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1 Simmons, Robert; Noble, Andrew; Pongsakul, P.; Sukreeyapongse, O.; Chinabut, N. 2005. Metals and food contamination: cadmium in paddy fields in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at Inter Regional Workshop on Environmental Health Impacts from Exposure to Metals, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, 31 May - 3 June, 2005. 32p.
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2 2009. Waste: dishing the dirt. Food Ethics, 4(3). 31p.
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Wasting food is costly, damages the environment and, in a world where a billion people are hungry, deeply unfair. But is simply cutting food waste enough to tackle these problems?
3 de Fraiture, Charlotte; Clayton, Terry. 2009. Wasted food, lost water: ethical imperatives for water conservation. Food Ethics, 4(3):27-29.
Water use ; Water conservation ; Water shortage ; Food production ; Foods ; Wastes ; Attitudes ; Water management ; Policy
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4 Roychowdhury, T.; Uchino, T.; Tokunaga, H. 2008. Effect of arsenic on soil, plant and foodstuffs by using irrigated groundwater and pond water from Nadia District, West Bengal. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 33(2/3):218-234.
Irrigated farming ; Arsenic ; Tube well irrigation ; Groundwater irrigation ; Soils ; Plants ; Foods ; Ponds ; Paddy fields / India / West Bengal / Nadia district
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The total arsenic withdrawn by the seven shallow tubewells used for agricultural irrigation in the arsenic-affected areas of Nadia district per year is 3851 g (mean: 550 g, range: 118–2410 g). When the amount of arsenic in the groundwater is high, it has been observed that the levels of arsenic in agricultural land soil and plants are correspondingly high. Arsenic concentration in paddy field soil and plants is higher, compared to other agricultural field soil and plants. Pond water is safer for cultivation compared to irrigated groundwater.
5 Global Water Intelligence (GWI). 2013. Global water market 2014: meeting the world's water and wastewater needs until 2018. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Media Analytics Ltd. 459p. + 1CD.
Water market ; Water requirements ; Water resources development ; Water quality ; Water use ; Water reuse ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Industrial uses ; Wastewater treatment ; Wastewater treatment plants ; Urban wastes ; Equipment ; Networks ; Expenditure ; Costs ; Financing ; Market research ; Forecasting ; Pipes ; Pumps ; Valves ; Meters ; Desalination ; Technology ; Sea water ; Brackish water ; Oils ; Gases ; Energy sources ; Foods ; Beverages ; Pulp and paper industry ; Mining ; Chemicals ; Organizations ; government agencies ; Indicators / Brazil / China / India / USA / Colombia / Indonesia / Malaysia / Mexico / Russia / Australia / France / Germany / Japan / UK / Saudi Arabia / Bolivia / Canada / Chile / Costa Rica / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Trinidad / Tobago / Uruguay / Venezuela
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 GLO e-copy SF Record No: H046240)
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6 Akoto-Danso, E. K.; Karg, H.; Drechsel, Pay; Buerkert, A. 2015. Nutrient and virtual water flow analysis for Tamale, Ghana and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [Abstract only] In Tielkes, E. (Ed.). Management of land use systems for enhanced food security: conflicts, controversies and resolutions. Book of abstracts. International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Tropentag 2015, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2015. Witzenhausen, Germany: German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics. pp.158.
Virtual water ; Flow discharge ; Nutrients ; Organic matter ; Foods ; Urban areas / Ghana / Burkina Faso / Tamale / Ouagadougou
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047203)
http://www.tropentag.de/2015/abstracts/links/Akoto-Danso_zVtWuGh3.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047203.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047203.pdf
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Nutrients and virtual water in the form of food and other organic goods are transported from the rural hinterland to urban centres. In particular in developing countries, poor waste management in growing cities and the potential to recover nutrients and water for agricultural production have raised interest in quantifying these flows. What are the quantities of organic materials that enter and leave a city? Which materials carry the most important nutrient and virtual water flows? Where does nutrient and water depletion take place? This study has been conducted within the UrbanFoodPlus project (www.urbanfood plus.org) to assess organic material flows and their quantitative nutrient and virtual water contribution for the cities of Tamale in Ghana and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. Matter flows (unprocessed foodstuff, firewood, fodder, non-timber forest products, etc.) from regional, national and international sources were systematically recorded at all roads leading to Tamale and Ouagadougo. Organic matter from urban sources aand stocks were captured at major markets. The survey has been conducted within two years covering the peak (November) and lean season (April) for six days in a row. The study maps the virtual water and nutrient transfers of different types of traded food products and other organic goods. The results will improve our understanding of the urban metabolism, and may support the development of standardised methodologies for assessing virtual water and nutrient flows.
