress and Power PlantsSlide7
South East Asia Change in Water Stress to 2025 and Power PlantsSlide8
The Water / Coal Relationship in ChinaSlide9
Water-Food
Global Risks
Agriculture
often uses 70%+ of blue water,
but
with a low contribution to GDP – the economic competition for blue water
will consequently increase: we will need
much more crop with many less drops
By 2025, annual grain losses due to
water stress could be equivalent to
30% of global cereal consumption Slide10
Global
Baseline Water Stress c. 2000 Slide11
Global
Water Stress 2025 Slide12Slide13
Infrastructure Investment Gap: the biggest chunk is blue
Water Infrastructure is the
largest “green growth”
Investment requirement
This is just for investment in
water and wastewater services
When risks are looked at more
holistically, can water systems for
agriculture, energy and cities
be smartly re-imagined?
Is there a major market to make
?
Qatar placing 2-3% of its GDP into
R&D in this space Slide14
Financial Risk and Financial Opportunity
A Financial Risk
A choke point on economic growth for some countries
A resource risk for some sectors in some countries: agriculture, energy
An infrastructure risk for potential investors
A material and political risk to the operations of key clients who are large water users
A public governance risk – who is on top of the issue in a given jurisdiction?
A corporate governance risk – who is on top of the issue in the enterprise?
An irrational risk – water is emotive and unlikely to be ever rationally priced
A dynamic risk – trends of climate change or overuse will make matters worse
A Financial Opportunity
All activities need water – it is a non-transferable, non-substitutable resource
More water will be needed: growing economies are thirsty
There will be location specific demands and challenges
There are proven technologies
Key clients of banks and investors are acting, but seek support especially for the long term
The initiative
A
BANKING WATER INTIATIVE
to help meet the demands of large water using clientsSlide15
Contact
Dominic WaughrayWorld Economic Forumdominic.waughray@weforum.orgWorld Economic Forum
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