{"id":995,"date":"2012-03-29T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2012\/03\/29\/nexus-publishes-policy-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2012-03-29T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:26:40","slug":"nexus-publishes-policy-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/nexus-publishes-policy-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonn 2011 Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus Conference Publishes Policy Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results of the \u201cBonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus \u2013 Solutions for a Green Economy<\/a>\u201d have been published in the form of a conference synopsis and set of policy recommendations.The conference, which took place from 16-18 November 2011, in Bonn, Germany, was attended by over 500 participants and was organized to facilitate the creation of a specific German contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). <\/span><\/p>\n

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The policy recommendations document is noted to have been the result of a broad participatory stakeholder process and states that \u201cachieving water, energy and food security, and consequently reducing hunger and eradicating poverty, is a central future challenge that is possible even under difficult and challenging global economic conditions.\u201d The document focuses on developing a \u201cnexus approach\u201d that stresses: policy and action coherence between water, energy and agricultural policy-making and sectors; accelerating access to energy, sanitation and food; increasing resource efficiency; valuing natural infrastructure; and mobilizing consumer influence. It concludes with messages on taking action and assigning specific responsibilities to national governments and parliamentarians, international and development organizations, local authorities and utilities, business and the private sector, financiers, and civil society.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conference synopsis document: summarises conference high-level speaker highlights; examines avariety of issues discussed at the conference, such as understanding the nexus, interactions among sectors, coordinating efforts, climate change, bioenergy, water and hygiene, energy efficiency, and urbanisation; and provides case studies of the \u201cnexus approach\u201d in action, including one on \u201cIndia: Nexus leads to annual 9.6% GDP growth\u201d and another titled \u201cNew seawater greenhouse technology replenishes irrigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Conference was hosted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the World Economic Forum and WWF as strategic partners.<\/span><\/p>\n