03 sept. 2013
00:00
Seminar // Understanding the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
This seminar explored the depth of the interconnections between water, energy and food and consider how effective policy can promote the security and sustainability of these essential resources now and in the future.
Understanding the interdependencies between water, energy and food is crucial for policy-makers and business-people, particularly as global population growth places increasing stress on all these sectors. For example, the most recent World Energy Outlook from the IEA in Paris found that water consumption for energy production will double by 2035. This seminar was kindly supported by Shell.
About the speakers:
-Karl Falkenberg, Director General in DG Environment at the European Commission since 2009, will deliver the keynote address.
-Experts from different strands of the Nexus will respond, including:
--David Norman, Senior Manager for Sustainable Development Policy at SAB Miller
--Prof. Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at Trinity College Dublin.