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1 NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Environmental Degradation and Increase Water Security World Water Week - August 31, 2014

2 The World Resources Institute is a Global Environmental Think-Tank Photo credit: IFDC World Resources Institute

3 NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER Forests Wetlands Floodplains Clean Water & Reduced Flood lower cost Sequestered Carbon Habitat Resilient Communities Recreation Clean Air Rural Livelihoods $10 trillion spent between now and 2030 on water infrastructure worldwide (McKinsey 2013)

4 INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: WRI S APPROACH COUNT IT: Identify and map water and ecosystem risks and opportunities CHANGE IT: Mobilize and equip champions (audience) Making the case Advance needed policies, incentives, and design elements SCALE IT: Governments, Municipalities, and Utilities Development Banks and Networks: IDB, WRI Country Offices, IWA Businesses: FEMSA, Shell, Aqueduct Alliance, WBCSD, others

5 COUNT IT: IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES WRI Aqueduct WRI Global Forest Watch OPPORTUNITIES RISKS Various 3 rd Party Datasets WRI Atlas of Forest Restoration SOLUTIONS Via Targeted Natural Infrastructure Investment

6 CHANGE IT: MOBILIZE AND EQUIP CHAMPIONS BUSINESS POLICY MAKERS & DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES & UTILITIES CIVIL SOCIETY Corporations, Corporate Consultants, Investors, Asset Managers Bilateral Development Banks, Policy Makers, NGOs, National/Regional Govs. Municipalities, Water Treatment & Hydroelectric Plant Management Academics, Reports, Community Based Non- Profits, General Public OPERATIONAL & SUPPLY CHAIN RISK FOOD, WATER & ENERGY SECURITY WATER & ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & RESTORATION PROMOTING SOCIO-ECONMICAL DEVELOPMENT AWARENESS & LIVELYHOODS

7 CHANGE IT: MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE Present value of investment over 20 years, USD millions Most optimistic scenario (Portland, Maine; USA) Gray infrastructure upgrade (membrane filtration) $155 M Green infrastructure investments $44 M 71% savings Source: Talberth, J. et al Insights from the Field: Forests for Water. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute

8 CHANGE IT: DETAILED FINANCIALS Present value of investment over 20 years, USD millions Most optimistic scenario (Portland, Maine; USA) $155M $111 M $16 M $12 M $1 M $.2M $44M $15 M 9,400 acres 370 acres 13,220 acres 44 units 4,700 acres Total green Savings Membrane filtration (gray) Source: Talberth, J. et al Insights from the Field: Forests for Water. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute

9 Release - Tuesday 9/2/ UNEP Booth (B01:48)

10 CHANGE IT: ENABLING CONDITIONS

11 SCALE IT: WRI S NETWORK & PARTNERS

12 POLICY MAKERS & DEVELOPMENT FOOD, WATER & ENERGY SECURITY MUNICIPALITIES & UTILITIES WATER & ENERGY SUPPLY DEVELOPING WORLD: Hydro comprises over 80% of the national grid

13 POLICY MAKERS & DEVELOPMENT FOOD, WATER & ENERGY SECURITY MUNICIPALITIES & UTILITIES WATER & ENERGY SUPPLY Literature Review Select Indicators Conduct Geospatial Analysis Risk Indicators Change in Future Run-Off Seasonal Variability Erosion Facility Characteristics (Capacity, Reservoir Size) Country Dependence on Hydroelectricity

14 POLICY MAKERS & DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES & UTILITIES FOOD, WATER & ENERGY SECURITY Literature review, data availability, list of factors, explanation for each factor, data selection WATER & ENERGY SUPPLY

15 POLICY MAKERS & DEVELOPMENT FOOD, WATER & ENERGY SECURITY MUNICIPALITIES & UTILITIES WATER & ENERGY SUPPLY

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18 World Water Week Sessions Monday; 17:45-18:45 - Nature-based Solutions for Water and Energy (Room K16/17) Tuesday; 12:45-13:45 - Private sector innovation in Water Stewardship: The case of Coca-Cola in Latin America (Room T3)

19 THANK YOU Paul Reig James Mulligan Francis Gassert Robert Firme Dylan Cobean Yiyuan Jasmine Qin Suzanne Ozment Mindy Selman

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