About Enhancing water, energy, and food security in an era of increasing demand, degradation, depletion and climate change
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Enhancing water, energy, and food security in an era of increasing demand, degradation, depletion and climate change: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Water, energy, and food are vital resources for human wellbeing. Yet, they are under increased pressure to meet demand from a growing population during worsening insecurity due to depletion and degradation of reserves. These challenges prompted the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. The 17 SDGs are connected and linked to water, food, and energy resources. As the three resources are the most impacted by climate change, they closely link adaptation, climate system, human society, and the environment. The intricate interlinkages between water, energy, and food resources and related relationships with socio-economic development, healthy ecosystems, human development, and sustainable development promote the need for transformational change from the norm. Understanding the link between climate and land cover change dynamics, on the one hand, and water, energy, and food security, on the other, together with transformational change, is a critical area of research.
This collection calls for submissions of systematic reviews, policy briefs, case studies and research papers that address the challenges related to the insecurity of water, food, and energy resources. We welcome submissions from multiple perspectives and disciplines that showcase research findings on resource management and governance strategies towards sustainability in food, water, and energy systems, with feedback and interconnections drawing on diverse methodologies ranging from dynamic system modelling, life cycle assessments, supply chain analysis, statistical modelling, and scenario analysis to qualitative approaches.
Keywords: Droughts; floods; water, food, and energy security; nexus planning; sustainable development; climate change; artificial intelligence; machine learning; resources management.
About the Water Research Commission: The Water Research Commission of South Africa (WRC) is a global water knowledge node and South Africa’s premier water research and development hub actively involved in research across the whole water value chain. The WRC develops innovative and sustainable solutions for socio-economic development toward the resilience and adaptation of communities to global grand challenges including climate change, poverty, and water scarcity, among others.
Due to its interdisciplinary nature and broad impact, this collection is part of several Gateways:
Any questions about this collection? Please contact: research@f1000.com
Water, energy, and food are vital resources for human wellbeing. Yet, they are under increased pressure to meet demand from a growing population during worsening insecurity due to depletion and degradation of reserves. These challenges prompted the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. The 17 SDGs are connected and linked to water, food, and energy resources. As the three resources are the most impacted by climate change, they closely link adaptation, climate system, human society, and the environment. The intricate interlinkages between water, energy, and food resources and related relationships with socio-economic development, healthy ecosystems, human development, and sustainable development promote the need for transformational change from the norm. Understanding the link between climate and land cover change dynamics, on the one hand, and water, energy, and food security, on the other, together with transformational change, is a critical area of research.
This collection calls for submissions of systematic reviews, policy briefs, case studies and research papers that address the challenges related to the insecurity of water, food, and energy resources. We welcome submissions from multiple perspectives and disciplines that showcase research findings on resource management and governance strategies towards sustainability in food, water, and energy systems, with feedback and interconnections drawing on diverse methodologies ranging from dynamic system modelling, life cycle assessments, supply chain analysis, statistical modelling, and scenario analysis to qualitative approaches.
Keywords: Droughts; floods; water, food, and energy security; nexus planning; sustainable development; climate change; artificial intelligence; machine learning; resources management.
About the Water Research Commission: The Water Research Commission of South Africa (WRC) is a global water knowledge node and South Africa’s premier water research and development hub actively involved in research across the whole water value chain. The WRC develops innovative and sustainable solutions for socio-economic development toward the resilience and adaptation of communities to global grand challenges including climate change, poverty, and water scarcity, among others.
Due to its interdisciplinary nature and broad impact, this collection is part of several Gateways:
- Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, dedicated to supporting the rapid and transparent sharing of research related to agriculture, food and nutrition.
- Climate Action, dedicated to supporting the rapid and transparent sharing of research related to climate change.
- Energy, dedicated to publishing and openly disseminating research relating to all aspects of energy research.
Any questions about this collection? Please contact: research@f1000.com
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Luxon Nhamo
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Sylvester Mpandeli
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Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
