This webinar takes a closer look at the global nutrient challenge and the work of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) to promote better science and policy solutions to overcome this challenge. Learn more at https://www.wri.org/events/2019/03/webinar-global-nutrient-management-toolbox

1. PRESENTED BY THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE AND THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT (GPNM)
GLOBAL NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
Meet Local and Global Nutrient Goals
& Reduce Harm to the Environment
MARCH 7, 2019

2. WEBINAR OUTLINE
• Opening remarks……………………..
• Introduction to the global nutrient
challenge………………………………
• Local examples……………………….
• Addressing the nutrient challenge…..
• Toolbox demonstration……………….
• Questions & answers
• Closing remarks………………………
Dr. Christopher Cox, UN Environment
Prof. N. Raghuram, Int’l Nitrogen Initiative Chair
Dr. Sasha Koo-Oshima, UN FAO
Dr. Christopher Cox, UN Environment
Sara Walker, WRI
Dr. Christopher Cox, UN Environment
Moderated by Lis Bernhardt, UN Environment

3. WELCOME FROM THE GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP ON NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Christopher Cox
UN Environment
GPNM Secretariat

4. Addressing the
Global Nutrient Challenge
The Global Partnership on Nutrient
Management

5. The Nutrient Challenge
• The Nutrient Challenge is mostly about…
• The balance between food production and environmental
considerations
• Around the efficient use of NUTRIENTS!
• Issue of….
• too much nutrients going into the environment or
• too little nutrients in maintaining healthy productive ecosystems
• Sustainable management of….
• Reactive forms of Nitrogen and Phosphorus
• Main components of fertilizers and wastewater

6. Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM)
• Multi-sectoral international partnership
• Established under UNEP Global Programme of Action (GPA)
in 2009
• Key roles:
• Catalyze strategic advocacy and co-operation at the
global and regional levels
• As a knowledge platform to support science policy
interaction and translating science for policy makers

7. Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM)
• Key roles cont’d:
• To provide information and enhance capacities to
address the growing problem of nutrient over-enrichment
and eutrophication
• To position nutrient issues as part of the international
sustainable development agenda
• advance Sustainable Development Goals, in particular
under Goal 14 on conservation of the oceans and
Goal 2 on sustainable agriculture

8. Partners

9. THE GLOBAL NUTRIENT
CHALLENGE
Prof. N. Raghuram
International Nitrogen Initiative Chair

10. The global concern
Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to the biosphere and oceans
“Planetary boundaries” (Johan Rockström et al., 2009) define safe operating
space for humanity with respect to the Earth system; associated with the
planet's biophysical subsystems or processes
Boundary for N is greatly exceeded; Boundary for P is being
approached

11. Too much nutrients….
Sources
Fertilizer excess runoff
Livestock waste runoff
Untreated wastewater
Air pollution

12. Too much nutrients….
Impacts
>500 eutrophic/hypoxic coastal
systems
>245,000 km2 of water area
worldwide
Global loss of ecosystem services
=USD 200 billion/year

13. Too little nutrients…
Poor nourishment, social conflict
Land degradation
Harvest more than is replaced by nutrients - nutrient
mining, reduced crop yield and failure

14. And on top of all that….
Climate change
Bleached corals…further
weakened due to
nutrient pollution
Releases of nitrous oxid
Deoxygenation of marine waters

15. Setting Goals!
Core SDG targets related to sustainable nutrient management:
• Target 2.4 – sustainable food production
• Target 6.3 – good ambient water quality
• Target 14.1 – reduced nutrient pollution in the marine environment

16. The business of nutrients
…can we sell this?
•Taking the science talk to money talk!
•The Green/Blue Economy
• Fertilizer saving – increased efficiency: US$23 bn/yr
• Environmental and human health benefits: US$160 bn/yr
• Implementation investment costs: US$12 bn/yr
•Net Benefit: US$170 bn/yr
Source: Our Nutrient World (2013)

17. ADDRESSING THE NUTRIENT
CHALLENGE
Dr. Christopher Cox
UN Environment

18. Countries stepping up!
• Countries are committing to the “nikking the
nutrient nuisance”
• UN Environment Assembly (UNEA3)
resolutions - addressing nutrient pollution - air,
soil, water, oceans
• Emerging UNEA4 resolution on Sustainable
Nitrogen Management
• Global coordinated action
• Regional and national N assessments
• Europe and India

