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SUMMARY:The Brazilian Food-Energy-Water Nexus: policy integration challeng
 es in a complex system - Pablo Salas (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20170523T121000Z
DTEND:20170523T130000Z
UID:TALK72358@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Julius Weitzdörfer
DESCRIPTION:Collaboration between researchers and policy-makers has perhap
 s never been as crucial as it is today\, in view of the many critical issu
 es that countries\, particularly Brazil\, face in the context of the Water
 -Energy-Food (FEW) nexus. A perfect storm of complex interactions\, depend
 encies and vulnerabilities is most likely to be expected in Brazil\, given
  its current environmental and economic situation. On the one hand\, clima
 te change is highly likely to change weather patterns\, which will detrime
 ntally affect agriculture and biodiversity in Brazil. On the other hand\, 
 Brazilian economy relies heavily on exports of natural resources for prosp
 erity\, and global changes in demand for commodities will put pressure on 
 the Brazilian economy. In this talk\, I will present the main aspects of t
 he complex nexus system\, with special focus on the challenges associated 
 to create policy to improve the resilience of the Brazilian FEW Nexus.\n\n
 Dr Pablo Salas is an Economist and Electrical Engineer by training\, with 
 a PhD in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge. He is currently a 
 Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Environment\, Energy and Natur
 al Resource Governance (C-EENRG)\, Department of Land Economy. Dr Salas' w
 ider research examines how interactions among energy\, environmental and e
 conomic systems can be used to improve global strategies for climate chang
 e risk reduction and sustainable economic development. As part of his fell
 owship\, he is also leading the development of various outreach activities
  at C-EENRG\, actively connecting academics with policy makers and innovat
 ors.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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