Developing indicators for the monitoring of the sustainability of food, energy, and water

Yuan, Mei-Hua; Lo, Shang‐Lien

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.109565

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“…The presented results form the basis and open up opportunities for further research in the field of sustainable development. Several authors [69,70] declare a strong interdependence of energy sustainability and other priority areas of sustainable development, e.g. food safety and water quality (so-called water-energy-food nexus).…”

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On the Road to Affordable and Clean Energy: Assessing the Progress of European Countries Toward Meeting SDG 7

Chovancová¹,

Vavrek²

2022

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Long term sustainability of energy is a critically important goal of sustainable development globally. In light of new initiatives such as the UN's Agenda 2030 or the Paris Agreement, assessing the progress of EU countries towards reaching ambitious sustainability goals is inevitable. The aim of the paper is to assess the progress of EU countries toward meeting sustainable development goal on affordable and clean energy. The results of the analysis can be described as balanced and stable, although differences between individual countries are significant in cases of some indicators. Each EU country must, however, take a comprehensive view of SDG7 implementation. Sweden, being the first on the list, as well as Luxembourg, being the last one, both have strengths, yet also areas of improvement. Multi-criteria analysis has thrown a spotlight on the Achilles heel of the EU countries disregard of which might cause serious problems in the future.

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confidence: 99%

On the Road to Affordable and Clean Energy: Assessing the Progress of European Countries Toward Meeting SDG 7

Chovancová¹,

Vavrek²

2022

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…To support cross-sectoral planning and management of water, energy, and food resources, and to assess synergies and trade-offs between economic, environmental, and social impacts, sustainability indicators are considered essential tools (Nhamo et al 2018 , 2020 ; Feng et al 2020 ). Indicator-based assessments of the nexus can serve to: (i) provide a comprehensive view of current and future resource access and availability, especially for developing countries experiencing resource scarcity (Cansino-Loeza et al 2020 ; Feng et al 2020 ); (ii) monitor the anthropogenic and natural pressures on natural resources; (iii) synthesize data to support decision-making in favor of sustainability of natural and social systems at different scales; (iv) communicate relevant information and provide guidance for policy-making in a concise, transparent, and effective way (Giupponi and Gain 2017 ; Yuan and Lo 2020 ).…”

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Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus

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Fontana

Sepe³

et al. 2022

Sustain Sci

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Sustainability indicators have become essential tools to deal with compartmentalized resources planning and management in cities. The development of water, energy, and food nexus (WEF nexus) indicators is a prominent goal of current research, but the focus is mainly on economic issues and material flows. Attention to the local scale and context, social aspects, and the inclusion of non-academic actors is mostly lacking. To address these gaps, this paper reports and reflects on the co-creation of sustainability indicators related to the WEF nexus in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. With a transdisciplinary approach, non-academic actors were included in the different stages of the process using the Urban Living Lab methodology, to improve the usability of the produced indicators’ set. The case of São Paulo concerned on-going actions in the peri-urban and rural areas of the city which seek to improve environmental protection by stimulating more sustainable forms of agriculture. Thirty-four indicators were developed through a sequence of interactive activities, such as workshops, meetings, and field trips. The presented process aims to strongly enhance usability by actively involving users from the start, connecting the nexus approach to previous knowledge and familiar frameworks, paying attention to the local scale and context, and to social aspects, and by anticipating future use in various ways.

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“…Meeting the growing requirements for freshwater resources and sustainable energy is the most severe challenge facing the 21st century . Currently, nearly half of the world’s population faces acute water shortage for at least 1 month per year, and more than a quarter of the population suffers from serious year-round water scarcity. − Due to factors such as population surge, shifts in consumption patterns, and global economic development, it is estimated that by 2050, global human water consumption will increase by 20–50% and the water shortage problem will become more critical by then .…”

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Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Materials with Multichannel Waterways for Solar-Driven Clean Water and Thermoelectric Power Generation

Liu

Mishra

et al. 2021

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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Coping with the shortage of fresh water and electricity in off-grid and resource-constrained areas through sustainable strategies has become the most urgent challenge facing the development of human society. Herein, we propose a low-cost and sustainable way of repurposing discarded pomelo peel by converting it into 3D porous carbon foam (i.e., carbonized pomelo peel, referred to as CPP) with multichannel waterways for synergetic coupling of solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) and low-grade heat-to-electricity generation. The superhydrophilic 3D porous CPP with multichannel waterways utilizes its powerful water supply capability to avoid salt accumulation during continuous seawater desalination. By cautiously weighing the water transport and thermal management of CPP-based evaporators, CPP with three-channel waterways (CPP3) can achieve efficient solar-driven evaporation (the evaporation rate of 1.37 kg m −2 h −1 , one sun) on the premise of salt resistance through its superior light absorption and ultrafast solar-thermal response. Besides, a collaborative device integrating CPP3 and a commercial thermoelectric (TE) generator is designed for synchronous generation of solar steam and thermoelectricity, which can simultaneously achieve an evaporation rate of 1.39 kg m −2 h −1 and a power output of 0.5 W m −2 under one sun illumination. Such a cost-effective and easy-to-manufacture strategy can provide potential opportunities for satisfying the demand for fresh water and electricity in resource-constrained areas.

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Developing indicators for the monitoring of the sustainability of food, energy, and water

Cited by 52 publications

References 54 publications

On the Road to Affordable and Clean Energy: Assessing the Progress of European Countries Toward Meeting SDG 7

On the Road to Affordable and Clean Energy: Assessing the Progress of European Countries Toward Meeting SDG 7

Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus

Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Materials with Multichannel Waterways for Solar-Driven Clean Water and Thermoelectric Power Generation

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