Introduction to "Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus"

Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann
External Publications (2017)

in: Anik Bhaduri / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (eds.), Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 1-10

ISBN: 978-1-13822-207-6
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In the past, research and policy work related to the water-energy-food nexus has looked at the interactions between water and food or water and energy, but given political and institutional realities there has been a reluctance to bring forward a broader systemic perspective to capture the dependencies across multiple sectors and resources. At the same time, the cost to the environment of neglecting these linkages has increased. This chapter introduces into the book which addresses sustainability in the WEF nexus as a key research-for-action initiative, and included an international policy consultation process to inform, influence and catalyze action of policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, educators and researchers towards a nexus approach that both draws on and supports the environment.

About the author

Dombrowsky, Ines

Economist