Policy Brief // Enhancing regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
By Rana El Hajj, Nadim Farajalla, Tessa Terpstra andv Anders Jägerskog. Water, energy and food resources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are in a critical situation in general but with interregional variations. Additional stressors are projected to aggravate the water, energy and food (WEF) insecurities, most prominently climate change impacts, population trends, conflict and refugees. Given that these resources are closely interlinked and interdependent, many countries in the region could benefit from enhanced cooperation to deal with these challenges in a nexus approach.
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Plantary Security Initiative websitePublished
April 2017By
- Planetary Security Initiative
- American University of Beirut
- Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI)