INVESTIGADORES
ROJAS Juan Facundo
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Water-Energy-Food Security and the Carbon Challenge in the Central Andes of Argentina
Autor/es:
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT; SEBASTIÁN RIERA; FACUNDO ROJAS; LUCRECIA WAGNER; FACUNDO MARTÍN
Lugar:
Innsbruck
Reunión:
Conferencia; International Mountain Conference; 2022
Institución organizadora:
Universidad de Innsbruck
Resumen:
• Energy sector (petroleum, hydropower) importanteconomically, politically• Argentine economy - major waves of inflation• Currently, inflation at 6-8% per month• Uncertainties, especially for infrastructure development• Climate risk: water-scarcity (300 mm annual rainfall)• Historical drought (past 10 years)• Shift from winter to more summer rains (less productive)• Historical irrigation development• European colonists extended Indigenous canals• Vineyards, vegetables, olives, grapes, livestock• Mendoza relatively well positioned to capture forwardlinkages in agriculture and energy supply and value chains