Climate: Results-Based Financing

Explores the integration of carbon financing into WASH initiatives, highlighting the potential for generating financial resources, enhancing project sustainability, and contributing to global climate goals through practical case studies and best practices.

Provides a concise summary of the Carbon Credits for WASH Interventions Learning Paper. This summary aims to highlight key points and takeaways, serving as an introduction to the broader discussions and conclusions detailed in the full document.

This comprehensive analysis led by MWA members UC Boulder and WaterAid, delves into the intersection of climate finance mechanisms and sustainable water management, offering insights into large-scale co-benefits and actionable recommendations for stakeholders.

I provide expert guidance on WASH and WRIM carbon financing, helping with project design, regulatory compliance, and best practices while supporting sustainable development initiatives. My advice is detailed and practical, though not a replacement for professional legal or financial advice.

Explore innovative research and practical applications for enhancing global water security, featuring presentations by leading experts like Evan Thomas and Jason Lopez. Supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, this session includes a dynamic panel discussion on leveraging carbon finance for sustainable water solutions, offering attendees valuable insights and actionable strategies.

Presentation slides on results-based financing for safe water and payment for eco-system services (PES) for nature-based solutions through carbon credits. Serves as a basic and broad overview of learning paper.

Water insecurity is increasing globally as one of the first perceivable effects of climate change. While water management is typically a local challenge, climate finance mechanisms offer the potential to switch climate-damaging capital toward climate reparative water infrastructure and create a sustainable, performance-based funding stream to incentivize safe water services globally.

Applicable to projects and programs that seek to introduce zero or low GHG water purification systems to provide safe drinking water, this methodology quantifies GHG emissions reductions displaced through decentralized thermal energy technologies.

Community Water Supply (CWS)

• ER-CWS: Emissions Reduction (ER) calculation tool for CWS projects
• BS-CWS: Baseline survey (BS) questionnaire for CWS projects
• HS-CWS: Household Survey (HS) questionnaire for CWS projects
• PS-CWS: Project survey (PS) questionnaire for CWS projects
• US-CWS: Usage survey (US) questionnaire for CWS projects
• WCFT-CWS: Water consumption field test (WCFT) questionnaire for CWS projects

Household Water Treatment (HWT)

• ER-HWT: Emissions reductions (ER) calculation tool for HWT technologies
• BS-HWT: Baseline survey (BS) questionnaire for HWT technologies
• HS-HWT: Household survey (HS) questionnaire for HWT technologies
• PS-HWT: Project Survey (PS) questionnaire for HWT technologies
• US-HWT: US questionnaire for HWT technologies
• WCFT-HWT: Water consumption field test (WCFT) questionnaire for HWT technologies

This survey should be adapted and edited according to the needs of the project.

This Methodology document is to enable A/R activities to quantify and certify emissions sequestration impacts. In turn this allows the Project to access Gold Standard VERs as per the Gold Standard Emissions Reduction and Sequestration Product Requirements.