16 mai 2012
00:00
Forum // "Powering Progress Together": Forum on Energy, Water and Food, Rotterdam
This Energy-Water-Food Nexus will be a significant factor in quality of life on the planet in the coming decades. It is therefore critical to raise awareness of the challenges ahead and how each of us can make a positive contribution.
There is a growing awareness of the connection between our global energy, water and food systems. Energy is used to move and treat water; water is used to produce nearly all forms of energy; and energy and water are needed to produce food. In the coming decades, population growth, rising prosperity and rapid urbanisation will put growing pressure on the world's resources. By 2030, global demand for water, energy and food are expected to rise by 30-50%. At the same time, climate change remains a challenge and an opportunity.
This Energy-Water-Food Nexus will be a significant factor in quality of life on the planet in the coming decades. It is therefore critical to raise awareness of the challenges ahead and how each of us can make a positive contribution.
On 16 May 2012, Shell and the City of Rotterdam will co-host the POWERING PROGRESS TOGETHER Forum which will gather more than 500 leaders, experts and talents from business, government and civil society in downtown Rotterdam. Over one day, dynamic speakers will explore the Energy-Water-Food Nexus through presentations, panel discussions and an interactive touch table.