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Vienna University of Technology, Tuesday 6 October, 2015

From MDGs to SDGs: Operationalizing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Paul T. Yillia (Program Manager - Water-Energy Nexus)

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Abstract:

2015 is the target year for achieving the MDGs and the year for agreeing on a new set of SDGs. In September 2015, 17 SDGs replaced 8 MDGs at the United Nations Summit on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Many of the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets are intertwined and closely related. There are growing calls for the Goals to be implemented through an integrated framework to use resources more efficiently and optimize desired outcomes.

This lecture will frame the Water-Energy-Food Nexus perspective as a crucial policy and planning instrument for implementing the SDGs, stressing the opportunities and challenges for operationalizing the concept and highlighting the approaches undertaken by SE4All - a global partnership programme launched by the UN Secretary General to mobilize international action on SDG 7.

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1 Goal: Achieving Sustainable Energy for All by 20303 Objectives: Access, Efficiency, Renewables

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Ensuring universal Access to modern forms of Energy

Doubling the share of Renewable Energy in total energy mix

Achieving the three objectives of SE4All…

Doubling the rate of improvement in Energy Efficiency

… makes many development goals possible

▪ Improved health Improved agricultural productivity

▪ Empowerment of women

▪ Business and employment creation

▪ Economic development ▪ Achievement of the

Millennium Development Goals

▪ Lighting/appliances that require less power

▪ Fossil fuel resources used more effectively

▪ Reduced energy costs for consumers

▪ Redistribution of electricity that now is wasted or lost

▪ More reliable electricity systems

▪ Affordable energy even where grid does not reach

▪ New opportunities for small entrepreneurs

▪ Decreased variability in energy costs

▪ Energy security and reduced import bills

▪ Reduced environmental impacts

Energy cuts across sustainable development issuesPursuing three objectives simultaneously bring about immense benefits

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One Goal: Achieving Sustainable Energy for All by 2030

High-impact opportunity initiatives

to mobilise multi-stakeholder

partnerships, commitments and

investment linked to key Action Areas

Global Action Agenda, with a set of Action Areas, will facilitate dialogues and guide action towards SE4ALL goal globally

BusinessesEnergy companiesFinancial playersAll companies

GovernmentsNational governmentsPublic institutionsCities and municipalitiesMultilateral organizationsBilateral development partners

Civil societyOrganizationAcademic institutionsIndividuals Monitoring and Progress Tracking

to recognize achievements, share lessons and ensure accountability

Country Action to accelerate progress toward nationally-

tailored sustainable energy for all

objectives, based on country’s own action

plans and programmes

All parties must act… …and work together to realize a world with Sustainable Energy for All

Energy efficiency

Renewable energy

Energy access

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SE4All Global Network

85 Opt-in countries (including 30 initial focus countries) 8 Regional or Thematic Hubs 2 Global Facilitation Teams 49 Advisory Board Members 12 Executive Committee Members

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15 partners

v1

23 partners

v2

• Launched in 2013 by 15 organizations, led by the WB, ESMAP & IEA

• GTF suggests indicators for SE4All objectives on energy access, efficiency and renewables

Tracking SDG 7: SE4All Global Tracking Framework

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SE4All Country Action

85 Partner-countries in the developing world

44 Rapid Assessments/Gap Analysis done30 initial Focus Countries for 2014National Focal points drive processDevelopment partners working together

Africa and Middle East (44) Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Ethiopia , Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Americas and Caribbean (21) Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay

Asia Pacific (14) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka

Europe and CIS (6) Armenia, Kyrgyztan, Moldova, Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkey

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27 SE4All Action Agendas and 16 SE4All Investment Prospectuses

currently under development or have already been finalized:

Action Agendas: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Ecuador, Ethiopia,

Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Investment Prospectuses: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea,

Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Senegal, Tanzania

SE4All Country Action

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• 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 2030.

• 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 (2014-20124)– OWG-SDG: Energy one of the proposed goals (SDG-7) for the global post-2015 agenda

Growing the SE4All movement: Strong Commitments to Sustainable Energy for All

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Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and

decent work for all Goal 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts* Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests,

combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all

and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable

development

Post-2015 Development Agenda

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…..more ambitious agenda requires even more ambitious actions

Post-2015 Development Agenda

1st FfD, Monterrey, 2002: $50 billion per year to pay for the 8 MDGs.

3rd FfD, Addis Ababa, 2015: $2.5 trillion per year needed in developing countries to achieve the 17 SDGs (UNCTAD)

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7.1 by 2030 ensure universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services

7.2 increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030

7.3 double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030

7.a by 2030 enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technologies, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and advanced and cleaner fossil fuel technologies, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technologies7.b by 2030 expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, particularly LDCs and SIDS

Investment from both the public and private sectors will need to triple to more than $1 trillion per year to achieve SDG7 by 2030

$42 billion per year needed to meet Africa’s energy demand by 2040, including a tenfold increase in private investment over current levels (AfDB)

Post-2015 Development Agenda

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• “Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity and an environment that allows the world to thrive.”

-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon• “Ending poverty and ensuring sustainable development are the

defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both.”-- Jim Yong Kim - World Bank Group President

The three objectives of SE4ALL provide an important entry point to climate change mitigation, keeping the world below a maximum average 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise

Sustainable development and poverty eradication can go hand in hand with mitigating climate risks

Energy is central to development

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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.

Energy is central to development

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The Report of the Finance Committee is available online at www.se4all.org/2015/01/31/financing-sustainable-energy-possible

• USD 35 billion – Green Bonds;

• USD 30 billion – development finance institutions (DFIs) (co-lending);

• USD 30 billion – development finance institutions (DFIs) (private sector lending);

• USD 25 billion – aggregation.

An expert committee within the SE4All Advisory Board identified the potential for catalyzing USD 120 billion of incremental annual investment by 2020 across 4 themes:

Financing universal access to energy

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Universal energy Access

Sustainable use of water

resources

Energy Efficiency

Renewable Energy

Water & sanitation

access

Targets that compliment others; Targets that depend on others;

Targets that impose conditions on others;

Eradicate hunger &

halt rate of obesity

Increased agriculture

productivity

Energy is central to development

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Water-Energy Nexus: additional dimensions

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Interactions between water, energy and food - Photo: ©IUCN Water; Source: http://www.waternexussolutions.org/1x9/about.html

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Improving coherence and reducing inconsistencies

Independently policy objectives leads to incoherence/inconsistencies • “water-inconsistent” energy policies • “energy-inconsistent” water policies • “water-inconsistent” food policies • “food-inconsistent” energy policies

Various solution options impact policy objectives in different ways• Positive impact - help achievement of other development

objectives• Negative impact - hinder achievement of other development

objectives• Require trade-offs among other development objectives• No appreciable impact on other development objectives

Improved coherence requires meeting multiple policy objectives

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Nexus interactions are complex and dynamic

Nexus interactions are about management of natural resource systems: • understanding interdependencies (depending on each other), • constraints (imposing conditions or trade-offs) and • synergies (mutually reinforcing or having shared benefits).

e.g. Large-scale water infrastructure may have synergetic impacts: • producing hydropower and • providing water storage for irrigation, • fisheries, recreation and municipal uses

But this might happen at the expense of upstream and downstream agro-ecological and social systems, with environmental and social implications, such as

• loss of terrestrial ecosystems, • displacement/resettlements of riparian residents• loss of cultural heritage

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Some key nexus questions

If a decision is made at the national level to increase the share of bioenergy, what implications does this have for water, food and energy?

How should a hydropower dam be designed to support multiple uses and functions in the watershed and beyond?

How can we ensure that sectoral policies and strategies consider the potential trade-offs and synergies they might have on other sectors?

Finding answers to these questions is a key Nexus challenge

.......the Nexus approach helps us to better understand and systematically analyze how we can use and manage resources in light of different and often competing interests and goals

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Same old wine in new bottles?

Water-Energy-Food Nexus adds relatively little to already existing integrated approaches to resources management e.g. IWRM, IRBM, INRM, IUWRM

IWRM arguably pursues the integrated and coordinated management of water and land as a means of balancing different water uses, while meeting social and ecological needs and promoting economic development

However, by explicitly focusing on water, there is a risk of prioritising water-related development goals over others, thereby reinforcing traditional sectoral approaches.

Nexus approach considers the different dimensions of water, energy and food equally and recognizes the interdependencies of different resource uses to develop sustainably

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Identify interactions among goals, and examining different types of interactions;

Illuminating interactions across sectors and showing how individual targets might serve multiple goals;

Showing how the achievement of targets under one goal might affect targets under another goal;

Nexus as an opportunity for the SDGs…….……. to set complimentary goals and targets that are jointly achievable

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….. several development objectives are very closely interrelated…….

