A world with 9 Billion people…. Towards Building global Water, Food and Energy Resilience Dr. Ger Bergkamp Director General World Water Council 30 March 2009, S.A.I.S. Seminar, Washington DC

HistoricDramaticCHANGE The changing ’human enterprise’ human activities began to increase..... PopulationWealthInvestments Dams City People Motor Cycles Water use Fertiliser Paper Tourists Tourists MacDonalds Phones

Zarqa River Basin (Jordan) Bullet, statement Image, graphs etc

The main drivers of the long-term outlook Slow-down in world population growth Total population (billions) Annual increments (billions) Source: FAO & UN, World Population Assessment 2006

1950 Analysis Munich Re Data:U.N. Population Division World Cities: 5+ million 2015

Mekong Region – From rural to urban Battling the storm and restoring water supplies and ecosystems Bullet, statement

Energy Consumption and Income are Linked 5 billion low-income people in countries with rapid economic growth rates Presented during 5 th World Water Forum by FAO

Source: WWAP

The number of undernourished is increasing

Projected impacts of climate change 1°C2°C5°C4°C3°C Sea level rise threatens major cities Falling crop yields in many areas, particularly developing regions Food Water Ecosystems Risk of Abrupt and Major Irreversible Changes Global temperature change (relative to pre-industrial) 0°C Falling yields in many developed regions Rising number of species face extinction Increasing risk of dangerous feedbacks and abrupt, large-scale shifts in the climate system Significant decreases in water availability in many areas, including Mediterranean and Southern Africa Small mountain glaciers disappear – water supplies threatened in several areas Extensive Damage to Coral Reefs Extreme Weather Events Rising intensity of storms, forest fires, droughts, flooding and heat waves Possible rising yields in some high latitude regions