John Matthews

Affiliation

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)

Track

Biography

John Matthews is the Executive Director and co-founder of AGWA: the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, which was established in 2010 with the World Bank. He has led the development of a variety of climate risk reduction methodologies that have been used in dozens of countries, prepared green bond criteria that have certified more than 15 billion USD in water resilience investments across six continents, and advised well over 100 countries on their national climate commitments. Current work includes co-leading the Water Tracker for National Climate Planning (engaging with about two dozen countries on the efficacy of their NDCs), developing a new generation of resilience indicators, working with businesses to incorporate resilience within operations, heading a program to engage macroeconomic planners and central bankers to blend resilience with traditional economic evaluation approaches, and contributing to large-scale technical climate risk assessments.