Modeling the energy-water-land nexus: A review of opportunities and challenges for integrated assessment modeling Nils Johnson, Peter Burek, Simon Parkinson, Petr Havlik, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Keywan Riahi, and David Wiberg Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) 17 November 2015
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Modeling the energy-water-land nexus: A review of opportunities and challenges for integrated assessment modeling
Nils Johnson, Peter Burek, Simon Parkinson, Petr Havlik, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Keywan Riahi, and David Wiberg Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) 17 November 2015
The Nexus Challenge
Energy
Increasing resource demands
Underlying socioeconomic trends
Water
Land
Rising middle class
Population growth
Urbanization
Solutions for human welfare
Reliable Energy
Clean Water
Food, Feed, and Fiber
Avoiding Environmental Degradation
Climate Change
Aquatic Ecosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Scoping Study/Literature Review
Annotated Bibliography: ~400 papers, reports, and books Scoping study: Synthesis of over 120 papers
Implications of Water for Energy
Impacts of water availability and quality on the power sector
Water supply solutions can use substantial energy
• 19% of California’s electricity is used for water-related services • ~99% of Dubai’s water supply comes from desalination • Desalination consumes 10-12x more energy than standard treatment
van Vliet et al., Water constraints on global electricity supply: adaptation options for sustainable water-energy security, Nature Climate Change, Accepted/Embargoed (do not cite or quote).
Uncertainty Range
Range of 2ºC Scenarios
Implications of Energy for Water Range of 2°C Scenarios
Fricko et al., Energy sector water use implications of a 2 ˚ C climate policy, In Review (do not cite or quote).
No climate policy
Water Withdrawal
Uncertainty Range
Consumption
Fricko et al., Energy sector water use implications of a 2 ˚ C climate policy, In Review (do not cite or quote).
Implications of Energy for Water Efficiency + Adaptation
Range of 2ºC Scenarios
Water Withdrawal
No climate policy
Adaptation
Irrigated bioenergy
Land, water, and (bio)energy trade-offs Water implications
Bonsch et al., Trade-offs between land and water requirements for large-scale bioenergy production, GCB Bioenergy (2014).
BE_RF = Bioenergy_Rainfed
Land requirements 41% larger
deforestation
Land, water, and (bio)energy trade-offs Land and emissions implications
Bonsch et al., Trade-offs between land and water requirements for large-scale bioenergy production, GCB Bioenergy (2014).
CO2 emissions 44% larger
BE_Rainfed
Water availability varies through space and time Higher resolution tools are needed to better reflect resource constraints
Wada et al., Global monthly water stress: 2. Water demand and severity of water stress, Water Resources Research, 47 (2011). Vörösmarty et al., Global water resources: Vulnerability from climate change and population growth, Science, 289 (2000) 284-288.
Spatial resolution
Temporal resolution
McDonald et al., Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure, Global Environmental Change, 27 (2014) 96-105.
Connectivity is key Distribution infrastructure and trade are important solutions to resource scarcity
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Water Conveyance Socioeconomic Heterogeneity
Average distance of water transport (km)
< $1035 per capita
> $12616 per capita
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Financial and Institutional Capacity Human water security (HWS)
Vörösmarty et al., Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity, Nature, 467 (2010) 555-561.
IFPRI & VEOLIA, The murky future of global water quality: A new global study projects rapid deterioration in water quality, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2015.
Importance of environmental quality, not just quantity Water quality risk associated with nitrogen pollution
IFPRI & VEOLIA, The murky future of global water quality: A new global study projects rapid deterioration in water quality, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2015.
Importance of environmental quality, not just quantity Water quality risk associated with nitrogen pollution