session 4 - global forum water-energy-food nexus, november 2014, manders

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New Perspectives on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Understanding the long-term trends and interactions

Global Forum on Environment, 27-28 November 2014, OECD, Paris

The nexus

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land water

agriculture Clim

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change

resources

forestry

energy

economy

Bottlenecks: water use

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Serious water scarcity

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Water for agriculture

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Energy for agriculture

Energy for fertilizer, fuel, processing

Markets do exist (with flaws)

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The energy-water-food nexus - setting the scene

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Agriculture for energy

Biofuels prime example of interlinkage

– e.g. 20% of US corn market

– blending mandates increase competion for land and water

– limited impact on foodprices

Future may look different

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Bottleneck: land-use

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Bottlenecks: land-use

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Soil degradation

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Some insights

Strong linkages between water-energy-food

Bottlenecks are serious

Naive poicies may have perverse impacts

Integrated assessment

Dynamic assessment

Regional scale - hotspots

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Thank you

ton.manders@pbl.nl

www.pbl.nl

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