U13A:
Earth’s Future: The Food-Water-Energy Nexus

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Session ID#: 12934

Session Description:
Food, water and energy are inextricably interlinked in modern society.  Given a growing human population and increased urbanization in the 21stC, this session will examine the state of food, water, and energy availability and access, and associated human and ecosystem challenges.  Presentations will explore anticipated societal needs and impacts in these areas, and consider pathways for a future with 9+ billion people on planet Earth. Considerations include impacts of non-renewable energy sources and opportunities for energy alternatives, food and water challenges in a warming world, meeting food, energy and water needs of expanding urban populations, food engineering in support of crop productivity, impacts of agricultural expansion, and freshwater resources and pollution. The AGU journal Earth’s Future is hosting this session to highlight the interconnection of these themes and to explore solutions for anticipated scientific, economic and social challenges in these areas.
Primary Convener:  Ben van der Pluijm, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Nancy B Grimm, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States, Michael A Ellis, British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, NG12, United Kingdom and Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, Michael A Ellis, British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, NG12, United Kingdom, Nancy B Grimm, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States and Ben van der Pluijm, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ben van der Pluijm, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Index Terms:

1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4329 Sustainable development [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Will human populations be limited by food? (Invited) (123879)
Stephen G Warren, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
Confronting Future Risks of Global Water Stress and Sustainability: Avoided Changes Versus Adaptive Actions (Invited) (123652)
C Adam Schlosser1, Kenneth M Strzepek2, Xiang Gao3, Charles Fant3, Sergey Paltsev4, Erwan Monier5, Andrei P Sokolov1, NIven Winchester3, Henry Chen1, David W Kicklighter6 and Qudsia Ejaz1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for transportation and logistics, Cambridge, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Cambridge, United States, (5)University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States, (6)MBL, The Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States
The water-energy-food nexus of biofuels in a globalized world (Invited) (123806)
Paolo D'Odorico, University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States and Maria C. Rulli, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milano, Italy
Is This the Only Hope for Reversing Global Warming? Transitioning Each Country’s All-Purpose Energy to 100% Electricity Powered by Wind, Water, and Solar (Invited) (122210)
Mark Z Jacobson, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
Urbanization, Extreme Climate Hazards and Food, Energy Water Security (Invited) (123838)
Patricia Romero-Lankao, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, Debra Davidson, University of Alberta, Natural Resources, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Timon McPhearson, Eugene Lang College, The New School, New York, NY, United States
The Anthropocene: A Planetary Perspective (Invited) (123340)
Ariel D Anbar, Arizona State University, School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States; Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States, Hilairy Ellen Hartnett, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Abigail York, Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States and Cynthia Selin, Arizona State University, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Tempe, AZ, United States

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