AT THE TIPPING POINT
• Until 2050, economic growth, changing consumption patterns,
climate change and population growth will increase global
energy demand by 30-40% and global food demand by 70%
• Heavily depending on the availability of water resources,
water supply, energy and food security will face difficult tradeoffs if business as usual continues
• By 2030, a 40% overall gap between global water supply and
demand is expected
AT THE TIPPING POINT
• Up to 50% of water is lost in developing countries and up to
28% in developed countries before it reaches the actual
consumer, mainly due to poor infrastructure. This directly
affects the energy costs of the service providers, increasing
the costs of water supply.
• Wastage in the process of food production and consumption is
considerable. About 25% of all food is discarded in the U.S.,
which means the wastage of the same amount of drinking
water and almost 300 million barrels of oil (about 4% of total
U.S. consumption).
AT THE TIPPING POINT
• Within the next decades, the way we deal with water, energy
and food security will strongly influence economic growth,
poverty eradication and preservation of important ecosystems
Green Economy
Definition
“An economy that results in improved human well-being
and reduced inequalities over the long term, while not
exposing future generations to significant environmental
risks and ecological scarcities.“
(UNEP 2010, GE-Report Preview)
AT THE TIPPING POINT
• “Water, energy and food security have always been interlinked and
interdependent. However, as we get to better understand the planetary
limits of growth and consumption in an environmentally constrained
world, this nexus has acquired new and more vigorous dimensions.
Achieving water, energy and food security has thus become more urgent
and yet ever more difficult and complicated.”
Asad Khan
Vice-Chair of the Bureau for the Rio 2012 Preparatory Process
“…Any strategy that focuses on one part of the water-food-energy nexus
without considering its interconnections risks serious unintended
consequences...”
World Economic Forum
Global Risk Report 2011
THE WATER-ENERGY-FOOD
SECURITY NEXUS
Think interlink!
Being prepared for a
resource scarce future
and meeting today’s
access challenges
(water, energy and food)
requires solutions that
take into account
all three sides of the
water, food and energy
security nexus
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BONN2011 CONFERENCE PROFILE
BONN2011 CONFERENCE
„Outcomes of the Bonn2011 Conference will be an
important contribution to the Rio2012 Conference“
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
 The conference is one of the official preparation conferences
of the Rio2012 Conference
 Bonn2011 will bring together leaders from governments,
businesses, NGOs, donors, and UN agencies to discuss the
Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
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PREPARATORY PROCESS
• International Steering Committee
• German Advisory Board
• Satellite Discussions
• Structured Multistakeholder Dialogue
(major groups)
SATELLITE DISCUSSIONS
WHY ? Sensitization of important players in the green economy
debate on the relevance of the water, energy and food
security nexus
Promotion of the Bonn 2011 Conference
HOW ? Organisation of side-events, presentations in plenary
sessions and back-to-back meetings
The linking of the Bonn 2011 Conference to already
existing initiatives and conferences creates synergies
and provides important contributions (esp. from other
sectors) to the contents of the conference
BONN2011 GOALS
The Bonn 2011 Conference provides a multi-stakeholder
platform to
create a better understanding of the interlinkages between the
sectors and to develop a joint perspective on common
challenges and their interrelations
discuss options and solutions as well as enabling framework
conditions and incentives for change for those topics which
bear the largest positive impact potential
Conference Process
Understanding
challenges and
intersecting
“hotspots”
Innovation Lab
–
learning from
what works
Identifying
common
enablers &
incentives
Policy
recommendations
& suggested
initiatives
CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
Bonn 2011 Conference: Draft Conference
Programme Overview
DAY 1: Wednesday, 16. November
Start
Registration
Excursions
Preparatory
Sessions
Lunch
Closed Events
Opening High Level Segment
Speeches, Keynotes, Paneldiscussion
Social/Cultural Event
Closed Events
16-18 November 2011
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CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
DAY 2: Thursday 17. November
Opening Plenary
Understanding the Water, Energy, Food Security Nexus
Hot Topic
Hot Topic
Hot Topic
Strategy Panel 1
Hot Topic
Good Practise
Thematic Session Thematic Session Thematic Session Thematic Session Presentations
Accelerating access,
integrating the bottom of the
Practical Sessions
pyramid
Lunch
Political Plenary
Strategy Panel 2
Creating more with less
Strategy Panel 3
Investing to sustain
eco-system services
Global
web-based
discussion
Hot Topic
Hot Topic
Hot Topic
Good Practise
Thematic Session Thematic Session Thematic Session Presentations
Practical Sessions
Innovation Lab
Good Practise
Presentations
Practical Sessions
Plenary
Discussion
Social/Cultutral Event
16-18 November 2011
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CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
DAY 3: Friday 18. November
Enabling environment and incentives for Water,
Energy, Food Security
Final Plenary (Outcomes)
- High Level Panel
- Presentation of Recommendations, Initiatives, Messages to
Rio2012
Lunch
Excursions
16-18 November 2011
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CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
 Positioning the Water-Energy-Food Security perspective as an
important dimension within the Rio2012 process and the
Green Economy debates
 Developing policy recommendations focusing on cross-sectoral
approaches
 Launching of specific initiatives to address the water, energy,
food security nexus in a coherent and a sustainable way
16-18 November 2011
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16-18 November 2011
World Conference Center
Bonn, Germany
www.water-energy-food.org