1. WATER AS SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT Xavier Leflaive OECD Environment Directorate Stockholm, 25 August 2015

2. Timely and topical Water is relevant for SIF SIF is critical for water 2 ways water makes sense for SIF – Investing in water drives sustainable growth and equity – To be sustainable, investment in a range of assets must be water-wise The beginning of a conversation

3. Expected global flood damages from urban property: USD 120 billion/ year Water risks cost irrigators USD 94 billion/ year Inadequate WSS cost USD 260 billion/ year. 10% of GDP in some African countries The 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 growth

4. 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 growth

5. 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 growth Top 10 countries for people at risk of water security

6. 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 Growth Variability of annual water availability

7. Water as an asset class for SIF – Investment in water infrastructure and services drives economic and social development – Investment needs are rising (1 trillion USD per year by 2025) Investing in water drives sustainable growth and equity

8. Energy supply Food supply and food prices Hard drive industry Urban development Etc. To be sustainable, investment in a range of assets must be water-wise

9. 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 projects Significantly increase investment from existing and new sources of finance Investing in water security A role for SIF

10. Xavier.Leflaive@oecd.org www.oecd.org/water Towards Stockholm WWW 2016