7 Pahl-Wostl, C. 2020. Adaptive and sustainable water management: from improved conceptual foundations to transformative change. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36(2-3):397-415. (Special issue: Global Water Resources: Festschrift in Honour of Asit K. Biswas). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1721268]
Water management ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Water governance ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Foods ; Energy ; Nexus ; Water policy ; Climate change ; Indigenous peoples ; Social aspects
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Water resources management is far from being sustainable, despite decades of scholarly work to improve the conceptual foundations of water management practice. Arguments have been provided that paradigm shifts are needed towards more integrated and adaptive water management approaches. This article provides a critical reflection on the translation of such claims from discourse to practice. It reviews conceptual developments and discusses persistent challenges. Some developments that might trigger transformative change are highlighted. These include climate change, nexus approaches to integrated landscape management, and the role of indigenous communities. The article makes recommendations on how science can support mobilizing the transformative potential of these developments.
8 Rajan, Abhishek; Ghosh, Kuhelika. 2019. Energy productivity of Indian agriculture: are energy guzzling districts generating higher agricultural value? Paper presented at the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) on Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment, Bali, Indonesia, 1-7 September 2019. 10p.
Energy consumption ; Water productivity ; Foods ; Nexus ; Irrigated farming ; Electricity supplies ; Subsidies ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water use ; Pumping ; Sustainability ; Estimation ; Econometrics / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049668)
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Groundwater irrigation has been central to India’s irrigated agriculture. India is the largest extractor of groundwater, pumping nearly 250 km3 every year for irrigation. The abstraction of groundwater is closely coupled with access to subsidized or free electricity in the country. Supply of free electricity has led to the perverse groundwater-energy nexus in the country. This nexus has resulted in grave economic and environmental repercussions. There is a mounting fiscal burden of energy subsidies in the country, which has led many power utilities at the helm of bankruptcy. At the same time, free power has attributed to the groundwater depletion at an alarming rate in many parts of the country. Hence, it becomes important to understand whether these economic and environmental costs of groundwater irrigation are commensurate with its benefits. This study takes a look at the energy productivity of groundwater irrigated agriculture in the districts of India and assesses its contribution to the agricultural output.
9 Ouassissou, R.; Lacombe, G.; Kuper, M.; Hammani, A.; El Amrani, M. 2022. The role of water and energy use in expanding the boundaries of irrigated agriculture in the Berrechid Plain of Morocco. Irrigation and Drainage, 12p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2720]
Water use ; Energy consumption ; Foods ; Nexus ; Irrigated farming ; Groundwater ; Land tenure ; Semiarid climate ; Irrigation systems ; Drip irrigation ; Pumping ; Transfer of waters ; Reservoirs / Morocco / Berrechid Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051180)
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Despite the attention given to the water–energy–food nexus, there is little field evidence of how this plays out for irrigators. This article analyses the diversity of irrigation system configurations and their related water and energy use in semi-arid Morocco, where groundwater-fed and pressurized drip irrigation, although supposedly thrifty, is energy intensive. The analysis relying on hydraulic calculations and multiple linear regressions was based on interviews, observations and measurements on irrigation systems in 25 farms. The results show that each farmer used between one and three pumps and up to two storage reservoirs to pump groundwater from up to 120 m deep borehole(s) and transfer it along a distance often exceeding 2 km to reach available fertile lands that are rented. Such distances had little effect on the system-wise energy consumption, varying between 4.62 and 4.88 kWh m-3, although the recycled car engines powering these irrigation systems were largely inefficient, consuming on average 2.5 kWh m-3. State subsidies encourage these water-intensive and energy-inefficient farming systems, increasing pressure on groundwater and land. These findings underline the importance of going beyond a strict nexus perspective, as expansion of the ‘groundwater economy’ is accompanied by conflicts over tenure and increasing inequalities in access to water that threaten the sustainability of irrigated agriculture.
