An IAEA proposal has been put forward that would seek to ameliorate problems such as the recent food price crisis by helping planners and policymakers to plan better use of water, energy and land. Presented at a high-level UN meeting last month, the new service would merge three IAEA offerings and assist countries in coordinating planning activities with a view to respecting resource interdependencies.

Most resource arrangements currently occur in separate and disconnected institutional entities. But since water, energy and land use are closely linked to one another, the way forward would seek sustainable solutions that would take a universal view of forecasting and planning resource use.

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