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Surveying Risk, Building Opportunity: Financial Impacts of Energy, Water and Climate Risks on Real Estate in Asia

Shally Venugopal, Dana Krechowicz, Charanjit Singh (HSBC), and Roshan Padamadan (HSBC), with Deepa Shinde

April, 2010

This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with energy security, water scarcity, and climate change for the real estate sector in Southeast Asia. It also discusses financial opportunities in the region’s growing green building market.

Over Heating: Financial Risks from Water Constraints on Power Generation in Asia

Amanda Sauer, Piet Klop, Sumeet Agrawal (HSBC)

April, 2010

This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including growing water scarcity and declining water quality, on thermal and hydroelectric power generation plants.

NEWS RELEASE: Water Shortages Put Asian Power Sector at Risk

April 15, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

More than half of existing and planned power plants in South and Southeast Asia are located in areas currently considered water scarce or stressed, according to findings in a report released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence.

NEWS RELEASE: Asian Food and Beverage Sector Vulnerable to Climate and Water Risks

April 15, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Environmental trends could have significant financial repercussions for the $40 billion food and beverage industry in South and Southeast Asia, according to a report released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence.

Thermal Power and Hydropower Plant Locations and Water Stress Level

April 14, 2010

WRI mapped water scarcity data with plant locations for the largest publicly listed power generation companies in Southeast Asia.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Tele-Press Conference on Environmental Risks Facing Major Business Sectors in South Asia

April 13, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: The World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence will hold a Tele-press conference to discuss three new reports analyzing the environmental risks facing the electricity, food & beverage and building sectors in South Asia.

Weeding Risk: Financial Impacts of Climate Change and Water Scarcity on Asia’s Food and Beverage Sector

Dana Krechowicz, Shally Venugopal, Amanda Sauer, Sandeep Somani (HSBC), and Shipra Pandey (HSBC)

April, 2010

This report identifies the potential financial impacts arising from climate change and water scarcity on the food and beverage sector in South and Southeast Asia.

How Nutrient Trading Could Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay

Working Paper: February, 2010

This working paper describes the rationale for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region and estimates the economic benefits, including potential benefits to the agriculture, wastewater, and stormwater sectors.

Adding Environmental Risk to the Financial Equation

By Dana Krechowicz on February 1, 2010

Despite projections, many financial analysts ignore the risks and opportunities associated with environmental trends. ENVEST seeks to change this.

WRI’s Jonathan Lash to Brief Journalists on Environmental “Stories to Watch” for 2010

January 4, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: For the seventh straight year, Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute, will hold a briefing for journalists to preview key environmental issues to watch this year.

Save the Date for WRI's Environmental Stories to Watch 2010 Press Briefing

December 23, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), will brief journalists on January 7 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on upcoming environmental issues in 2010, including climate, business action, water, forests and more.

NEWS RELEASE: Suite of Policies Could Clean Up Polluted Waters

December 17, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Lawmakers should consider a suite of policies to reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones caused by eutrophication–the over-enrichment of nitrogen and phosphorous in freshwater and coastal ecosystems.

Protecting Waterways from a Deadly Problem

By Mindy Selman on December 17, 2009

Nutrient pollution emerges as one of the greatest threats to water quality.

Fact Sheet: How Nutrient Trading Can Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay

By Cy Jones on December 14, 2009

A new Fact Sheet on nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region covers issues such as potential costs and revenues, and how farmers and other stakeholders can benefit.

Fact Sheet: Stacking Payments for Ecosystem Services

By Nicholas Bianco on November 12, 2009

Payments for ecosystem services are becoming an increasingly important part of the U.S. business and regulatory landscape. As programs that provide payments for ecosystem services grow, policy makers will need to determine how these various payments should interact with each other.

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