1. Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation
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Khan, Zarrar, Abraham, Edo, Aggarwal, Srijan, Ahmad Khan, Manal, Arguello, Ricardo, Babbar-Sebens, Meghna, Bereslawski, Julia Lacal, Bielicki, Jeffrey M., Campana, Pietro Elia, Silva Carrazzone, Maria Eugenia, Castanier, Homero, Chang, Fi John, Collins, Pamela, Conchado, Adela, Dagani, Koteswara Rao, Daher, Bassel, Dekker, Stefan C., Delgado, Ricardo, Diuana, Fabio A., Doelman, Jonathan, Elshorbagy, Amin A., Fan, Chihhao, Gaudioso, Rossana, Gebrechorkos, Solomon H., Geli, Hatim M.E., Grubert, Emily, Huang, Daisy, Huang, Tailin, Ilyas, Ansir, Ivakhnenko, Aleksandr, Jewitt, Graham P.W., Ferreira dos Santos, Maria João, Jones, J. Leah, Kellner, Elke, Krueger, Elisabeth H., Kumar, Ipsita, Lamontagne, Jonathan, Lansu, Angelique, Lee, Sanghyun, Li, Ruopu, Linares, Pedro, Marazza, Diego, Mascari, María Pía, McManamay, Ryan A., Meng, Measrainsey, Mereu, Simone, Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando, Mohtar, Rabi, Muhammad, Abubakr, Opejin, Adenike Kafayat, Pande, Saket, Parkinson, Simon, Payet-Burin, Raphaël, Ramdas, Meenu, Ramos, Eunice Pereira, Ray, Sudatta, Roberts, Paula, Sampedro, Jon, Sanders, Kelly T., Saray, Marzieh Hassanzadeh, Schmidt, Jennifer, Shanafield, Margaret, Siddiqui, Sauleh, Suriano, Micaela, Taniguchi, Makoto, Trabucco, Antonio, Tuninetti, Marta, Vinca, Adriano, Weeser, Björn, White, Dave D., Wild, Thomas B., Yadav, Kamini, Yogeswaran, Nithiyanandam, Yokohata, Tokuta, Yue, Qin, Global Ecohydrology and Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, Global Ecohydrology and Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, RS-Research Line Resilient social-ecological systems (part of LIRSS program), Department of Environmental Sciences, RS-Research Line Resilience (part of LIRS program), Department Science, and RS-Research Line Learning (part of LIRSS program)
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food ,SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ,water ,DIVERSITY ,TRADE-OFFS ,GOVERNANCE ,URBANIZATION ,multi-sector ,WATER NEXUS ,OPPORTUNITIES ,DESIGN ,Environmental Science(all) ,nexus ,energy ,570 Life sciences ,biology ,ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS ,INTEGRATION ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
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.
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- 2022
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