Gary White is the CEO of Water.org, a non-profit that helps people gain access to safe water and sanitation. He also leads WaterEquity, an asset management firm deploying capital towards the global water and climate crisis.

He speaks with Paul van Zyl about ‘creating the financial plumbing’ to allow global capital markets to respond to individuals’ needs, he explains why poorly managed infrastructure is a climate problem, and proposes solutions to tackling the problem whilst looking at good examples from around the world, including India.