The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
Conference
RSVP Required.
Stanford experts from a range of disciplines will discuss the interconnections and interactions among humanity’s need for and use of energy, food, water, and environmental resources. Drawing on their own research, each speaker will illustrate and evaluate some of the ways in which decisions in one resource area can lead to trade-offs or co-benefits in other areas. Stanford students and faculty will lead interactive breakout sessions to explore a range of challenges associated with energy transitioning to a sustainable system.
Featured videos:
Energy and Food Nexus: David Lobell, Assistant Professor of Environmental Earth System Science
Video link to additional Stanford faculty talks
Introduction: Energy System Overview by Roland Horne, Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
Overview of Natural Gas Issues: Mark Zoback, Professor of Geophysics
Energy and Environment Nexus: Stefan Reichelstein, Professor in the Graduate School of Business
Energy and Water Nexus: Richard Luthy, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director of ReNUWIt
Energy and Climate Change Nexus: Michael Wara, Associate Professor of Law
Breakout Sessions
Led by postdoc/graduate students, breakout sessions will actively engage the participant on provocative and real world energy topics such as: