Table Of ContentWater Security
Water Security
The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
“Water sits at the nexus of so many
global issues . . . including health,
hunger and economic growth. And sadly, “To make a difference on the water
water scarcity takes its greatest toll on challenges we all face, governments, civil
society’s least fortunate. I am absolutely society and businesses must work together
convinced that the only way to as never before. For business leaders in
measurably and sustainably improve particular, we need to speak up, stand
this dire situation is through broad-scale up and scale up our efforts on water
collaborative efforts between government, sustainability.”
industry, academia and other
—Muhtar Kent,
stakeholders around the world.”
Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola
—Indra Nooyi, Company, Member of International
Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, Inc., Business Council, World
Member of International Business Economic Forum
Council, World Economic Forum
“In 1911, John Muir observed how,
‘When we try to pick out anything by “Over the last few years, the scale
itself in nature, we fnd it hitched and speed of response from a leading
to everything else in the Universe.’ group of large companies to the water
A century later, a gathering of the challenge has been impressive. As this
World Economic Forum discovered book illustrates, their engagement
the same phenomenon. Four hundred in partnerships with others to better
top decision-makers listed the myriad understand how water works across the
looming threats to global stability, economy and how to manage water
including famine, terrorism, inequality, more effciently as a result, can offer
disease, poverty, and climate change. Yet much potential.”
when we tried to address each diverse
—Professor Tony Allan,
force, we found them all attached to one
Kings College London, 2008
universal security risk: fresh water.”
Recipient of the Stockholm Water
—Margaret Catley-Carlson, Prize, Member of the World Economic
Patron, Global Water Partnership, Forum Global Agenda Council on
2008–2010 Chair of World Economic Water Security
Forum Global Agenda Council
on Water Security
This publication was prepared by the World Economic Forum
Water Initiative to support the Industry Partnership Programme.
Dominic Waughray, Senior Director and Head of Environmental
Initiatives at the World Economic Forum, led the development,
collation, and editing of this publication, supported by
James G. Workman.
Industry Partners are select member companies of the
World Economic Forum that are actively involved in the Forum’s
mission at the industry level.
Partnerships bring visibility and insight to strategic decision-making
on the most important industry- and cross-industry-related issues and the
opportunity to engage in actions of global corporate citizenship.
The Forum Industry Partners involved in the Water Initiative include
CH2M HILL Hindustan Rio Tinto Group
Cisco Systems, Inc. Construction SABMiller plc
The Coca-Cola Company Ltd. Standard Chartered
Company McKinsey & Bank
The Dow Chemical Company Syngenta AG
Company Nestlé SA Unilever
Halcrow Group Ltd. PepsiCo, Inc.
With support from
International Finance Corporation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
United States Agency for International Development
Water Resources Group
World Wide Fund for Nature
World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security
And project advisory support from
McKinsey & Company
Disclaimer
The views expressed herein represent a collation of various viewpoints from
participants in the World Economic Forum Water Initiative, the World Economic
Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security and viewpoints from other
invited contributors. The text and the individual contributions do not necessarily
refect the views of every individual participant nor do they necessarily refect
the individual institutional viewpoints of any of the participating companies,
institutions or organizations, or the World Economic Forum.
Water Security
The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
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Contents
List of Illustrations xiii
Preface, Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum xv
Reproduction of Opening Remarks by the United Nations Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon to the Session of the World Economic Forum Water Initiative at the
Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, January 29, 2009 xvii
Foreword, Margaret Catley-Carlson, Patron, Global Water Partnership, Canada;
Vice-Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water
Security xix
Introduction
The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus: A Facts and Figures
Overview 1
Chapter 1: Agriculture 17
Background 17
Trends 20
Forecast 23
Implications 25
The Way Forward 26
Perspectives 29
Responding to the Increase in Land and Water Demand to Guarantee Future
Food Security, Pasquale Steduto, Chief, Water Development and Management
Unit, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome 30
Water Scarcity: Agriculture Provides Solutions, Juan Gonzalez-Valero, Head of
Public Policy and Partnerships, Syngenta AG, Switzerland; and Peleg Chevion,
Head of Business Development Water, Syngenta AG, Switzerland 33
Improving, Water, Food, and Climate Security: A Novel Approach to Direct
Seeding of Rice, Daniel Bena, Director of Sustainable Development, PepsiCo,
Inc., United States 35
Farmers Facing the Water Challenge, Ajay Vashee, International Federation
of Agricultural Producers 36
Water Challenges in the Arabian Gulf, Sir Mohammad Jaafar, Chairman and
Managing Director, Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company, Kuwait 39
The High Cost of Priceless Water and Oman’s Ancient Alternative, Peter
Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman, Nestlé SA, Switzerland 41
