The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a New Frontier

Speaker: Professor Zafar Adeel, SFU School of Sustainable Energy Engineering and Executive Director Pacific Water Research Centre

This is a webinar only event

The concept of strategic, policy, and pragmatic nexus between managing water, energy, and food domains has emerged in the past decade. This concept is built on the argument that water, energy, and food represent three cross-linked services that are essential to economic, social, and environmental development of any country or region. It is critical to understand that these three services and the accompanying sectors are intertwined and cross-linked to constitute a triangular relationship.

Dr. Zafar Adeel is Director of the SFU School of Sustainable Energy Engineering and also serves as Executive Director of SFU's Pacific Water Research Centre. He has over 30 years of experience in a broad range of environmental science and policy issues, including serving 18 years as a senior UN official. He has held several international leadership roles including Chair UN-Water (2010-2012) and Co-Chair Millennium Ecosystem Assessment global desertification synthesis team (2002-2005). His research focuses on the intersection of water security, technological innovation, and community-engaged research. He is also the Book Series Editor for Springer's “Water Security in a New World.”