Useful to support ongoing consultations on the SDGs; to make more informed decisions on goals, targets and indicators;

Support the integration of goals and targets that are interwoven and clarify how best to allocate resources between competing needs;

Make the SDGs more efficient and cost effective and reduce the risk that actions for achieving targets will undermine one another;

A major MDGs mistake can be avoided for the SDGs…….

……using the nexus as a leverage to set targets for SDGs that are jointly achievable, i.e. the so-called “nexus targets”

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A major MDGs mistake can be avoided for the SDGs…….

MDGs identified sectoral goals, with a list of targets under them;

MDGs have little consideration of how efforts to attain a goal in one sector would affect (or be affected by) efforts in another sector;

MDGs did not take into account the total demand for key resources – whether targets could be met by existing supplies without degrading the resource base and underlying ecosystems.

Too much duplication of efforts and limited coordination and partnership between/among sectors or development agencies

……using the nexus as a leverage to set targets for SDGs that are jointly achievable, i.e. the so-called “nexus targets”

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Global challenges are interlinked…….

Global population is expected to grow to 9 billion by 2050.

By 2030, 3 billion more people will join the middle class and over 60% will live in cities – an urbanized world;

This is expected to increase water demands by 55%, energy needs by 80%, and the world’s food demands by as much as 60%

1.3 billion are without electricity, 2.8 billion use biomass;

2.6 billion without sanitation; 0.8 billion without safe drinking water;

0.8 billion without adequate nutrition

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Global challenges are interlinked…….

Global challenges are interlinked…….

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“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

……..and the opportunities too are interlinked

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Reducing the complexity of the nexus and ……. emphasizing the significance of the “nodes”

……….. the stressing not so much on integration but more so on increasing coordination and partnerships………

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Seeing the Nexus beyond the links…….

…..putting more emphasis on the significance of the so-called “nodes”

Sectors (Energy, Agriculture, Water, Industry)

Organizations/Institutions (UN entities, Governments, NGOs, Businesses, Civil Society organizations, etc.)

……….. the emphasis is not so much on integration but rather on increasing coordination, collaboration and partnerships………

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Water Supply & Sanitation

Energy & Industry

Food & Agriculture

Control Influence UncertaintySphere’s of:

………..nexus as a framework for solutions to emerge; searching for synergy and gaining insight into plans within others’ sphere of control………

Operationalize the concept…….……. as a framework for solutions to emerge

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Hydropower Thermal Power Plants

Wind and Photovoltaic panels have little impact on water

Energy requirements for water

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Source: Spang (2012) A thirst for power: A global analysis of water consumption for energy production, The Center for Water-Energy Efficiency (CWEE), University of California, Davis, United States

Water consumption factors for various energy technologies

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Water withdrawal/consumption for electricity generation

Withdrawal[litre/MWh]

Consumption[litre/MWh]

Low High Low High

Open-loop 28,000 230,000 380 1,100

Closed-loop w/ tower (1) 870 4,200 680 3,500

Hybrid wet-dry cooling (2) <380 4,200 190 3,500

Dry cooling 0 0 0 0

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Responding to Energy’s thirst for water………….water constraints drive three potential paths…….

Pivot to water reduction technologies… once through cooling vs. closed-loop cooling towers and dry air-cooling

Reduce by switching to zero water use technologies… wind, solar PV, gas engines, gas turbines

Shift to alternate water sources… saline or brackish water

Options

……seeking alternative water sources, and exploring options for renewable energy and efficiency improvements

Source: GE Energy, 2012

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Water requirements for energy – drinking water supply

Surface water-based systems: pumping for distribution of treated water dominates energy use (70-80% or more); Groundwater-based systems are generally more energy intensive (30% more);

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Developments in energy consumption and related costs

Source: Shatat et al., 2013

Energy is the largest single expense for desalination plants; accounts for as much as half of the total project costs. Seawater desalination US$1/m3; brackish water US$0.60/m3; freshwater chlorination US$0.02/m3

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Distribution of desalination plants worldwide

The most energy-efficient desalination plants use 3.2 kWh/m3 of water; UAE is targeting 3.7kWh/m3; currently desalination plants in the region are using 4-6 kWh/m3

