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Research // Sustainable Development Goals and Policy Integration in the Nexus
By David Le Blanc. This article tries to shed light on the question of whether the SDGs can provide a conducive framework for policy integration in…
Urban Nexus // Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Increasing the Productivity of Cities and Urbanized Nations
By Kathrine Brekke and Jeb Brugmann. In 2014, GIZ and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability published a report, Operationalizing the Urban…
Research // The Water, Energy And Food Nexus and Ecosystems: The Political Economy of Food and Non-food Supply Chains
By Tony Allan and Nathanial Matthews. In this article, the authors argue that the Nexus concept must incorporate a strong ecosystem stewardship…
Expertism // The Confederacy of Experts: The Crushing Nexus of Silos, Systems, Arrogance and Irrational Certainty
By Gary Lawrence. The problems of our time, belief in the value of specialization over generalization and the history of educational praxis inspire…
Resilience // The Nexus in Small Island Developing States
By Liz Thompson. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the benefi t and possible approaches of a strategic formulation and implementation of…
Analysis // From Bonn 2011 Nexus to Chapel Hill via Rio+20
By Albert Butare. In this foreword to a collection of nexus articles, edited by Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram, the author summarises the development…
Climate // Water – Food – Energy – Climate: Strengthening the Weak Links in the Nexus
By Ania Grobicki. The water and climate crisis we are facing requires a deeper analysis, which includes the “natural” Nexus. We need to be clear…
Research // Nexus Scientific Research: Theory and Approach Serving Sustainable Development
By Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev. The current chapter first explores the factors of global change that are generating an ever greater…
Renewable Energy // Nexus-friendly Pathways for Growth
By Frank Wouters and Divyam Nagpal. The interlinkages between the three systems will grow stronger. By 2035 water withdrawal for energy is projected…
Foresight // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Foresight for Research and Innovation in the Context of Climate Change
By Beatriz Mayor Rodríguez, Elena López Gunn, Oiana Hernaez Lizarazu and Ibon Zugasti Gorostidi. This study aims to identify the openings for the EU…
Education // "Perspectivity Challenge" Game
The "Perspectivity Challenge" is an educational group game to raise awareness on a number of sustainability issues, the water-energy-food nexus being…
Analysis // The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus: Analysis of the Project Portfolio and Assessment of Opportunities for Nexus Mainstreaming
This Nexus portfolio analysis developed and applied a systematic methodology and criteria for screening, characterizing and ranking 450 selected GIZ…
Research // Towards Understanding the Integrative Approach of the Water, Energy and Food Nexus
By Mohammad Al-Saidi and Nadir Ahmed Elagib. The water, energy and food nexus (WEF nexus) is currently quite popular in environmental management. The…
Sustainability Science // Research Priorities for Managing the Impacts and Dependencies of Business upon Food, Energy, Water and the Environment
This paper shows how collaboration between business and academia can identify the most urgent research priorities to ensure the sustainability of…
River Basins // Modeling the Hydropower–Food Nexus in Large River Basins: A Mekong Case Study
By Jamie Pittock, David Dumaresq and Andrea M. Bassi. An increasing global population and growing wealth are raising demand for energy and food,…
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