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Thirsty Energy – Water and Energy in the 21st Century Shaping the Future of the Energy Industry

Industry Partners and Associates are select member companies of the World Economic Forum that are actively involved in the Forum's mission at the industry level. Partnership brings visibility and insight to strategic decision-making on the most important industry and cross-industry related issues and the opportunity to engage in actions of global corporate citizenship. As a self directed community, Industry Partners broaden their involvement beyond the CEO to its senior leadership team in an ongoing process throughout the year.

Industry Partners within the Energy community have privileged access to ideas, projects, experts and organisations that actively focus on the top industry issues and challenges. In response the input and direction of the Industry Partners, the Energy community within the Forum has focused upon the following global initiatives in 2008

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Issues & challenges

Climate Change
A cross-industry project mandated by the G8/G20 to provide business recommendations on the Climate framework.

Energy Security Roundtable - Thought leadership engaging business and government decision-makers to build a joint understanding of the new energy security paradigm.

Energy Poverty Action - A public-private partnership to deliver business best practices to reducing energy poverty.

Partnering Against Corruption Initiative - A cross-industry initiative to develop and implement business solutions that combat global corruption.

SlimCity - A cross-industry initiative to increase resource / energy efficiency and reduce emissions at the city level, in partnership with the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. 

Thirsty Energy - The marginal energy unit brought to the system is increasingly water intensive. Potential vicious circles strengthened by climate change require a risk-mitigation strategy.

Energy Shapers - A community of 15-20 leading companies that proactively “shape” the energy transition in the next 5-10 years through policy and regulation engagement, innovation and creative investment models.






    
 
José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo,   "Balancing supply and demand and offsetting impacts and benefits of different energy  
sources will be a  huge challenge in the near future. Despite the economic downturn exacerbated in the past few months, demand for energy will surely increase in the medium and long term. This fact is going to cause production of traditional sources such as oil, natural gas and coal to intensify. At the same time, climate change will dramatically increase the importance of cleaner sources in the world energy scene. That is the complex equation we have to work out, no failure allowed here."
José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras, Brazil, 2009 Energy Community Leader
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 Past News

Press releases:
Cancun, 15 April 2008, The importance of innovation in solving "The Energy Puzzle"

Davos, 26 January 2008, World Economic Forum launches SlimCity initiative


 Contact Us

For more information or to register for an event contact:

Espen Mehlum,
Associate Director, Head of Electricity Industry,

Pawel Konzal,
Senior Community Manager,
Head of Oil and Gas Industries

Busba Wongnapapisan,
Community Manager, Energy Shapers

Delphine Angelloz-Nicoud, Senior Team Coordinator and Special Project Manager

Emilie Bompard,
Team Coordinator




    
 
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