Addressing the Scientific, Technological and Societal Challenges of the Energy, Water, and Food Nexus: Enabling Resiliency in Energy, Water, and Food Systems for Society

我们在安全和可持续的能源、食品和水资源的生产以及能源的有效利用方面的变革是21世纪最重大的挑战之一，最初体现在亚利桑那州和美国西南部等地区，最终体现在整个国家。亚利桑那大学MPA Neal Armstrong、Kimberly Ogden和Ardeth Barnhart教授正在组织一个研讨会，旨在以有针对性的方式解决这些挑战，产生的结果将告知：i)学术参与者将被要求创建应对这些挑战所需的研究工作；Ii)需要哪些机构创造最佳的筹资机会，以确保广泛的参与和显著的成果；iii)决策者和公众，他们将是这些科学、技术发展、政策和经济分析研究成果的消费者。该研讨会由化学学部支持，主题为“解决能源、水和粮食关系的科学、技术和社会挑战：为社会实现能源、水和粮食系统的弹性”，将于2015年4月16日至17日在亚利桑那州图森附近的生物圈2号举行。本次研讨会将汇集来自学术机构、政府和工业界的一批精选代表，帮助确定解决全球迫切需要的最重要的科学问题，以确保子孙后代获得能源、水和食物。讨论的基础是从一开始就认识到，拟议的解决方案不能先验地需要比它们提供的更多的能源（和水），这在最近的技术发展中是常见的现象。在平行会议上，将围绕以下五个主题进行正式的演讲和分组讨论：1)水和食物的新能源，2)高效节能的水再利用和净化，3)能源，水和食物系统，4)经济，政策，商业和社会，以及5)技术和基础设施。这些会议的成果将在最后一次全体会议上加以综合。讲习班的成果将通过一份讲习班报告予以传播。

Transformative changes in our production of secure and sustainable energy, food, and water sources, and in the efficient use of energy, are among the most significant challenges of the 21st Century, initially manifesting in regions like Arizona and the Southwestern U.S. and eventually the entire country. Professors Neal Armstrong, Kimberly Ogden, and Ardeth Barnhart, MPA of the University of Arizona are organizing a workshop that seeks to address those challenges in a focused manner, producing outcomes that will inform: i) the academic participants who will be called upon to create the research efforts required to address these challenges; ii) the agencies who will be required to create optimized funding opportunities which ensure broad based participation, and significant outcomes; and iii) the decision makers and general public who will be the consumers of these scientific, technology development, and policy and economic analysis research efforts. The workshop, supported by the Division of Chemistry, is entitled, "Addressing the Scientific, Technological and Societal Challenges of the Energy, Water, and Food Nexus: Enabling Resiliency in Energy, Water, and Food Systems for Society," is to be held April 16-17, 2015 at Biosphere 2 near Tucson, Arizona. This workshop will bring together a select group of representatives from academic institutions, government and industry to help identify the top scientific questions that address the pressing global need to secure the availability of energy, water and food for future generations. Underlying the discussions will be the recognition from the outset that proposed solutions cannot a priori require more energy (and water) than they deliver, which has been a common occurrence in technological developments in the recent past. Formal presentations and breakout discussions will occur in parallel sessions organized around five general topics: 1) New energy sources for water and food, 2) Energy efficient water re-use and purification, 3) Energy, water and food systems, 4) Economics, policy, business and society, and 5) Technology and infrastructure. The outcomes of these sessions will be integrated during a final plenary session. The results of the workshop will be disseminated through a workshop report.