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GETTING THE POLICIES RIGHT FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Lola Vallejo Climate Change Adaptation & Development Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division Environment Directorate WPCID Expert Workshop 24 February 2016

• Context of this work
• Highlights from draft Survey on current

practices

• Questions for workshop participants

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Outline of the presentation

CONTEXT

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• Global infrastructure investments needs:

USD 90 trillion for 2015-2030

• Climate-related disruptions:

– 2012 superstorm Sandy (US): 5.4 million stranded commuters – 2007 summer floods (UK): 350 000 people without access to main water supply for 17 days

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Making infrastructure climate resilient

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DRAFT SURVEY ON CURRENT PRACTICES

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• What are OECD governments doing to

ensure their infrastructure is climate- resilient?

– Based on a review of grey literature – Focusing on national-level action in OECD countries – Building a framework for government action

• Increasing levels of action… and little

know about effectiveness

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Draft survey of current practices

Draft survey of current practices

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Policy levers Prevalence in OECD countries Evidence provision High Most countries have quantitatively assessed their national risks to infrastructure; local evidence varies.

Effectiveness issue: what works and what doesn’t in practice?

Accounting for climate risks in projects financed by governments Low A lot less evidence available for institutions investing domestically, than for multilateral institutions and development providers. Enabling resilience through policy and regulation Med Use of spatial planning regulations and technical standards (1/3 of countries revising national standards); less use of economic regulation. Disclosure of climate risks Low Only 2 reporting schemes in place.

QUESTIONS FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

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• What are the priorities for improving the

usefulness of evidence provision, and ways in which public and private sectors may collaborate?

• What is the potential for voluntary and

mandatory reporting initiatives on physical climate risks to contribute to driving investment in resilient infrastructure?

• How can the public and private sectors collaborate

to address risks arising from interdependencies between infrastructure sectors?

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Questions for session 1

• How can the risks from climate change best be

allocated in PPP infrastructure?

• How can capacity constraints be overcome and

incentives aligned to ensure implementation of national planning policies at the local level?

• Given that climate impacts are often context-

specific, what is the role of standards in supporting resilient infrastructure?

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Questions for session 2