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Do we have enough water and energy for tomorrow?

Katie Spooner Chief Water and Environment Adviser CAFODSTART Network

Global Scarcity?

Water and Energy for All?

Water & Energy Nexus

There are 3 guiding principle of the Nexus concept: • Investing to save ecosystem

services (sustainability)• Creating more with less

(efficiency & innovation)• Accelerating access, integrating

the poorest (equity)

• Understanding Context

• Small Scale Solutions

• Portfolio of Approaches

Local Solutions for Global Problems

Conclusion

• Be clear on who needs water and energy and understand the context• Complex problems need multi-stakeholder solutions, governments,

private sector and civil society should use

their shared knowledge to work together• Local solutions for global problems • Solutions should be equitable, sustainable and innovative