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The World Resources Institute and HSBC's Climate Change Centre of Excellence recently released "Over Heating:  Financial Risks from Water Constraints on Power Generation", a report analyzing water-related risks facing thermal and hydroelectric power plants in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.  These plants require large amounts of water for cooling and generation.  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 the report.  4.10

Monday, October 27, 2008 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Empress A–B

Speaker(s)
Tim Draimin CEO, Tides Canada Foundation View
Donna Katzin Executive Director, Shared Interest View
Don Shaffer President and CEO, RSF Social Finance View
Tamara Vrooman CEO, Vancity Savings Credit Union

Description
Community investment and social finance has a long history in areas such as affordable housing and community economic development. The challenge today is to scale up community investment and social finance into a definable asset class attractive to institutional investors and the investing public. This session will look at trends in Europe, the U.S. and Canada, and strategies to expand the size and scale of community development investing.