GETTING THE POLICIES RIGHT FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WPCID Expert Workshop 24 February 2016 GETTING THE POLICIES RIGHT FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE Lola Vallejo Climate Change Adaptation & Development Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division Environment Directorate

Outline of the presentation • Context of this work • Highlights from draft Survey on current practices • Questions for workshop participants 2

CONTEXT 3

Making infrastructure climate resilient • 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 4

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DRAFT SURVEY ON CURRENT PRACTICES 5

Draft survey of current practices • 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 6

Draft survey of current practices Policy levers Prevalence in OECD countries Evidence provision High Most countries have quantitatively assessed their national risks to infrastructure; local evidence varies. Accounting for climate Low A lot less evidence available for institutions risks in projects investing domestically, than for multilateral financed by institutions and development providers. governments Enabling resilience Med Use of spatial planning regulations and technical through policy and standards (1/3 of countries revising national regulation standards); less use of economic regulation. Disclosure of climate Low Only 2 reporting schemes in place. risks Effectiveness issue: what works and what doesn’t in practice? 7

QUESTIONS FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS 8

Questions for session 1 • 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? 9

Questions for session 2 • 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? 10