Webinar—The Water-Energy Nexus
Webinar Date and Time
Monday, March 19th 2012
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET (9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PT)
This is the fourth webinar in the POLIS Water Sustainability Project's 2011/2012 Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar series. Past and upcoming webinars are listed at the bottom of the page.
**SPACE IS LIMITED**
To register email Laura Brandes at communications (at) polisproject (dot) org
Webinar Summary
The interconnections and interdependencies between water and energy are rapidly becoming a priority area of focus in British Columbia and across North America. In this webinar, leading researchers will provide a tour of priority and emerging issues related to the water-energy nexus in sectors across Canada and the United States.
Researcher and policy analyst Ben Parfitt will draw on initial research into water and energy use in B.C. and outline emerging areas of concern related to the water-energy nexus in the province, such as strains on B.C.’s hydroelectric system, escalating water use in the resource sector, and challenges and opportunities in the agricultural and municipal sectors. Speaker Carol Maas will then focus on water conservation and efficiency as a possible path to realizing future energy savings for municipalities in Ontario. Guest speaker Heather Cooley will discuss current issues in the American West, including the energy implications of desalination and water requirements for electricity generation.
Guest Speakers
Heather Cooley
Co-Director of Water Program, Pacific Institute
Carol Maas
Innovation and Technology Director, POLIS Water Sustainability Project
Ben Parfitt
Resource Policy Analyst, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. Office
Research Associate, POLIS Water Sustainability Project
Pre-Webinar Reading Materials
Op Ed: Slow and easy will win energy race by Ben Parfitt (February 2012)
The Water-Energy Nexus in the American West, chapter: "The Energy Implications of Desalination" by Heather Cooley (January 2012)
Water for Energy: Future Water Needs for Electricity in the Intermountain West by Heather Cooley, Julian Fulton, & Peter Gleick (November 2011)
Ontario’s Water-Energy Nexus by Carol Maas (April 2010)
Greenhouse Gas and Energy Co-Benefits of Water Conservation by Carol Maas (March 2009)
Past and Upcoming Webinars
September 2011
What Canada Can Learn from EU Water Governance
with Émilie Lagacé, Inger Weibust & Ralph Pentland
view archived recording
October 2011
Peeling Back the Pavement: Reinventing Rainwater Management in Canada’s Communities
with Susanne Porter-Bopp & Patrick Lucey
view archived recording
January 2012
Wave of the Future: Water Policy in Western Canada
with Roger Gibbins & Oliver M. Brandes
view archived recording
May 2012
Details Forthcoming
