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The High Commission for Planning has launched a national foresight study aiming to support public decision-making and enhance the security of water, energy, and food resources by analyzing the interconnections among them within an integrated institutional approach that goes beyond isolated sectoral work.
In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, the Commission indicated that it held a steering committee meeting to initiate the study on the interrelationship of water, energy, and food. This comes in the context of challenges related to water scarcity, energy transition requirements, food security constraints, and demographic pressure. The initiative is in partnership with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Equipment and Water, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, alongside Bank Al-Maghrib.
The statement emphasized that this study aligns with the royal directives of King Mohammed VI, calling for enhanced coherence in development policies. It reflects the spirit of the new development model, which advocates for a systematic approach based on inter-sectoral integration, ensuring greater effectiveness in public action and delivering tangible results for citizens.
The study is expected to serve as a strategic tool for long-term decision-making by combining foresight and modeling to measure the economic, social, and territorial impact of public choices. It will focus on securing access to vital resources, enhancing resilience to climate and economic shocks, and improving citizens’ well-being.
In this context, the Commission highlighted that water, energy, and food are interconnected pillars in daily life and the national economy. Every energy decision impacts water resources, while agricultural choices reflect on food security and the demand for water and energy, making separate treatment of these issues insufficient.
The statement indicated that the study design relies on a combined quantitative and qualitative approach, employing multi-stakeholder collective intelligence, strategic foresight, and economic and environmental modeling. This will allow for the development of various scenarios for 2040 and assess their socio-economic and territorial impacts, identifying pathways to ensure sustainable and resilient resource management.
Additionally, the inter-sectoral approach aims to highlight the integration between water, energy, and food policies, linking them to their impacts on growth, employment, purchasing power, and household welfare, as well as macroeconomic balances.
The Commission affirmed that the study will be conducted in close coordination with relevant sectors, with the involvement of experts, civil society actors, and decision-makers, enhancing its participatory dimension and reinforcing its role as a tool for supporting strategic decision-making.
The statement concluded by emphasizing that the fundamental objective remains a citizen-oriented one, aimed at ensuring equitable access to water and energy, enhancing food security at reasonable prices, strengthening resilience to crises, and reducing social and territorial disparities through integrated management of the water-energy-food nexus at the heart of national foresight.
