"Eliminating water shortages depends on a global attempt to raise water productivity similar to the effort launched a half-century ago to raise land productivity, an initiative that has nearly tripled the world grain yield per hectare." –Lester R. Brown, World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front in Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
NYT Energy for Tomorrow Conference
April 12, 2012
Watch Lester Brown's presentation at the NYT Energy for Tomorrow Conference from April 11, 2012. His panel is the Opening Plenary. Other notable speakers include Thomas Friedman, Steven Cho, Daniel Yergin, and T. Boone Pickins.