10 Zwane, N.; Tazvinga, H.; Botai, C.; Murambadoro, M.; Botai, J.; de Wit, J.; Mabasa, B.; Daniel, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2022. A bibliometric analysis of solar energy forecasting studies in Africa. Energies, 15(15):5520. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155520]
Solar energy ; Forecasting ; Bibliometric analysis ; Research ; Trends ; Climate change ; Water ; Renewable energy ; Foods ; Nexus approaches ; Collaboration ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Models / Africa / Southern Africa / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051306)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/15/5520/pdf?version=1659101594
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051306.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051306.pdf
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Solar energy forecasting is considered an essential scientific aspect in supporting efforts to integrate solar energy into power grids. Moreover, solar energy forecasting plays an essential role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and conserving energy for future use. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis to assess solar energy forecasting research studies evolution at the continental (Africa) and southern Africa levels. Key aspects of analysis included (i) scientific research trends, (ii) nature of collaboration networks, (iii) co-occurrence of keywords and (iv) emerging themes in solar energy forecasting over the last two decades, between the years 2000–2021. The results indicate that solar energy forecasting research has, on average, expanded by 6.4% and 3.3% in Africa and southern Africa, respectively. Based on the study context, solar energy forecasting research only gained momentum in 2015, peaking in 2019, but it is generally still subtle. The scientific mapping illustrated that only South Africa ranks among the leading countries that have produced high numbers of published documents and also leads in contributions to the research area in both Africa and southern Africa. Three emerging topics were identified from the thematic map analysis— namely, “solar irradiance”, “artificial intelligence” and “clear sky”, which implies that researchers are paying attention to solar irradiance, using modelling techniques that incorporate machine learning techniques. Overall, this study contributes to scientific information on the potential bankability of renewable energy projects that could assist power utilities, governments and policymakers in Africa to enforce the green economy through accelerated decarbonisation of the energy systems and building relationships with developed countries for support and better transitioning to solar energy. From a Water–Energy–Food nexus perspective, the results of this work could assist the scientific community in Africa to take advantage of the inherent interconnectedness of water, energy and food resources, whilst also advancing the use of integrated solutions to shape the focus of solar energy research into a more systems thinking and transdisciplinary approach involving the interconnected primary resources and stakeholders pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals.
11 Chisadza, B.; Mashakani, B.-L.; Gwate, O.; Chiwara, P.; Choruma, D.; Gumindoga, W. 2022. Determination of groundwater potential zones using geographic information systems and remote sensing in Lupane District, Zimbabwe. Irrigation and Drainage, 13p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2741]
Groundwater potential ; Geographical information systems ; Remote sensing ; Groundwater recharge ; Boreholes ; Energy ; Foods ; Nexus approaches ; Land cover ; Land use ; Soil types ; Slope ; Drainage ; Geology ; Models / Zimbabwe / Lupane
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051288)
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Groundwater is a vital natural resource for agricultural, domestic and industrial uses. Understanding the spatial distribution of groundwater resources is critical to improving the relationship between water, food and energy. This article uses GIS and remote sensing and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique to map the potential groundwater zones in the Lupane district. Lineaments, drainage density, slope, soil type, geology and land use land cover (LULC) were used to create thematic maps in ArcMap. The thematic maps were weighted and ranked according to their influence on the movement and occurrence of groundwater. To validate the groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) model, we used LULC and 675 perennial and seasonal boreholes in the Lupane district. The LULC and borehole maps were overlaid on the modelled GWPZ map to highlight their distribution. The GWPZ results show that areas with good potential make up the majority of the district (41%), followed by areas with moderate potential (30%), poor potential (14%), very good potential (13%) and very poor potential (2%). The results showed that 74% (499) of perennial boreholes overlapped the zones with good, moderate and/or very good groundwater potential. The GWPZ map can therefore be used as a preliminary reference when selecting suitable sites for the exploitation of groundwater resources. Further testing of the model using both seasonal and year-round yields and depths from boreholes is recommended.
