A rapidly rising global population and growing prosperity are putting unsustainable pressures on resources. Demand for water, food and energy is expected to rise by 30-50% in the next two decades, while economic disparities incentivize short-term responses in production and consumption that undermine long-term sustainability. Shortages could cause social and political instability, geopolitical conflict and irreparable environmental damage. Any strategy that focuses on one part of the water-food-energy nexus without considering its interconnections risks serious unintended consequences.
(World Economic Forum, 2011; emphasis added)
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The concept that water, energy and food (WEF) security is interdependent—not easily disentangled—is now part of the modern development canon
The global fear of resource scarcity, that propelled the first wave of sustainable development in the 20th century is still clearly evident in the second decade of the 21st century
The world’s poor are inevitably the most threatened and most severely impacted by water, energy and food insecurity, but the risks are systemic and felt at the highest geopolitical levels as well. The World Economic Forum described the “water-food-energy” security problem as follows:
Credit to: Global Water System Project (GWSP)
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SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH OUR LENSE
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Sustainability in its raw form is defined as to be sustained, supported and upheld.
Everything that we need for survival and livelihood depends, either directly or indirectly, on our environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can co-exist in sync. ensuring social and economic harmony for present and future generations
To sustain human existence, water - energy - food is essential. All these three elements are interconnected, direct or indirectly. In what we do, we enable all three elements to be interdependent of each other
Sustainability is realized through technology, providing solutions which interlock and serve each element. We are the instruments to enable this mechanism of sustainability
The Sustainabilty Nexus diagram below illustrates further
GLOBAL IMPACT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY NEXUS
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SUSTAINABILITY NEXUS DEFINED
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RE SUSTAINABILITY MODEL DEFINED
