3.2 Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption

The water–food–energy “nexus” and how its complex interactions affect national water security, food availability and energy pathways

Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/3243081/

WATER, ENERGY, FOOD - Nexus Thinking Explained

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=CKW_ux2Xo_w

Water is Security

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=qa7o_E5IsDk

Food Security

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=106&v=46ySNz5iCEA

What is Energy Security?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=YVQL90JtlYo

TEDxWWF - Andy Wales: The Water-Food-Energy Nexus - Why Everything you Consume is Connected

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eATjiXTOQ

Article: Food, energy and water: the politics of the nexus

The implications of global climate change for the water–food–energy nexus 

Source: https://cra.org/crn/2015/11/nsf-workshop-to-identify-interdisciplinary-data-science-approaches-and-challenges-to-enhance-understanding-of-interactions-of-food-systems-with-energy-and-water-systems/

Case studies

Interlinking climate change with water-energy-food nexus and related ecosystem processes in California case studies

Climate change vulnerability in the food, energy, and water nexus: concerns for agricultural production in Arizona and its urban export supply

Contrasting levels of resource security

	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates
Water security	https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/thinking-ahead_tapping-into-switzerland-s-future-water-resources/34541266	http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/dossiers/2015/03/20153318534835257.html
Food security	http://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com/Country/Details#Switzerland	http://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com/Country/Details#United%20Arab%20Emirates
Energy security	http://energyatlas.iea.org/#!/profile/WORLD/CHE	http://energyatlas.iea.org/#!/profile/WORLD/ARE

The disposal and recycling of consumer items, including international flows of waste

E-waste

Source: https://planetgreenrecycle.com/fundraising/ewaste-news/take-responsibility-electronic-waste-disposal

Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/5846270/

Plastic

Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling

Recycling Chaos In U.S. As China Bans 'Foreign Waste'

Coggle - Disposal and recycling of consumer items: plastic

Synthesis and evaluation

Use the content from this post to plan an answer to the following question:

‘Explain how perspectives on, and priorities for, national resource security vary between places and at different scales’. 10 marks

Use markscheme on page 56 from the new syllabus guide (AO3)