Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management for Energy Production and Food Security in Libya

Paper is designed to present an overview of sustainable integrated water resources management at global, regional, national and local level for enhanced energy production and food security in Libya. It demonstrates that how actions, accords, and commitments by institute industry interaction (3Is) initiative with special reference to water resource efficiency for enhanced energy production & food security are being debated by using awareness and preparedness for environmental emergencies at local level (APELL) along with numerous both Libyan and UNEP priority initiatives and programs. Based on case studies to recognize some of the most common problems experienced in Sustainable Integrated Water Resource Management (SWIM) planning for enhanced energy production technologies & food security and developing options for overcoming them a set of recommendations on how to enhance institutional and legal reforms for its implementation at the national/local levels are briefly outlined. Finally it shows that how lessons learnt and best practices technologies especially from UN agencies are assisting to promote water resource efficiency to achieve energy & food security of case study areas in Libya for its wider application in both developed and developing countries.