Challenges in operationalizing the water-energy-food nexus
2017
Liu, Junguo | Yang, H. | Cudennec, Christophe | Gain, A. K. | Hoff, H. | Lawford, R. | Qi, J. | de Strasser, L. | Yillia, P. T. | Zheng, C. | Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST) | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EAWAG) | Department of Environmental Sciences ; University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA) ; University of California (UC)-University of California (UC) | Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation (SAS) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST | German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam (GFZ) | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) | Stockholm Environment Institute in York (SEI) | Morgan State University | Michigan State Univ, Ctr Global Change & Earth Observat, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA ; Partenaires INRAE | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | Sustainable Energy All SE4All ; Partenaires INRAE | National Natural Science Foundation of China [41571022, 41625001, 91325302, 91425303]; Beijing Natural Science Foundation [8151002]; Southern University of Science and Technology [G01296001]; Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Committee through Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control [ZDSY20150831141712549]
International audience
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Concerns about the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus have motivated many discussions regarding new approaches for managing water, energy and food resources. Despite the progress in recent years, there remain many challenges in scientific research on the WEF nexus, while implementation as a management tool is just beginning. The scientific challenges are primarily related to data, information and knowledge gaps in our understanding of the WEF inter-linkages. Our ability to untangle the WEF nexus is also limited by the lack of systematic tools that could address all the trade-offs involved in the nexus. Future research needs to strengthen the pool of information. It is also important to develop integrated software platforms and tools for systematic analysis of the WEF nexus. The experience made in integrated water resources management in the hydrological community, especially in the framework of Panta Rhei, is particularly well suited to take a lead in these advances.
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