12 Nika, C. E.; Vasilaki, V.; Renfrew, D.; Danishvar, M.; Echchelh, A.; Katsou, E. 2022. Assessing circularity of multi-sectoral systems under the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus. Water Research, 221:118842. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118842]
Water ; Energy generation ; Foods ; Ecosystem services ; Nexus approaches ; Circular economy ; Indicators ; Nature-based solutions ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Wastewater treatment plants ; Recycling ; Agroforestry ; Biodiversity ; Assessment
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135422007916/pdfft?md5=8dd5f636bf2540c96fefdbc97c881393&pid=1-s2.0-S0043135422007916-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051291.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051291.pdf
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The Multi-Sectoral Water Circularity Assessment (MSWCA) is a methodological framework developed for circularity assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems nexus. It involves five methodological steps and includes an indicators list for the selection of case-specific indicators. This study expands the MSWCA to provide a systematic approach for selecting indicators, considering system's circular actions and multi-functionality, the capture of implemented changes, the three CE principles and the sustainable development goals. Furthermore, this study differentiates between benchmark and dynamic circularity assessment and applies the expanded MSWCA in a water system of the HYDROUSA H2020 project. The benchmark assessment indicates that the HYDROUSA system achieves a 75% increase of water circularity, 76–80% increase of nutrients circularity and 14% reduction of operational `carbon footprint compared to the baseline scenario. The dynamic assessment highlights that additional measures can improve the system's circularity performance (e.g. water circularity can reach 94%) and mitigate risks occurring from uncontrollable changes.
13 Campana, P. E.; Lastanao, P.; Zainali, S.; Zhang, J.; Landelius, T.; Melton, F. 2022. Towards an operational irrigation management system for Sweden with a water–food–energy nexus perspective. Agricultural Water Management, 271:107734. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107734]
Irrigation management ; Water productivity ; Foods ; Energy consumption ; Nexus approaches ; Drought ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation water ; Water requirements ; Water conservation ; Crop yield ; Crop modelling ; Evapotranspiration ; Precipitation ; Parameters / Sweden
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051321)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377422002815/pdfft?md5=9d243b5d29ac81c719cb9f4c97532ec9&pid=1-s2.0-S0378377422002815-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051321.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051321.pdf
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The 2018 drought in Sweden prompted questions about climate-adaptation and -mitigation measures – especially in the agricultural sector, which suffered the most. This study applies a water–food–energy nexus modelling framework to evaluate drought impacts on irrigation and agriculture in Sweden using 2018 and 2019 as case studies. A previous water–food–energy nexus model was updated to facilitate an investigation of the benefits of data-driven irrigation scheduling as compared to existing irrigation guidelines. Moreover, the benefits of assimilating earth observation data in the crop model have been explored. The assimilation of leaf area index data from the Copernicus Global Land Service improves the crop yield estimation as compared to default crop model parameters. The results show that the irrigation water productivities of the proposed model are measurably improved compared to conventional and static irrigation guidelines for both 2018 and 2019. This is mostly due to the advantage of the proposed model in providing evapotranspiration in cultural condition (ETc)-driven guidelines by using spatially explicit data generated by mesoscale models from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. During the drought year 2018, the developed model showed no irrigation water savings as compared to irrigation scenarios based on conventional irrigation guidelines. Nevertheless, the crop yield increase from the proposed irrigation management system varied between 10% and 60% as compared to conventional irrigation scenarios. During a normal year, the proposed irrigation management system leads to significant water savings as compared to conventional irrigation guidelines. The modelling results show that temperature stress during the 2018 drought also played a key role in reducing crop yields, with yield reductions of up to 30%. From a water–food–energy nexus, this motivates the implementation of new technologies to reduce water and temperature stress to mitigate likely negative effects of climate change and extremes. By using an open-source package for Google Earth®, a demonstrator of cost-effective visualization platform is developed for helping farmers, and water- and energy-management agencies to better understand the connections between water and energy use, and food production. This can be significant, especially during the occurrence of extreme events, but also to adapt to the negative effects on agricultural production of climate changes.
14 Behera, B.; Selvam, S. M.; Balasubramanian, P. 2022. Hydrothermal processing of microalgal biomass: circular bio-economy perspectives for addressing food-water-energy nexus. Bioresource Technology, 359:127443. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127443]
Biomass ; Hydrothermal activity ; Circular economy ; Bioeconomy ; Foods ; Water ; Energy recovery ; Nexus approaches ; Thermochemical processes ; Technology ; Sustainability ; Biochemical processes ; Environmental impact ; Wastewater treatment ; Feedstocks ; Biofuels ; Greenhouse gas emissions
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Hydrothermal processing of microalgae is regarded as a promising technology to generate multitude of energy based and value-added products. The niche of hydrothermal technologies is still under infancy in terms of the technical discrepancies related to research and development. Thus, the present review critically surveyed the recent advancements linked to the influencing factors governing the algal hydrothermal processing in terms of the product yield and quality. The sustainability of hydrothermal technologies as a standalone method and in broader aspects of circular bio-based economy for energy and value-added platform chemicals are comprehensively discussed. Process optimization and strategic integration of technologies has been suggested to improve efficiency, with reduced energy usage and environmental impacts for addressing the energy-food-water supply chains. Within the wider economic transition and sustainability debate, the knowledge gaps identified and the research hotspots fostering future perspective solutions proposed herewith would facilitate its real-time implementation.
