Creating 21st Century Abundance through Public Policy Innovation : Moving Beyond Business as Usual

The problem with business as usual -- Risk associated with business-as-usual practices -- Demand for energy -- Demand for food -- Demand for water -- The challenge of the Nexus -- Demand for resources -- Climate change -- Tough choices -- the tradeoffs -- Why is it hard to make tough decisions? -- Difficult decisions from the past and their consequences -- The choices we face -- How to ease the pain? -- The opportunities -- The 2030 Water Resources Group -- The Sustainable Development Goals -- Climate change adaption -- resiliency -- Innovation -- Creating abundance -- the path forward -- The Nexus solution framework -- Stakeholder ecosystems and the golden triangle -- Building stakeholder ecosystems -- Implementing Nexus solutions at scale -- Nexus solutions and livelihoods -- job creation -- Nexus solutions and visualizing scenarios -- Final thought -- Closing remarks by Anders Berntell.