On-Demand Webinar: Energy-Water Nexus Transition to Address Climate Change
Evaluating the energy-water nexus reveals connections in public policy, infrastructure planning, efficiency and conservation, and pricing and affordability to better meet demand for both.
ISE (now the Institute for Global Sustainability, IGS) Energy of the Future webinar series
Across the world, sustained urban growth is changing the profile of energy and water demand. Unless there are systemic changes, the interlinkages between the need for these resources by a vexing human population will continue to impact the global climate and make it difficult to achieve sustainable development by 2030 or beyond.
This poses questions about how to transition both energy and water systems to meet future demand. The conventional approaches of developing transition pathways for each resource in isolation do not account for the complex interactions, risks, and opportunities that could be revealed by considering the nexus. The connections between key issues such as public policy, infrastructure planning, efficiency and conservation, and pricing and affordability for both should be co-analyzed to find solutions with co-optimized outcomes.
In this webinar, we discuss new approaches that show promise in creating the future energy and water systems we need based on simultaneously considering the transition of the water and energy nexus.
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Panelists:
- Dr. Jacqueline Ashmore, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability)
Ashmore is a clean energy and sustainability expert with 15 years of experience in technology, business, and policy spheres. Her research covers the topics of integrated water management to support sustainable and affordable water supplies and city actions to drive equitable climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.
- Gustaf Olsson, Professor Emeritus, Lund University
Olsson has devoted his research to the control and automation of urban water systems, power production, electrical power systems, and industrial processes. He now focuses on the water‐energy nexus.
Moderator:
- Lawrence E. Jones, Senior Fellow, Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability and Vice President, International Programs at Edison Electric Institute
Jones is an award-winning industry leader, author, and practitioner with over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Under his leadership, EEI’s International Programs has more than 65-member companies with operations in over 90 countries.
Hosted by the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (now Institute for Global Sustainability) with the support of our sponsors:
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