Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach

Bazilian, Morgan; Rogner, Holger; Howells, Mark; Hermann, Sebastian; Arent, D. J.; Gielen, Dolf; Steduto, Pasquale; Mueller, Alexander; Komor, Paul; Tol, Richard S.J.; Yumkella, Kandeh K.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.039

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“…Bazilian et al 2011;Rothausen and Conway 2011;Scott et al 2011;Hoff 2011;Hermann et al 2012;Bizikova et al 2013;Howells et al 2013;Howells and Rogner 2014). The overall argument is that population growth and economic growth 'put significant pressure on energy, water and food demands with growing trade-offs among these three development goals; and will accelerate ecosystem degradation' (The Water Energy and Food Security Resource Platform 2012).…”

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“…This has even resulted in the development of an advanced modelling framework on the climate, land (including food), energy and water nexus aimed at making specific and localised recommendations for policy-makers (Howells et al 2013). This framework has been applied to several pilot countries, including Mauritius and Burkina Faso (Bazilian et al 2011;Howells et al 2013;UNDESA 2014a). Also the Global Sustainable Development Report aims for this model to eventually capture all Sustainable Development Goals and in that manner will broaden its usage and application in sustainable development (UNDESA 2014a, p. 88).…”

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Cross-sectoral strategies in global sustainability governance: towards a nexus approach

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Biermann

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2016

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The recent shift from the Millennium Development Goals to the much broader Sustainable Development Goals has given further impetus to the debate on the nexus between the multiple sectors of policy-making that the Goals are to cover. The key message in this debate is that different domains-for instance, water, energy and food-are interconnected and can thus not be effectively resolved unless they are addressed as being fully interrelated and interdependent. Yet while this overall narrative is forcefully supported in the new UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that are the main part of this agenda, many Goals still remain sectoral in their basic outlook. This now requires, we argue, a new focus in both policy and research on the nexus between different Sustainable Development Goals, especially with a view to reforms in the overall institutional setting that is required to sufficiently support such a nexus approach. This article thus examines the nexus approach in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and identifies multiple avenues for its institutionalisation in global governance.

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Section: The Nexus Between Policy Domainsmentioning

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Cross-sectoral strategies in global sustainability governance: towards a nexus approach

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Biermann

Kanie

2016

Int Environ Agreements

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“…The Bonn nexus conference in 2011 11 is notable in this process of recognizing the complex interactions between sectors and resource systems, and the need to minimize the trade-offs and risks of adverse cross-sectoral impacts 11,12 . The nexus is increasingly prominent on policymakers' agendas, partly in relation to the post-2015 agenda for the sustainable development goals 13 .…”

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Climate and southern Africa's water–energy–food nexus

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“…Only while taking into account this key nexus, and while practicing IWRM where feasible, are we able to seek holistic solutions for complex problems relating to the increasing pressure on our planet's resources [97,98]. According to recent data, the population of CA is expected to increase by almost 40% by the end of the 21st century [99].…”

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Essentials of Endorheic Basins and Lakes: A Review in the Context of Current and Future Water Resource Management and Mitigation Activities in Central Asia

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Abstract:Endorheic basins (i.e., land-locked drainage networks) and their lakes can be highly sensitive to variations in climate and adverse anthropogenic activities, such as overexploitation of water resources. In this review paper, we provide a brief overview of one major endorheic basin on each continent, plus a number of endorheic basins in Central Asia (CA), a region where a large proportion of the land area is within this type of basin. We summarize the effects of (changing) climate drivers and land surface-atmosphere feedbacks on the water balance. For the CA region, we also discuss key anthropogenic activities, related water management approaches and their complex relationship with political and policy issues. In CA a substantial increase in irrigated agriculture coupled with negative climate change impacts have disrupted the fragile water balance for many endorheic basins and their lakes. Transboundary integrated land and water management approaches must be developed to facilitate adequate climate change adaptation and possible mitigation of the adverse anthropogenic influence on endorheic basins in CA. Suitable climate adaptation, mitigation and efficient natural resource management technologies and methods are available, and are developing fast. A number of these are discussed in the paper, but these technologies alone are not sufficient to address pressing water resource issues in CA. Food-water-energy nexus analyses demonstrate that transboundary endorheic basin management requires transformational changes with involvement of all key stakeholders. Regional programs, supported by local governments and international donors, which incorporate advanced adaptation technologies, water resource research and management capacity development, are essential for successful climate change adaptation efforts in CA. However, there is a need for an accelerated uptake of such programs, with an emphasis on unification of approaches, as the pressures resulting from climate change and aggravated by human mismanagement of natural water resources leave very little time for hesitation.

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Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach

Cited by 1,009 publications

References 96 publications

Cross-sectoral strategies in global sustainability governance: towards a nexus approach

Cross-sectoral strategies in global sustainability governance: towards a nexus approach

Climate and southern Africa's water–energy–food nexus

Essentials of Endorheic Basins and Lakes: A Review in the Context of Current and Future Water Resource Management and Mitigation Activities in Central Asia

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