Financing a Water Secure Future
This report presents a summary of the key challenges and opportunities related to financing that contributes to water security and sustainable growth distilling insights from the Roundtable on Financing Water and related analyses. It covers a broad range of water-related investments, including water and sanitation services, water resources management, agricultural water and managing water-related risks (“too much”, “too little” and “too polluted”). It summarises findings from analysis of investments needs and financing capacities, trends in development finance for water and explores how water risks generate financial impacts for corporates. The report highlights options to address the financing challenge by strengthening the enabling environment for investment, making the best use of existing sources of finance, strategic investment planning and mobilising additional finance via a range of financing approaches. Finally, the report sets out a vision for future OECD work on financing water and for the Roundtable on Financing Water.
The Challenge of Financing Water-related Investments
This chapter provides insights into the challenges related to financing water-related investments and why concerted policy action is required to overcome them. It helps characterise the order of magnitude of the challenge by highlighting estimates of investment needs and financing capacities for select regions (Europe and Asia-Pacific). It also presents data related to investment in agricultural water and trends in development finance for water. Finally, the chapter documents how water risks could translate into material financial risks, including by generating financial impacts on corporates.
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