The Food-Water-Energy Nexus

NEXUS GOVERNANCE IN A MULTI-POLAR WORLD

Michele Ferenz, EastWest Institute A Changing Geopolitical Landscape SHIFT IN SHARE OF GLOBAL GROWTH

Share of global GDP growth 2008-2014 (forecast)

Source: IMF WHO HOLDS THE MONEY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Total ODA is only $125.6 bn

Source: IMF, OECD, Bain, 2012 SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST ALSO IN FINANCE

By 2020 , developing countries will account for 25% of global financial capital Instability

Source: Foreign Policy / Fund for Peace “2013 Failed States Index” CHALLENGE TO POST-1945 INSTITUTIONS

Source: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Battle Over Institutional Reform

Lagarde: “Quota reforms need Currently, the EU, the support of all our member U.S. and Japan countries, including the U.S.” hold 55% of votes Source: IMF THE GROWTH OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Europe • East Asia Summit (EAS) • European Union (EU) • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Africa • Western European Union • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) • African Union • Council of Europe (CoE) • Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf • Conseil de l'Entente • European Free Trade Association (EFTA) • Colombo Plan • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) • European Patent Organisation (EPO) • Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization • East African Community (EAC) • European Science Foundation (SEAMEO) • West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) • Group of 9 (G9) • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and • Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) • International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS) • Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC) • Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) • • Arab Maghreb Union Mekong River Commission (MRC) • Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) • • Assembly of European Regions (AER) Americas Transcontinental • Eiroforum CERN • Organization of American States (OAS) Eurasia Central Asian Cooperation Organization • European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA JET) • • Union of South American Nations Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) • • Mercosur Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) • European Space Agency (ESA) • • Andean Community of Nations Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) • European Organisation for the Exploitation of • • Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) Eurasian Economic Community Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) • • Caribbean Community (CARICOM) • European Southern Observatory (ESO) • GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development • Association of Caribbean States (ACS) • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) • Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation • • European x-ray free electron laser (European XFEL) (BSEC) • Central American Parliament Institut Laue–Langevin (ILL) • • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) • Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) • European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation • Rio Group (EUROCONTROL) • TRACECA • Trans-Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces • Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (SICOFAA) • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe • Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union (OSCE) • Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) British–Irish Council • • South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZPCAS) • Central American Integration System Nordic Council • • Mediterranean Union for the Mediterranean • Organización Latinoamericana de Energia (OLADE) Nordic Investment Bank • • Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional • Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Social Well-being (NDPHS) • Indian Ocean Commission (COI) Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation(OCCAR) • • Arctic Ocean Arctic Council • Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC) • Pacific Ocean: ANZUS Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) • Visegrád Group (V4) • Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) • EUREKA • Pacific Islands Forum • European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) • Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) • Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations • (Commonwealth of Unrecognized States) • Secretariat of the Pacific Community Asia • African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU • Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) (CTA) • Asian Development Bank (ADB) And the list goes on… GLOBAL POPULATION SURGE

2025: 5.3 billion to suffer from water shortages

Image sources: United Nations World Population Prospects, Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevolkerung “Today’s energy infrastructure is equipped to sustain a global middle class population of 1 billion” -Phil Lambert CEO, Lambert Energy Advisory BRINGING TOGETHER THOSE WHO DON’T NORMALLY COOPERATE NEXUS BARRIER- BREAKING DIALOGUES CONFLICT HOTSPOT AVOIDANCE DIALOGUES