Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation
Khan Z. Abraham E. Aggarwal S. Ahmad Khan M. Arguello R. Babbar-Sebens M. Bereslawski J.L. Bielicki J.M. Campana P.E. Silva Carrazzone M.E. Castanier H. Chang F.-J. Collins P. Conchado A. Dagani K.R. Daher B. Dekker S.C. Delgado R. Diuana F.A. Doelman J. Elshorbagy A.A. Fan C. Gaudioso R. Gebrechorkos S.H. Geli H.M.E. Grubert E. Huang D. Huang T. Ilyas A. Ivakhnenko A. Jewitt G.P.W. Ferreira dos Santos M.J. Jones J.L. Kellner E. Krueger E.H. Kumar I. Lamontagne J. Lansu A. Lee S. Li R. Linares P. Marazza D. Mascari M.P. McManamay R.A. Meng M. Mereu S. Miralles-Wilhelm F. Mohtar R. Muhammad A. Opejin A.K. Pande S. Parkinson S. Payet-Burin R. Ramdas M. Ramos E.P. Ray S. Roberts P. Sampedro J. Sanders K.T. Saray M.H. Schmidt J. Shanafield M. Siddiqui S. Suriano M. Taniguchi M. Trabucco A. Tuninetti M. Vinca A. Weeser B. White D.D. Wild T.B. Yadav K. Yogeswaran N. Yokohata T. Yue Q.
11 August 2022Frontiers Media S.A.
Frontiers in Environmental Science
2022#10
Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the interdependencies and trade-offs between these sectors and other related systems is critical to solving many of the global challenges they present. While nexus research has grown exponentially since 2011, there is no unified, overarching approach, and the implementation of concepts remains hampered by the lack of clear case studies. Here, we present the results of a collaborative thought exercise involving 75 scientists and summarize them into 10 key recommendations covering: the most critical nexus issues of today, emerging themes, and where future efforts should be directed. We conclude that a nexus community of practice to promote open communication among researchers, to maintain and share standardized datasets, and to develop applied case studies will facilitate transparent comparisons of models and encourage the adoption of nexus approaches in practice. Copyright
energy , food , multi-sector , nexus , water
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Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), College Park, MD, United States
Department of Water Resources Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
College of Engineering and Mines, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
National Geographic Partners, Washington, DC, United States
Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria (UPRA), Bogotá, Colombia
School of Civil and Construction Engineering, College of Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Buenos Aires, Consultant, Argentina
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Department of Sustainable Energy Systems, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
Consultora Bioeconomía Sostenible en FAO, Roma, Italy
Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering and Hydrotech Research Institute, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Conservation International, Arlington, VA, United States
Environmental Missions, The Overview Effect, Madrid, Spain
Sustainability and Circular Economy, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, India
Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht, Netherlands
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Janeiro, Brazil
Department of Climate, Air and Energy, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, Netherlands
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Secretaría Nacional de Ambiente, Agua y Cambio Climático, Montevideo, Uruguay
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States
NCKU School for Sustainability, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
Centre for Water Informatics and Technology, Lahore University of Management and Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Technical University Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Switzerland
Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics (IBED-ELD), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States
Open University of Netherlands, Open University, Heerlen, Netherlands
Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
School of Earth Systems and Sustainability, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, United States
Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT), Madrid, Spain
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto (OPP), Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Bioeconomia, CNR-IBE, Sassari, Italy
CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, IAFES Division, Sassari, Italy
College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States
Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Water Energy Food Research Group, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Department of Hydrology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Khordha, India
Division of Energy Systems, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources (EIPER), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Organismo Regulador de la Seguridad de Presas (ORSEP), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, DC, United States
Instituto Nacional del Agua (INA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan
Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Lecce, Italy
Department of Environment, Land, and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU), Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA, United States
National Forensic Sciences University, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Delhi, India
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Global Environmental Research, Tsukuba, Japan
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI)
Department of Water Resources Management
College of Engineering and Mines
National Geographic Partners
Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria (UPRA)
School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Department of Civil
John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Department of Sustainable Energy Systems
Consultora Bioeconomía Sostenible en FAO
Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento de Quito
Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering and Hydrotech Research Institute
Conservation International
Environmental Missions
Sustainability and Circular Economy
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Texas A&M Energy Institute
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Universidad de los Andes
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Department of Climate
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development
Department of Civil
Secretaría Nacional de Ambiente
University of Southampton
Department of Animal and Range Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
NCKU School for Sustainability
Centre for Water Informatics and Technology
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Centre for Water Resources Research
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Department of Geography
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Wyss Academy for Nature
School of Sustainability
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Department of Geographical Sciences
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Open University of Netherlands
Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering
School of Earth Systems and Sustainability
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Università di Bologna
Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto (OPP)
Department of Environmental Science
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
College of Science
The Nature Conservancy
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Hydrology
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Department of Environmental Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Division of Energy Systems
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources (EIPER)
Organismo Regulador de la Seguridad de Presas (ORSEP)
Department of Process and Environmental Engineering
University of Alaska Anchorage
College of Science and Engineering
Department of Environmental Science
Instituto Nacional del Agua (INA)
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
Department of Environment
Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU)
USDA Forest Service
National Forensic Sciences University
National Institute for Environmental Studies
College of Environmental Science and Engineering
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