A Nexus Approach to the Post-2015 Agenda: Formulating Integrated Water, Energy, and Food SDGs

Weitz, Nina; Nilsson, Måns; Davis, Marion

doi:10.1353/sais.2014.0022

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“…Sustainability 2018, 10, 815 3 of 25 limited our analysis within these specific SDGs to get more deeper understanding on their linkages which have been identified as priority areas among developing countries from the outcome of the Rio + 20 [4]. The framework and the approach described in this research could be applied with the extended boundary including more SDGs.…”

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Evaluating Synergies and Trade-Offs among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Explorative Analyses of Development Paths in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

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Abstract:Understanding the linkages between multiple targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may help to integrate different sectoral programmes and develop coherent cross-sectoral policy to explore synergies. Synergy is interaction among two or more actions, which will lead to an impact greater or less than the sum of individual effects. Therefore, synergy can be positive or negative (trade-off). This paper aims at developing an analytical framework to evaluate sectoral linkages and examine potential synergies and trade-offs among various SDGs' goals and targets. Synergies and trade-offs related to energy access (SDG7), clean water and sanitation access (SDG6), food security and sustainable agriculture (SDG2) and poverty alleviation (SDG1) have been evaluated from the perspective of developing countries using examples from South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, Ethiopia and Rwanda), and historical data for the period between 1990 and 2012. The analytical framework includes both qualitative and quantitative methods. Network analysis technique has been used for exploring the conceptual linkage among different indicators, and capturing the targets associated with SDGs. Advanced Sustainability Analysis (ASA) developed under the European framework programme has been used for quantifying the synergies and trade-offs among sustainability indicators. The analysis showed strong synergy among various SDG targets. Interestingly, the potential synergy differs from country to country and over time. Ghana and Sri Lanka had relatively higher potential synergy, whereas Rwanda and Nepal had relatively lower potential synergy among the various targets. Higher synergy values were evidenced in those cases where the policy have recognized and emphasized on linkages among cross-sectoral targets.

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“…For the purposes of this article, we define 'water security' in terms of the definition provided by Grey and Sadoff (2007 p. 545): 'the availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems and production, coupled with an acceptable level of water-related risks to people, environments and economies. ' The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), now superseded by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Weitz et al, 2014), included Goal 7, which embodied the need to ensure environmental sustainability. Goal 7 challenged the world to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people lacking sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (UNICEF and WHO, 2015).…”

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Water security in South Africa: perceptions on public expectations and municipal obligations, governance and water re-use

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South Africa is a water-scarce country with increasing pressure on its water resources. Urgent interventions are needed to protect water security within this rapidly developing country. This paper reports on an interdisciplinary Water Security Colloquium, convened by the South African Young Academy of Science in 2014. A selected group of water professionals from academia, civil society and local government was brought together to discuss water security under three focus themes: 'public expectations and municipal obligations' , 'water security and governance: challenges and advances' , and 'water re-use: health and infrastructural considerations' . Participant perceptions were generated using a focus group methodology, combined with participatory data collection methods. Under each theme, inputs were categorised as 'challenges' , 'gaps in knowledge' , and 'solutions/recommendations' and these inputs were thereafter ranked in order of importance via a 'voting' process. Major challenges perceived included a lack of both skills and political will in government, a need to restore citizen trust in government intention and capability to deliver water-related services, and a failure to up-scale existing water re-use technology. Participants identified understanding of the process and implications of the Green and Blue Drop Programmes, knowledge transfer to the public, and the role of educators as major knowledge gaps. The top suggestions proposed included creating public awareness around and buy-in to initiatives to improve water security, accessible and user-friendly conversion of research results to implementation, and ensuring an active role for educators in creating awareness around water security. In view of the concerns identified, participants suggested as potential solutions: improving government and public understanding around water issues, incentivising water re-use and conservation, introducing rising block tariffs and improving human capacity development in the water sector. Developing the ecological infrastructure that protects both quantity and quality of water and building strong partnerships among all stakeholders were also recognised as key.

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“…The next challenge is to reflect this improved coherence at the national level through plans that integrate these interlinked agendas into mainstream planning at sectoral and sub-national level. Analysis of the four outcome documents reveals common themes (Table 1) and a move away from the siloed approaches and sector goals that characterised the MDGs (Weitz, et. al., 2014) to a more integrated and mutually interdependent post-2015 landscape.…”

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“…An integrated strategy, such as that set out in the 2030 Agenda provides the opportunity to jointly increase resilience, reduce emissions and eradicate poverty. Such an integrated or nexus approach, for example, recognising the links between actions on energy, water and food, can maximise synergies and avoid progress in one area imposing constraints on another (Weitz, et al 2014). …”

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“…The tailoring of the SDGs to the national context offers opportunities for integration so that the linkages between the goals can be realised and so that progress on one goal reinforces progress on the others (Weitz, et al, 2014). It also offers potential to improve coherence at the national level and to better capture the synergies between the different 2015 agendas as they are implemented.…”

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