Choke Point: The Competition Between Water, Food, and Energy
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Session Description
Declining freshwater reserves, tenuous food security, and booming energy demand are disrupting economies, governments, and environments. This is especially true in the era of climate change. How can social entrepreneurs and innovators help the world scale responses to these disruptive, accelerating trends?
Time & Location
Time:
11:45 - 13:00, Wednesday, April 9, 2014
BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar 8
Speakers
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Speaker
Managing Director, Circle of Blue
J. Carl Ganter is founder and director of Circle of Blue, the center for frontline reporting, research, and analysis on water resource issues and their relationship to food and energy in a changing climate. Ganter is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and photojournalist whose work has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers, and television and radio networks. He earned his MSJ in investigative and magazine reporting at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism after graduating with honors from the University’s American Studies Program. He is past vice chairman and current member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security, and is recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award.