Source: Lattemann et al., 2010

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The world’s water stressed regions are also the regions with huge potential for tapping solar power

Source: solarserver.com

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Water requirements for energy – wastewater treatment

Energy intensity large WTPs (380,000 m3/day) in US: 0.177 kWh/m3 for trickling filter; 0.272 kWh/m3 for activated sludge; 0.314 kWh/m3 for advanced treatment; 0.412 kWh/m3 for advanced treatment with nitrification

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SE4All Nexus Agenda

• Advance a better understanding of the nexus - crucial for addressing major global challenges in the post-2015 development framework;

• Advocate increased consideration of the nexus perspective on discussions on the post-2015 development agenda and galvanizing global interest, e.g. international events, interviews, publications, etc.;

• Strengthening partnerships for applying the nexus perspective;

• Mainstream the nexus perspective within SE4All core activities towards more concrete measures for increased impact;

• Identify and operationalize opportunities along the nexus interface, especially for SE4All activities that are directly related and/or dependent on various nexus dimensions;

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Nexus Agenda

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Human and institutional capacity challenges for policy coherence

• Multiple institutional gaps• Lack of institutional incentives• Lack of platforms/governance

mechanisms to manage trade-offs

• Interference of lobby groups• Absence of strategic planning

and coordination in decision making

• Asymmetry of information and resources among institutions

• Intense competition between different ministries and public agencies

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SE4All Technical Assistance Programme to Strengthen Inter-sector Coordination (TAPSIC)

• Shifting mindsets to make sure national leaders are fully aware of the centrality of the energy Goal for sustainable development and the critical role energy plays for progress on many other Goals;

• Altering management approaches away from silo-based planning and implementation toward cross-cutting and integrated approaches on the SDGs and national strategic plans;

• Adjusting governance structures, especially sector institutions to ensure all the ministries work together at the national level through inter-sectoral coordination at the country level;

• Identifying and addressing capacity challenges (both human and institutional challenges) and creating the enabling environment for inter-sectoral policy formulation and implementation;

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Approaches to enhancing policy coherence

1. Exploring win-win (synergistic) policies• Pursuing multiple policy objectives at the same time

Examples: increasing water and energy efficiency; lowering water consumption through conservation, reducing on water leakages in the distribution system, etc.

Narmada Canal: 1MW of electricity enough to power 1000 homes a year

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….. Responding to household end use applications….saving water saves energy.…

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Approaches to enhancing policy coherence

2. Avoiding conflicts• Pursuing policy objectives that do not undermine others

Examples: requiring solar hot water systems on new building (Israel); use of waste heat from thermoelectric power plants to desalinate sea water to produce reliable drinking water (middle east) or creating fish passes at dam sites that would usually obstruct fish migration, etc.

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Approaches to enhancing policy coherence

3. Managing trade-offs• Minimizing negative impact of one policy on other policies

Example: recycling effluent from bio-refineries to reduce negative impact on freshwater ecosystems; remove environmentally harmful subsidies like energy subsidies the exacerbate groundwater pumping

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• 100/100/100+ central and local governments/companies/financiers being mobilized to drive the SE4All global Energy Efficiency accelerator platform towards COP21

• A unique public-private platform for energy efficiency in appliances, buildings, district energy, industry, lighting and transportation, with more sectors being considered

SE4All Global EE Accelerator Platform

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Achievement of Global Climate

Goals

• SE4ALL’s Global EE Accelerator Platform can deliver 50% of the emission reductions required to put the world on a 2-degree pathway by 2020 (IEA)

• Targeted EE measures can reduce emissions by 1.5 Gt while generating USD 250-350 billion in savings each year (UNEP)

• USD 8.2 trillion investments in EE are more than offset by the fuel cost savings of USD 10.6 trillion leading to a global economic boost of USD 11.4 trillion (2012 – 2030) (IEA)

EnergyEfficiency

Emission Reduction

Economic Benefits

Improvement of People’s Well-being

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Global EE Accelerator Platform

Current Initiatives

Initiatives under development

Vehicles Lighting Appliances

Buildings District Energy System

Water Sector

Industry, Small-&-Medium size Enterprises

Power Sector

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Utilities are typically energy intensive; largest energy consumers of municipal governments, 30-40 percent of the total energy consumed;

Energy costs can reach 60% of total operating costs; expected to increase by 20% in the next 15 years;

An energy efficiency audit can identify the greatest energy-consuming devices and/or operations for efficiency gains

 

NEXUS OPPORTUNITY:ENERGY EFFICIENCYACCELERATOR

UTILITIES:DRINKING WATER & WASTEWATER NEXT STEPS

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Drinking water and wastewater treatment plants are not primarily designed and operated with energy efficiency as a key concern;

Most municipal governments often overlooked energy efficiency when energy improvement projects are undertaken;

Upgrading water and wastewater infrastructure to reduce energy use is a complex and typically time and capita intensive undertaking;

Securing reliable financial assistance to install new equipment for energy efficiency upgrades is quite challenging.

