Bonn’s Climate Conference

The Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference kicked off today in the city of Bonn! The conference title is The Water Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for the Green Economy,” organized by the German government. Over the next three days, more than 500 experts, officials, academics and activists from around the world will meet to talk about the growing crises in food, water and energy security – especially as the population keeps growing so fast.

The conference participants will focus on three different dimensions: social, economic and ecologic. Basically, the group wants to develop policy ideas and launch concrete initiatives in food, water and energy efficiency: how to create more resources with less, how to invest in sustainable ecosystem services and how to make resources available to everyone.

The website for the conference has lots of info on the issues at hand, plus a breakdown of who is speaking, what the program is and what the participants hope to acheive. You can even follow along on some of the panel discussions with a live stream. There’s even a Nexus blog with the latest info and analysis.

The conference is especially important with the UN climate talks in Durban looming just around the corner and the Rio 2012 UN conference on sustainable development. Hope you tune in if you can…