Reach 100 million people with safe water and sanitation through the Water and Climate Initiative

Water.org has launched its most important initiative to date—a Water and Climate Initiative to reach 100 million people living in poverty with safe water and sanitation solutions.

The Water and Climate Initiative is unique in its scale and focus on both the demand and supply sides of water, including utilities, enterprises focused on water and sewage treatment, wastewater management, water loss reduction, and sanitation infrastructure.
Water.org’s decades of insights led to this Initiative, which unites market-building activities with the global capital markets. An experienced team will work with financial institutions and climate-resilient water and sanitation infrastructure projects and companies to make them investment-ready and equipped to meet the needs of families living in poverty, building a $1 billion pipeline of high-quality, climate-smart investable deals. To accelerate the flow of financing to that pipeline, Water.org will match capital providers, like WaterEquity, to deal flow in emerging markets focused on low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure. This deal flow will crowd in even more capital for water and sanitation services, which is critical to achieving SDG6 and managing climate change.