15 Samberger, C. 2022. The role of water circularity in the food-water-energy nexus and climate change mitigation. Energy Nexus, 6:100061. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100061]
Foods ; Water footprint ; Energy generation ; Nexus approaches ; Climate change mitigation ; Circular economy ; Sustainability ; Renewable energy ; Energy recovery ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Water use ; Water treatment ; Carbon footprint ; Freshwater ; Population ; Wastewater treatment plants ; Sewage
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051361)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772427122000249/pdfft?md5=95703584a27d4c6fc5c7ad5230256bc3&pid=1-s2.0-S2772427122000249-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051361.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051361.pdf
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By 2050, the global Earth population will reach 10 billion, leading to increased water, food, and energy needs. Availability of water in sufficient quantities and appropriate quality is a prerequisite for human societies and natural ecosystems. In many parts of the world, excessive water consumption and pollution by human activities put enormous pressure on this availability as well as on food and energy security, environmental quality, economic development, and social well-being. Water, food/materials, and energy are strongly interlinked, and the choices made in one area often have consequences on the others. This is commonly referred to as the “water-food-energy” nexus. These interconnections intensify as the demand for resources increases with population growth and changing consumption patterns, and Humanity continues using a linear economy model of ‘take-make-dispose’. The nexus makes it difficult for governments, public and private organizations, and the public, to set and follow a clear path towards a sustainable economy i.e., “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Humanity best chance at mitigating climate change, and shortage of resources is to harness the value of water as much as possible.
This paper reviews the latest publications about the water-food-energy nexus and climate change, putting numbers into perspective, attempting to explain why water circularity is part of the key factors to accelerate the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy, and to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and how circularity can be implemented in the water sector.
This paper reviews the latest publications about the water-food-energy nexus and climate change, putting numbers into perspective, attempting to explain why water circularity is part of the key factors to accelerate the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy, and to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and how circularity can be implemented in the water sector.
16 Sesan, T.; Sanfo, S.; Sikhwivhilu, K.; Dakyaga, F.; Aziz, F.; Yirenya-Tawiah, D.; Badu, M.; Derbile, E.; Ojoyi, M.; Ibrahim, B.; Adamou, R. 2022. Mediating knowledge co-production for inclusive governance and delivery of food, water and energy services in African cities. Urban Forum, 33(3):281-307. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09440-w]
Foods ; Water supply ; Energy ; Governance ; Frameworks ; Sustainable development ; Towns ; Transdisciplinary research ; Stakeholders ; Infrastructure / Africa / South Africa / Zambia / Burkina Faso / Ghana / Johannesburg / Kitwe / Ouagadougou / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051395)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12132-021-09440-w.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051395.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051395.pdf
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Rising rates of urbanisation in Africa, without attendant improvements in critical infrastructure, have occasioned gaps in the provision of basic services in cities across the continent. Different systems and scales of service delivery — decentralised and centralised, public and private — coexist and often compete in urban spaces but rarely connect in ways that ensure the needs of the poorest are met. Our paper interrogates the value of transdisciplinary research for bringing actors in these systems together to co-produce knowledge for inclusive and sustainable outcomes. Drawing on empirical data from two complementary projects in four African cities, we demonstrate the possibilities for facilitating this kind of knowledge co-production among system actors in the food, water and energy domains. We show, through a comparative approach, elements of the co-production process that enable more responsive engagement by traditionally detached policy actors. From our findings, we generate a framework that local researchers serving as ‘knowledge intermediaries’ can use to stimulate research-policy-society interactions aimed at fostering sustainable and inclusive service delivery across Africa. By synthesising the findings from local case studies into a widely applicable framework, our analysis informs both the theory and practice of transdisciplinary sustainability research in the African context where the imperative to bridge gaps in methodological innovation and service delivery is high.
