[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading stm_title_font_weight=”600″ text=”A Water Investment Regulatory Dialogue Series” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” subtitle=”Building Investor-Grade Data Systems to Unlock Private
and Commercial Investment in Water Resilience”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading stm_title_font_weight=”400″ text=”An Invitation to Participate” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]The Resilient Water Accelerator (RWA), in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Financial Services, is pleased to invite South African partners from government, finance, utilities and industry colleagues to participate in a Water Investment Regulatory Dialogue Webinar Series taking place over 4 weeks in January and February 2026, featuring leading experts from global sustainability standard-setters, financial regulators, and water-sector institutions. These sessions are designed to build shared understanding of global developments shaping water-related disclosure, capital- market expectations, and investor-grade data systems topics that are central to South Africa’s ability to mobilize private and commercial investment for water resilience. 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[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading stm_title_font_weight=”300″ text=”Session 4: ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” subtitle=”Green swan & blue gold: Central banks, insurers, and financial threats from water risk”][vc_column_text css=””]This high-level discussion will focus on how water scarcity and flood risk are escalating into ‘green swan’ events–highly disruptive, systemic crises that threaten global financial sustainability. This webinar brings together central bank and insurance regulatory perspectives to address water’s critical role in the new era of climate risk management. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_sidebar sidebar=”5478″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wpfd_category_shortcode wpfd_category_random=”0.45201814396897666″ wpfd_selected_category_id=”151″ wpfd_category_title=”Water Finance Lab”]
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