This working paper aims to provoke discussion about how repayable finance can become a tool used to strengthen watershed resilience, and to highlight the many constraints needing to be overcome.

RWA has partnered with Pollination to produce a new Discussion Document, Broadening the Water Investment Lens: Catalyzing New Opportunities to Mobilize Investment for Water Security Solutions in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs).

Alternative Financing Approaches and Models. The event, which was convened by the OECD and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), brought together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to explore funding and financing models that can foster greater sustainability and resilience of water-related investments.

As part of the 2023 UN Water Conference, RWA convened a meeting in New York to discuss how to scale up investment and boost global water security in the face of climate change.

As climate change increases the intensity of droughts and floods, putting water for people and ecosystems under pressure, the UK and Dutch governments have pledged action to fast-track water programmes fit for climate funding.

Updates to the estimates provided in WaterAid’s 2020 Report with ODI, Just add Water, (WaterAid, 2020) for total climate finance, climate finance for adaptation and water, illustrative breakdown for Africa, India, and Bangladesh, and more.

This joint report by WaterAid and Systemiq explores how water sector actors can boost global investment in water with blended finance solutions, unlocking this opportunity to address the water crisis and release economic value.