Sustainability Advocates Eye 'Natural Infrastructure' Climate Bond Standard

摘要

A coalition of water advocates and investors advocating for sustainability practices is beginning to develop a set of standards for financing "natural infrastructure" projects that protect source waters from the effects of climate change, after the group earlier this month released a similar standard for protecting built infrastructure projects. The consortium - which includes the Climate Bonds Initiative, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, Ceres, CDP and World Resources Institute (WRI) - is in early talks to create a set of market standards for investors looking to fund source water protection efforts through "natural infrastructure approaches," such as reforestation, WRI Global Water Program Director Betsy Otto said during an Oct. 25 Environmental Law Institute event in Washington, D.C.