Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Building the Way Forward IWA WATER & DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS OCTOBER 20, 2015.

Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Building the Way Forward

IWA WATER & DEVELOPMENT CONGRESSOCTOBER 20, 2015

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Source: FAO (2010) / WEO 2010/UNICEF 2010

Energy security: • Currently, 1.4bn people do not have sufficient electricity. • It is estimated that in 2030 1.2bn people will still lack access

to electricity

Food, water and energy

Food security: • 925 million people go hungry• Around 1 billion people suffer from the ‘hidden hunger’• World population is increasing by 6 million per month• An extra billion tonnes of cereals will be needed by 2030 (FAO)

Water security: • 1.2 billion people live in areas affected by physical water scarcity• 1.6 billion people live in areas affected by economic water scarcity• 884 million people lack access to clean water• Poor quality water in Middle East and North Africa costs from 0.5% to 2.5% of GDP.

2050 – The Challenge

9 Billion

People

55% More

Water

80% More

Energy

60%MoreFood

Food shortages crises

Energy and agriculture price volatilityWater supply crisis

Global Nexus Risks

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Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions

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AFRICAMay 2013

LATIN AMERICASeptember 2013

ASIAMarch 2014

CENTRAL ASIAJULY 2014

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

“Nexus Solutions?”

Which technologies?

What governance

arrangements?

Whose risks and benefits at which scales?

How can investment

pathways work across sectors?

Which sectors are most powerful?

Confronting Nexus Challenges

A Framework for Action

WAT E R l N E X U S l S O LU T I O N SWAT E R l N E X U S l S O LU T I O N S

Thank you!More information:

www.waternexussolutions.org