05 Sep 2013 00:00

Seminar at the World Water Week 2013 // Water and Energy: Beyond the Nexus

Approaches to strength collaboration between the water and energy communities in order to develop appropriate response measures, manage trade-offs, and maximize co-benefits will be discussed.

Increasing recognition of the water and energy "nexus" has raised awareness of the inter-linkages/interdependencies between these domains, both essential to economic growth and social development, and the need to take account of impacts and generate benefits across multiple sectors.

Thursday 5 Sep 2013, 09:00-12:30 Room K21

However, many barriers to cooperation between decision-makers and practitioners from water and energy still exist - from segregated market, policy and governance structures to different the use of vocabularies and the challenge of generating/combining data and information from different domains - which in turn complicate the evaluation and management of trade-offs. This event will reach beyond the usual "water for energy"/"energy for water" metrics, focusing on a more practical investigation of the broader water implications of the changing global energy mix and other trends in energy production and technology development.

Programme

09:00 Welcome and opening remarks Mr. Olcay Ãœnver, WWAP 09:05 Seminar Objectives Mr. Andreas LindstrÃ¶m, SIWI 09:10 Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Panel. Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, SEI

Emerging Issues in the Energy Sector

09:15 Recent Developments in Energy Production and their Water Implications -Technical Aspects Prof. Gustaf Olsson, Lund University, Sweden 09:35 Energy Policy Development and Implementation in the European Union: Trends and Emerging issues Dr. Jens Bartholmes, EC 09:50 Energy Policy Development and Implementation in the Eastern Africa Region: Trends and Emerging Issues Mr. Zelalem Gebrehiwot, Eastern Africa Power Pool 10:05 Energy Security and the Changing Energy Mix - What Future? Dr. Jakob Granit, SEI 10:20 Quantifying Trade-offs of the Water-Energy Nexus Dr. Diego Rodriguez, WB 10:35 Coffee Break 11:05 Panel Discussion: Implications for Water, Other Users and the Environment -Prof. Gustaf Olsson, Lund University, Sweden -Dr. Jens Bartholmes, EC -Mr. Zelalem Gebrehiwot, Eastern Africa Power Pool -Dr. Jakob Granit, SEI -Dr. Diego Rodriguez, WB -Mr. Richard Connor, UNESCO-WWAP -Ms. Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, South Africa 12:00 Questions and Answers 12:25 Closing statement Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Chairman UN-Energy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General & CEO Sustainable Energy for All Initiative 12:30 Close of Seminar