19. Countries stepping up!
• Support from the Global Environment Facility - UNEP
global projects
• Global Nutrient Cycle (GNC)
• Building knowledge foundations; strengthen GPNM
• Toward an International Nitrogen Management System
(INMS)
• Global/Regional N assessments; policy options

20. For more information
visit us at
http://web.unep.org/gpa/what-we-do/global-partnership-nutrient-management
http://www.nutrientchallenge.org/
Join the GPNM
http://nutrientchallenge.org/application-form

21. DEMONSTRATION OF THE GLOBAL NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
Sara Walker
World Resources Institute

22. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLBOX
The purpose of the toolbox is to demonstrate policy
and technological options, which offer potential
solutions for managing nutrients to decision makers
and practitioners alike.
http://nutrientchallenge.org/gpnm-toolbox

23. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
http://nutrientchallenge.org/bmp-database

24. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DATABASE
Agriculture
• Conservation buffers
• Erosion control
• Drainage control
• Irrigation management
• Grazing management
• Wetland creation
• Etc.
Urban
• Detention
• Filtration
• Infiltration
• Septic management
• Urban erosion control
• Urban stream restoration
• Etc.
Practices searchable by: sector
Practices searchable by: category

25. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DATABASE
Arid
Semiarid
Tropical
Temperate
Practices searchable by: climatic zone
Practices searchable by: land use/agriculture type
Animal confinement
Fodder
Palm oil
Pasture
Rice
Row crop
Small grains
Practices searchable by: scalability to small farms
Only show practices scalable to small farms?

26. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DATABASE

27. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DATABASE

28. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
http://nutrientchallenge.org/nutrient-management-policy-framework

29. http://nutrientchallenge.org/gpnm-toolbox
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK

30. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
http://nutrientchallenge.org/policy-database

31. POLICY DATABASE
• Environmental outreach &
education
• Regulatory approaches
• Price-based instruments
• Market-based instruments
• Ecosystem restoration and
protection
• Institutions & capacity
• Research, monitoring, &
evaluation
Policies searchable by: category

32. POLICY DATABASE
• Environmental outreach
& education
• Regulatory approaches
• Price-based instruments
• Market-based
instruments
• Ecosystem restoration
and protection
• Institutions & capacity
• Research, monitoring, &
evaluation
Policies searchable by: type
-environmental bans and restrictions
-environmental standards
-environmental caps & limits
-regulatory frameworks
-ecosystem restoration
-protected areas
-land purchases
-covenants & easements
-stewardship agreements

33. POLICY DATABASE
Asia
Europe
Middle East
North America
Oceana
South
America
Practices searchable by: region
Practices searchable by: sector
Agriculture
Aquaculture
Fisheries
Mixed
Transport
Urban
Wastewater

34. POLICY DATABASE

35. POLICY DATABASE

36. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
nutrientchallenge.org/toolbox/gpnm-toolbox

37. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
User defines area of interest:
Continent
Ocean
Sea
Basin
Step 1

38. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR

39. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
• Based on geographic selection, tool
provides editable data on:
– Land area
– Population
– Gross domestic product
– Agricultural activities
– Wastewater
Step 2

40. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR

41. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
User selects measures to run scenarios:
• Measures via sliders
- increase/decrease agricultural inputs, sewage treatment, etc.
OR
• Measures via BMPs
- increase/decrease BMP implementation
Step 3

42. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
Select measures via sliders

43. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
Select measures via BMPs

44. TOOLBOX CALCULATOR
View results
Evaluate progress toward SDG
14.1 using the Index of Coastal
Eutrophication Potential

45. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
nutrientchallenge.org/toolbox/gpnm-toolbox

46. CASE STUDIES

47. CASE STUDIES

48. ELEMENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
nutrientchallenge.org/toolbox/gpnm-toolbox

49. SYNTHESIS REPORT

50. SUMMARY
• Toolbox serves as a resource for information about
nutrient reduction strategies from farm scale to
national scale
• Farmers and extension agents can use the
practice database to learn about conservation
practice options
• Decision makers can use the policy database and
case studies to learn about programs and policies
working in other areas

51. Access the Toolbox at:
nutrientchallenge.org/gpnm-toolbox
Questions?
Want to contribute to the content?
Interested in adapting it in your region?
Contact us:
christopher.cox@un.org
sara.walker@wri.org
THANK YOU!