Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 16:47 .

Politician Bärbel Höhn Highlights Government Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals Through Integrated Water, Energy, and Food Security Initiatives

Bärbel Höhn discusses her extensive political career focused on environment and climate issues. Starting at the local level, she advanced to roles in the Nord-Rhein-Westphalia state parliament and later served as a minister handling environment, climate change, and agriculture. Her experience culminated in a 12-year tenure as a Bundestag member where she deepened her involvement with energy and climate matters. Höhn highlights Germany's commitment to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing access to energy and food security. She underscores that rural areas are critical for overcoming global challenges like hunger and lack of energy access. The interconnectedness of water, energy, and agriculture demands integrated solutions; hence initiatives such as decentralized energy supplies have been pivotal. Germany's Nexus Conference from 2011 aimed at managing these resources collaboratively is mentioned alongside regional dialogues that facilitate policy advice for sustainable frameworks. Efficient food production is crucial given its significant share of resource consumption—30% of global energy use, 28% CO2 emissions, and 70% freshwater usage—underscoring the importance of innovative solutions like solar water pumps over diesel ones to promote sustainability.

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Speaker

Bärbel Höhn
BMZ Special Representative for Energy in Africa
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Germany

Talk of session: Off-Grid: Decentralized Water-Energy-Food Nexus

In this session, we take a look at the latest developments in decentralized water-energy-food supply technologies and systems.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Dr. Philipp Blechinger
Head of Unit Off-Grid Systems
Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
Germany

To Talk

Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) as Driver for a Green Development

Speaker

Stefan Trittler
Head of Innovation / Project Principal
Asantys Systems GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Planning of Integrated Water-Energy-Food-Environment Systems Using Open Software

Speaker

Julian Fleischmann
Reseracher and PhD Student
University of Freiburg

To Talk

Implementing Community-based Agrivoltaic Systems in SSA: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies

Speaker

Jessica Berneiser
Researcher
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Germany

To Talk

Decentralised Renewable Energy Innovations to Boost Agri-Sector Productivity & Address Global Food System Challenges

Speaker

Deepak Mohapatra
Senior Officer - Business & Market Development
Alliance for Rural Electrification
Belgium

To Talk

Q&A Round

To Talk

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