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Scaling Up WEF Nexus Solutions- What is FAO Doing about it?

April 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

This is the 5th session of the 2nd Round of Webinar on Water-Food-Energy. It focuses on NEXUS SOLUTIONS.

This session will present and discuss some of FAO’s tools and work regarding the implementation of the WEF Nexus approach. The presentation and discussion will be based on concrete examples of where FAO’s WEF Nexus approach and tools have been applied to the assessment of sustainable bioenergy potential, solar irrigation, and investments in renewable energy for food chains. The session will also feature some major challenges and opportunities to scale up the WEF Nexus.

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Webinar Agenda

Time Content Speaker
13:30-13:35 Opening Remarks Domitille Valle, CTA-WEPS-NENA Project, FAORNE

Michael Jacobson, Pennsylvania State University

13:35-14:15 Presentation on examples of FAO’s tools and work on the WEF Nexus Olivier Dubois,   Senior Natural Resources Officer

Irini Maltsoglou, Natural Resources Officer

Manas Puri,      Sustainable Energy Expert

(OCB)-FAO-HQ

14:15-14:45 Q&A and discussion Participants

This webinar series is supported by the regional project, “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA countries” (WEPS-NENA) under the FAO led regional Water Scarcity Initiative (WSI). RNE-WEPS-NENA@fao.org

Website: http://www.fao.org/in-action/water-efficiency-nena/webinars/nexus-webinars/en/

For more information about the Water-Energy-Food Nexus 2nd Round Webinar series organizations, please link to WEF Nexus in Africa Initiative (wefnexus.org), WE4F (https://we4f.org), GIZ Nexus Dialogues(https://www.water-energy-food.org/resources/fact-sheet-nexus-regional-dialogues-programme-phase-ii), and SEI (https://www.sei.org).

 

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Date:
April 19, 2022
Time:
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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