Tracing pathways of water, energy and land use in a globalised world

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Measures which address the degradation and over-exploitation of water, energy, and land resources are urgently needed, in individual countries and globally. However, the extraction and use of natural resources is highly interconnected, spatially and sectorally, within a complex web of interactions and feedbacks. Hidden pathways of resource demand link countries, sectors, and consumers in international supply chains. This presentation will explore how resource use connects different actors within the global economy, based on analysis of 189 countries, 150000 sectors, and 250 million supply chains. Case studies will include: international soybean trade, the role of trade in national resource risk, and the promise of network analysis in trade-related environmental modelling.

Biography

Oliver Taherzadeh is an Ecological Economist and PhD student at the University of Cambridge. His research examines the global environmental footprint of countries and sectors. Oliver previously worked as a researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute on issues related to international trade and sustainable supply chain management.