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Meeting ID: 960 5187 0066              
Passcode: 338864

Water, food, and energy security remain the top development challenges of the decade, and perhaps the century. In recent decades, billions of people have obtained access to more food, better nutrition, electricity, improved water, and basic sanitation facilities worldwide. The negative consequences of lack of resources are enormous and include environmental degradation, political and economic insecurity, and social strife. On the other side of the spectrum, resource over-extraction has the potential to cause widespread interlinked climatological, human health, and global environmental consequences.

This presentation will showcase boundary spanning research on quantifying and understanding management strategies in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus. First, this presentation will explore bridging disciplines using tools derived from network theory and embedded resource accounting to explore resource consumption in 65 major cities as well as state-to-state trade across the United States. Beyond embedded resource accounting, the seminar will also showcase recent work utilizing ethical-epistemic analyses to build understanding around critical infrastructure security necessary for water, food, and energy provisioning. The seminar will conclude by describing Dr. Grady’s future research vision as well as the funding opportunities to support her work understanding the sustainability and security of environmental resources.