27 Oct 2016 18:30

Lecture // The Food-Water-Energy Nexus - The Energy Challenge

In his talk Dr Tim Fox will focus on the energy challenge of the nexus. The defining human challenge of the 21st Century is likely to be that of feeding an estimated global population of 9 – 10 billion, an increase of around 2.5 billion on 2016, while simultaneously tackling the impacts of climate change in a world characterised by competition for depleting resources of water, energy and land. Given that the global food system accounts for about 70% of human water use, and is estimated to utilise around 30% of energy supply, the food-water-energy nexus is a critical relationship to understand in meeting this challenge sustainably.

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University of Plymouth
Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL48AA
United Kingdom 27 Oct 2016
18.30-21.00h Source: IET website

About Dr. Tim Fox

Head of Energy and Environment, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, United Kingdom is responsible for developing the Institution’s thinking on energy, environment and sustainability issues. His role also includes communicating this through thought-leadership reports, public speaking engagements, national and international press and broadcast media appearances and by providing input to government policy making both nationally and internationally. He was lead author on the Institution’s recent groundbreaking report “Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not” which galvanized world attention on the issue of food waste and food loss across the supply chain from field to stomach. Tim has a wide range of research and engineering practice experience gained in many industrial sectors and has worked for commercial enterprises, government agencies and educational institutions in the UK, Australia, Canada and The Netherlands. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist as well as a Fellow of both the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Society of Arts.

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