Workshop on the Water Energy Food Nexus. Hungarian Permanent Mission in Vienna, Monday 22 February, 2015

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1 J Workshop on the Water Energy Food Nexus Hungarian Permanent Mission in Vienna, Monday 22 February, 2015

2 One Goal: Achieving Sustainable Energy for All by 2030 All parties must act and work together to realize a world with Sustainable Energy for All Governments National governments Public institutions Cities and municipalities Multilateral organizations Bilateral development partners Global Action Agenda, with a set of Action Areas, will facilitate dialogues and guide action towards SE4ALL goal globally Businesses Energy companies Financial players All companies Civil society Organization Academic institutions Individuals Country Action to accelerate progress toward nationallytailored sustainable energy for all objectives, based on country s own action plans and programmes Energy efficiency Energy access Renewable energy Monitoring and Progress Tracking to recognize achievements, share lessons and ensure accountability High impact opportunity initiatives to mobilise multistakeholder partnerships, commitments and investment linked to key Action Areas 2

3 Growing the SE4All movement: Strong Commitments to Sustainable Energy for All Governments, business, organizations and civil society: Hundreds of billion dollars in commitments announced at Rio+20, benefitting, among others, some one billion people over the next decades. European and US commitments alone means we can halve energy poverty by National/Local level 100 countries (85 developing countries) already involved, spanning four continents. Streamlined process to catalyze country action: gap analysis (with support from UNDP, regional development banks, World Bank and other partners), creation of national actions plans, implementation, monitoring. 30 initial focus countries, in the first phase. Many municipalities (e.g. cities, towns) taking strong actions for sustainable energy, e.g. through the newly created SE4All Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. Regional/International level EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit: Commitment to Sustainable Energy for All (500 M more people energy access by 2030) Declaration by Energy Ministers of Africa Declaration by Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries Clean Energy Ministerial commitment to SE4All Global processes UN General Assembly: Year (2012) and Decade of Sustainable Energy for All Rio+20: We are all determined to make sustainable energy for all a reality UNGA: UN Decade on Sustainable Energy for All ( ) OWG SDG: Energy one of the proposed goals (SDG 7) for the global post 2015 agenda 3

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5 Energy is central to development Energy the single most important element for transforming developing economies. Access to sustainable energy for all is essential for strengthening economies, eliminating poverty, protecting ecosystems, and achieving a more equitable society. Energy is at the heart of the core interest of all each and every country or business whether it is for health, education, the empowerment of women, food production, security, the mitigation of climate change, the creation of new jobs or the expansion of markets Jim Yong Kim. 5

6 Nexus dimensions go beyond water, energy and food 6

7 Global challenges are interlinked. 7

8 ..and the opportunities too are interlinked If we are successful in realizing the ambition in SDG7, we will be successful in realizing the ambitions in many more of the Goals, not least of which will be SDG 13 [climate action]. This agenda is firmly rooted in the ability of a woman to seek medical care in a hospital, knowing that the lights won t go out; SDG 3. This is an agenda about being able to turn the irrigation pump on for the small farmer in a [dry] part of the developing world SDG 2. This is about being able to put the light on, do the homework, graduate and contribute to society SDG 4.. Ms. Rachel Kyte Energy should be addressed as a crosscutting issue 8

9 SE4All High Impact Opportunities Building strong partnerships Facilitating common action Forging lasting commitments 9

10 Nexus Agenda Exploring joint opportunities to maximize outcomes, e.g. Nexus HIO raising awareness to attract interest & investment opportunities Global Partnership Advocacy/ Outreach Nexus Auditing Capacity Development Understanding interactions between nexus dimensions Nexus application and supporting integrated policy 10

11 HIO on Water Energy Food Nexus Overall Goal: To contribute to the achievement of SE4ALL objectives by: 1. Improving the awareness and knowledge about the nexus; 2. Promoting the implementation of nexus action and solutions; 11

12 What the Nexus HIO is doing Develop harmonized, robust, practical and cost effective approaches for assessing nexus challenges and trade offs; Integrate the nexus perspective in policies and projects at country level; Document and disseminate knowledge about nexus solutions and best practices; Engage international organizations and civil society stakeholders to facilitate the deployment of nexus knowledge, tools/approaches and solutions. 12

13 Further Information 13

14 SE4All Workshop on the Water Energy Food Nexus 14

15 Background Monday, 16 March 2015, Ambassadors and representatives from over 40 Permanent Missions in Vienna participated in a thematic briefing on the water energy food nexus H.E. Ambassador Karoly Dan, proposed an international forum on the water energy food nexus to: support SE4All nexus activities and strengthen international partnership on nexus action 15

16 Why this workshop? Realities, challenges, response strategies and how the global partnership framework on the Nexus, i.e. Nexus HIO can be helpful; Identify opportunity areas and develop a concrete framework to anchor emerging opportunities within the Nexus HIO means of implementation (action agenda); mobilizing resources exploring the possibility of a call for funding; strengthening partnerships the private sector, civil society and the public sector; 16

17 Workshop strategy? Participants driven process and to facilitate the discussion and capture the input from all participants; We want to be able to capture your contribution in the post workshop communication and strategy moving forward 17

18 Session I: 2 hours Discussion Session on partner experiences Session Chair: Mr. Olivier Dubois, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Co Chair of the SE4All High Impact Opportunity (HIO) on the Water Energy Food Nexus 1. What are the emerging needs and challenges that demand water energyfood (WEF) nexus interventions in your work? 2. How can the WEF Nexus High Impact Opportunity (HIO) be helpful and supportive to your work? 18

19 Session II: 1hour, 30 mins Discussion Session on identifying emerging opportunities Session Chair: Ms. Daniela Krahl, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German; Co Chair of the SE4All High Impact Opportunity on the Water Energy Food Nexus 1. What are the emerging opportunities for WEF nexus initiatives? 2. How can a concrete framework be developed to anchor emerging opportunities within the WEF nexus HIO? Presentation: SE4All initiative on Technical Assistance Programme to Strengthen Inter sector Coordination (TAPSIC) Mr. Paul T. Yillia, SE4All 19

20 Session III: 2hours Synthesis of Sessions I & II Developing key elements for action Session Chair: Mr. Martin Hiller, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP); Partner of SE4All High Impact Opportunity on the Water Energy Food Nexus 1. What could we achieve together that we cannot do on our own? 2. What would be minimum structures that would enable providing support? 3. Who could be interested donors to support this work? Short communication from the workshop, i.e. key message from the workshop to drive action. 20

21 Presentation: 20 mins The cross cutting nature of the SDGs emerging opportunities for operationalizing the waterenergy food nexus Prof. András Szölösi Nagy 21