Presentation by Mr. Ton Manders, Deputy Head, Department of Climate, Air and Energy, PBL Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands

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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

2. The nexus
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landwater
agriculture
Climatechange
resources
forestry
energy
economy

3. Bottlenecks: water use
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4. Serious water scarcity
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5. Water for agriculture
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6. Energy for agriculture
 Energy for fertilizer, fuel, processing
 Markets do exist (with flaws)
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7. 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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8. Bottleneck: land-use
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9. Bottlenecks: land-use
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10. Soil degradation
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11. 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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12. Thank you
ton.manders@pbl.nl
www.pbl.nl
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