Modelling and assessment
Semantic Analysis // Supporting Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research of Water-Energy-Food Nexus by Means of Ontology Engineering
By Terukazu Kumazawa, Keishiro Hara, Aiko Endo and Makoto Taniguchi. In this article the authors focus on ontology engineering, which is a base…
Nexus Assessment // When Defining Boundaries for Nexus Analysis, Let the Data Speak
By Oliver Taherzadeh, Mike Bithell, Keith Richards. Within this study, the authors describe how the partiality of the FEW-nexus overlooks major…
Modelling // Quantifying and Mapping of Water-related Ecosystem Services for Enhancing the Security of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Tropical Data–sparse Catchment
By Mesfin Sahle, Osamu Saito, Christine Fürst and Kumelachew Yeshitela. The food-water-energy nexus concept helps to produce an integrative solutions…
Bridging Science and Policy in Water-Energy-Food Nexus // Using the Q-Nexus Model for Informing Policy Making
By Ali Karnib. Water, energy and food (WEF) systems are highly interconnected and they directly and indirectly affect one another. Science based…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment of Solar Energy Farming Interactions // The Azraq Case in Jordan with Insights from India
By Mohammad Al-Saidi. This report focuses on experiences with solar energy farming (SEF), and in particular the solar energy farming project in the…
Modelling // Energy Modelling and the Nexus Concept
By FloorBrouwer, Georgios Avgerinopoulos, Dora Fazekas, et al. The Nexus concept is the interconnection between the resources energy, water, food,…
Assessment // Rapid Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus in Six Selected Basins of North Africa and West Asia undergoing Transitions and Scarcity Threats
By Caroline King and Hadi Jaafar. Existing strategies for management of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa negotiate a complex system…
Water Convention // Methodology for Assessing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in Transboundary Basins and Experiences from its Application: Synthesis
This Synthesis publication covers lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on…
Assessment // The Transboundary Basin Nexus Assessment (TBNA) Methodology
Interview with the authors of the UNECE Synthesis Report on the TBNA Methodology Mario Roidt and Lucia de Strasser. What are insights and lessons…
Modelling // Integrated Risk Analysis of Water-Energy Nexus Systems Based on Systems Dynamics, Orthogonal Design and Copula Analysis
By Yanpeng Cai, Jianying Cai, Linyu Xu, Qian Tan and Qiao Xu. Within specific cities or regions, water and energy are intimately and highly…
Publication // Climate and Southern Africa's Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Declan Conway, Emma Archer van Garderen, Delphine Deryng, Steve Dorling, Tobias Krueger, Willem Landman, Bruce Lankford, Karen Lebek, Tim Osborn,…
Water Convention // Synthesis Document on Assesssing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in Transboundary Basins
This synthesis report by the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) has…
Modelling // Describing and Visualizing a Water-Energy-Food Nexus System
By Aiko Endo, Terukazu Kumazawa, Michinori Kimura, Makoto Yamada, Takaaki Kato and Kouji Kozaki. The objective of this study is to describe a target…
Tools // New Version of the Nexus Tools Platform 2.0
The Nexus Tools Platform aims at facilitating the application of a cross-sectoral Nexus Approach to environmental resources management. This requires…
Water Convention // A Nexus Approach to Transboundary Cooperation: The Experience of the Water Convention
This brochure summarizes lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on protecting…