The potential to reduce energy requirements can be huge, especially for underperforming utilities with aging infrastructure and inefficient equipment……….

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Energy is required at all stages in the treatment process

……from abstraction, treatment and distribution of drinking water to collection of raw sewage, transport, treatment and discharge of treated effluents

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……also to mitigate GHG emissions and critical air pollutants such as CH4 & CO2

Updating technologies with more energy efficient systems is important to reduce costs

Utilities can recover funds for expanding services to unserved or poorly served areas

Multiple benefits

Investments on energy efficiency and effective operations can produce economic, environmental, and other benefits…….

Intervention Energy savings/year

Water savings/year

Total cost savings/year

Other associated benefits

Payback period

South AfricaPressure management 14M kWh 8,000M3 3.8M $US 30 % reduction in

water loss3 months

Prepaid metering, Behavior change

15.4M kWh 6,000M3 3.5M $US 10-95 % payment rate increment

< 3yearrs

IndiaEnergy Audits 3.8M kWh 336,000 $US 10 % more supply no

additional capacity< 1 year

BrazilMaximizing existing pump systems efficiency, storage

88M kWh 2.5M $US with an Investmentof $1.1M

88,000 new connections over the original baseline

4 years

……if well planned, energy efficiency investments can be extremely cost effective with short pay-back times of only a few years

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NEXUS OPPORTUNITY:ENERGY EFFICIENCYACCELERATOR

UTILITIES:DRINKING WATER & WASTEWATER NEXT STEPS

The energy efficiency accelerator for water and wastewater utilities is designed to work with multiple stakeholders across multiple scales

Governments Businesses Others

Relevant government ministries, municipalities, water & wastewater utilities, energy & water regulators, regional association of utilities

Global leading equipment manufacturers, energy services providers, global/regional financing institutions

Energy efficiency advocates, international organizations, academia, water & energy research institutions

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POTENTIAL SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Governments & multilateral organizations

Private sector financing institutions

International organizations

Development Agencies (e.g. GIZ, SIDA, ADA), relevant ministries and multilateral donor entities

Veolia Water, ESCOM, World Bank, AfDB/AWF; ADB, IADB

SE4All, UNEP, UNIDO, GEF, UN-Water, IWA, TU-Vienna, IIASA, SIWI, IKI

Key focal point: local, national and regional governments; pilot utilities;

The private sector will play a crucial role providing equipment, industrial expertise and market knowledge for policy & implementation;

Financing possibilities to be sort from global and regional development financing institutions and mechanisms, e.g. AfDB/AWF, ADB, IADB;

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Key commitments and timeline Commitments from pioneering utilities on implementing operational

improvements & equipment upgrade;

100 governments; 100 utilities; 100 companies committed to developing and implementing EE road maps and operational improvements and equipment upgrade by end of Energy Decade (2024);

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SE4All HIO on water-energy-food nexus

Develop harmonized, robust, practical and cost-effective approaches for assessing nexus challenges and trade-offs;

Better 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.

The overall goal of the nexus HIO is to contribute to the achievement of SE4ALL objectives by improving the awareness and knowledge about the nexus and promoting the implementation of nexus solutions

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Nexus HIO includes the following High Impact Initiatives:

Development of a Nexus Assessment Package (FAO); Policy Dialogue, Awareness and Knowledge Dissemination

(BMZ); Promotion of sustainable integrated food energy systems (FAO); Sustainable energy in emergency and rehabilitation (FAO); Powering Agriculture Energy Grand Challenge (USAID); Applying the nexus for value addition in agribusiness (REEEP); Energy in food losses and post-harvest technologies (FAO);

Additional Partners include UNEP and the World Bank.

SE4All HIO on water-energy-food nexus

Further Information

http://www.se4all.org/

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