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312 Ag Engineering Building
The water-energy nexus emerged Janus-faced. In the 1980s as the U.S grappled with infrastructure and regulations for water diversions for thermoelectric and hydropower generation, numerous other countries were already crossing thresholds of groundwater depletion resulting from green-revolution irrigation. This talk traces the conceptual and operational origins of the food-water-energy nexus that is focus of the SNIP speaker series. I analyze irrigated breadbasket regions in India and Mexico, identifying future pathways for interlinked food, water and energy security in the context of global change.
Christopher Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner whose work focuses on water security, river-basin resilience, groundwater depletion, the water-energy-food nexus, water reuse, transboundary adaptive management, climate resilience, and science-policy dialogues. His research and engagement are concentrated in the Southwest US, Mexico, and India, as well as Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Nepal. He speaks Spanish and Hindi, as well as conversational Portuguese and Nepali.