Water as the Trojan Horse: Valuing Water from Scarcity Risk to Strategic Asset

Water is emerging as one of the defining investment and policy challenges of our time. Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical pressure, resource scarcity, climate and nature volatility, water is increasingly shaping the cost and resilience of food, energy, health, and global supply chains.

Financing water systems is critical to ensuring sovereign and economic resilience, corporate competitiveness and long-term capital allocation. This High-Level Plenary will explore the pathways forward of water-related investable opportunities and scalable water financing solutions.