Perspectives on the Nexus: Water, Energy and Food Security in an Era of Climate Change

Climate Change Adaptation and the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Tanzania: Policy Trends and Smallholder Livelihoods

“…Nexus thinking has been born out of the argument that treating water resource management discretely is incompatible since all water decisions impact the possibility of energy and food security, especially within an era of globalization and in the context of climate change (Swatuk and Cash, 2018). This approach implies that water is at the heart of the Nexus.…”

“…This approach implies that water is at the heart of the Nexus. Therefore, the Nexus presents a new kind of environmental policy paradigm whose focus has been quite successful in influencing policy debate (Swatuk and Cash, 2018).…”

“…Consequently, the implementation of the Nexus approach at the local level is hindered by several barriers. First, the Nexus is still an elite-driven agenda as state and private sector elites (actors) dominate management decisions that largely aim at the marketization and commodification of resources in the water, food and energy sectors (Dalla Fontana et al, 2020; Swatuk and Cash, 2018). Second, its focus has shifted from the need to secure access rights to focus on resource extraction and use and this shift has been coupled with neglecting local community-based resource management and security (Dalla Fontana et al, 2020; Neubert, 2019).…”

“…Second, its focus has shifted from the need to secure access rights to focus on resource extraction and use and this shift has been coupled with neglecting local community-based resource management and security (Dalla Fontana et al, 2020; Neubert, 2019). Third, the Nexus resource sustainability imperative does not consider local livelihood enhancement or access to and control over resources (Biggs et al, 2015; Neubert, 2019; Swatuk and Cash, 2018). As a result, not only does this forestall consideration of the broader drivers for the Nexus resources such as subsidies, trade agreements, global value chain trends, aid and geopolitics, but it also poses the danger of overlooking the resulting depletion of the resource base and intensification of climate risk to smallholder resource users.…”

O Desafio Da Integração De Políticas Públicas Para a Adaptação Às Mudanças Climáticas No Semiárido Brasileiro

“…Estudos mais críticos o consideram uma abordagem apolítica de gestão dos recursos naturais sendo que as soluções tecnológicas e tecnocráticas são consideradas insuficientes para responder a desafios societais tão complexos e interligados. Portanto, a governança representa um aspecto fundamental neste contexto (STIRLING, 2015;SWATUK;CASH, 2018).…”