Climate
   Change
   and
   Water

                9 out 10
                climate change events are water-related

                $18 billion a year
                the cost of natural disasters in low & middle-
                income countries

               12% of the world population
                drinks water from unimproved and unsafe sources

                2 billion people
                live in countries experiencing high water stress

               30% of the world population
                live without any form of sanitation

Water scarcity in some places will                      600 million children
displace between 24 million                       globally will be living in areas
and 700 million people                           of extremely high water stress
                                                                   The number of
Climate impacts                                                people at risk from
could push up to                                              floods will increase
132 million into                                             from $1.2 billion
poverty            2025          2035          2045
                                                                to $1.6 billion
                          2030          2040          2050




              Every $1 spent
              in climate-resilient infrastructure yields $4 in savings

              Shift to low-carbon, resilient economies
              could create over 65 million new jobs globally
              by 2030
              Mangrove forests
              could generate over $80 million per year in avoided
              losses from flooding and protect 18 million people
              In 2020, the WBG committed $21.4 billion
              to climate-related investments, surpassing targets for
              the third year in a row

              World Bank’s financing for climate
              adaptation went from 40% of climate finance
              in 2016 to over 50% in 2020                            For more information:
                                                                  www.worldbank.org/water