17 Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Ringler, C.; Lautze, Jonathan; McCartney, Matthew; Hafeez, Mohsin. 2022. On the role of water resources management to transform water, energy, food and ecosystem (WEFE) systems in transboundary river basins [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the IAHS-AISH Scientific Assembly 2022, Montpellier, France, 29 May-3 June 2022. 1p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/iahs2022-463]
Transboundary waters ; River basins ; Water resources ; Water management ; Energy ; Foods ; Ecosystems ; Nexus approaches / East Africa / Southern Africa / Central Asia / South Asia / Blue Nile Basin / Limpopo Basin / Aral Sea Basin / Ganges Basin / Indus Basin
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https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/IAHS2022/IAHS2022-463.html?pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051440.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051440.pdf
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18 Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K.; Gain, A. K.; Keskinen, M.; Varis, O.; McKnight, U. S. 2022. To what extent should we ensure the explicit inclusion of water quality within the WEF nexus? Discussion of “water quality: the missing dimension of water in the water-energy-food nexus”. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67(8):1287-1290. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2077651]
Water quality ; Energy ; Foods ; Nexus approaches ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Models ; Policies ; Decision making ; Frameworks
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We congratulate Heal et al. for initiating an important discussion on how to broaden the scope of the water–energy–food nexus. We agree that more explicit inclusion of water quality into the nexus is an important step forward. At the same time, water quality is itself an indicator of e.g. ecosystem services and biodiversity, and improvement of water quality comes with a cost in terms of resource consumption that is typically not included in models studying the water–energy–food nexus. We already see hesitation in using the nexus for policy development, and further complexity may be an additional barrier to its practical implementation. So, while the consideration of water quality is indeed important for the nexus, it also suggests that perhaps it is necessary to consider more local contexts than striving for one global framing for analysis of the water–energy–food nexus.
19 Martin, M. A.; Boakye, E. A.; Boyd, E.; Broadgate, W.; Bustamante, M.; Canadell, J. G.; Carr, E. R.; Chu, E. K.; Cleugh, H.; Csevar, S.; Daoudy, M.; de Bremond, A.; Dhimal, M.; Ebi, K. L.; Edwards, C.; Fuss, S.; Girardin, M. P.; Glavovic, B.; Hebden, S.; Hirota, M.; Hsu, H.-H.; Huq, S.; Ingold, K.; Johannessen, O. M.; Kameyama, Y.; Kumarasinghe, N.; Langendijk, G. S.; Lissner, T.; Lwasa, S.; Machalaba, C.; Maltais, A.; Mathai, M. V.; Mbow, C.; McNamara, K. E.; Mukherji, Aditi; Murray, V.; Mysiak, J.; Okereke, C.; Ospina, D.; Otto, F.; Prakash, A.; Pulhin, J. M.; Raju, E.; Redman, A.; Rigaud, K. K.; Rockstrom, J.; Roy, J.; Schipper, E. L. F.; Schlosser, P.; Schulz, K. A.; Schumacher, K.; Schwarz, L.; Scown, M.; Sedova, B.; Siddiqui, T. A.; Singh, C.; Sioen, G. B.; Stammer, D.; Steinert, N. J.; Suk, S.; Sutton, R.; Thalheimer, L.; van Aalst, M.; van der Geest, K.; Zhao, Z. J. 2022. Ten new insights in climate science 2022. Global Sustainability, 5(e20):1-20. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.17]
Climate change adaptation ; Climate change mitigation ; Vulnerability ; Climate resilience ; Global warming ; Emission ; Sustainable land use ; Private sector ; Water ; Energy ; Foods ; Ecology ; Biodiversity ; Economics ; Policies ; Governance ; Health ; Finance ; Gender ; Inclusion ; Social aspects ; Political aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051580)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/62C90D59C9F9890791B64762EAA06B8D/S2059479822000175a.pdf/ten-new-insights-in-climate-science-2022.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051580.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051580.pdf
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Non-technical summary:
We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Technical summary:
We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Social media summary:
Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.
We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Technical summary:
We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Social media summary:
Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.
20 Siegfried, T.; Anarbekov, Oyture; Ragettli, S.; Marti, B. 2022. Accountability and transparency through water-energy-food nexus accounting in Central Asia [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria and Online, 23-27 May 2022. 2p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7012]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051662)
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-7012.html?pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051662.pdf
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