The Climate, Land, Energy, and Water systems (CLEWs) framework: a retrospective of activities and advances to 2019

Ramos, Eunice; Howells, Mark; Sridharan, Vignesh; Engström, Rebecka; Taliotis, Constantinos; Mentis, Dimitris; Gardumi, Francesco; Strasser, Lucia de; Pappis, Ioannis; Balderrama, Gabriela Peña; Almulla, Youssef; Beltramo, Agnese; Ramírez, Camilo; Sundin, Caroline; Alfstad, Thomas; Lipponen, Annukka; Zepeda, Eduardo; Niet, Taco; Quirós-Tortós, Jairo; Angulo-Paniagua, Jam; Shivakumar, Abhishek; Ulloa, Silvia; Rogner, Holger

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“…One of the strengths of the CLEWS approach is that it is not inherently system-biased, indicating that no system is given priority over the other (Ramos et al, 2021). Over the years, the drive of the CLEWS approach by institutions through multiple applications has contributed to closing the gap between science and policy (Ramos et al, 2021). Amidst the benefits being derived from the CLEWS approach, it possesses some limitations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At smaller scales (local level studies), the interactions between the components of the nexus appear to be limited and rather promotes intra-linkages between them. Moreover, mechanisms are not available to promote the transfer of methods and approaches across the regional, national, and/or local scales (Ramos et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

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Cobbina

Obiri

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The current and projected warming of the earth is unequivocal with humans playing a strong role as both perpetrators and victims. The warming on the African continent is projected to be greater than the global average with an increased average temperature of 3–6°C by the end of the century under a high Representative Concentration Pathway. In Africa, the Sub-Saharan region is identified as the most vulnerable to the changing climate due to its very low capacity to adapt to or mitigate climate change. While it is common to identify studies conducted to assess how climate change independently impacts water, land, or food resources, very limited studies have sought to address the interlinkages, synergies, and trade-offs existing between climate change, water, land, and food (WLF) resources as a system in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The climate change and WLF security nexus, therefore, seeks to address this shortfall in literature and subsequently serve as a relevant source of information for decision-making and policy implementation concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation. In this study, 41 relevant studies were selected from Web of Science, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and institutional websites. We provide information on the independent relationships between climate change and WLF resources, and further discuss the existing inter-linkages between climate change and the WLF security in SSA using the nexus approach, with recommendations on how decision making and policy implementations should be done using the climate change and WLF security nexus approach.

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Section: Conclusion and Recommendationsmentioning

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Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

Ofori

Cobbina

Obiri

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…The generic modules in the CLEW framework have been linked in various combinations and applied to several case studies for integrated assessment of the SDGs. Ramos et al (2020) presents the history of the CLEWs framework and a detailed review of various models and application to 2019 Ramos et al (2020). Concurrently, more research efforts have been directed at water-energy, energy-land or water-land bilateral interactions, and increasingly to linkages among water, energy and land (WEL) resources Khan et al (2017); Liu et al (2018b); Albrecht et al (2018).…”

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“…However, at the country, basin, or even larger scales, and when considering long-term perspectives, responses between CLEW sectors are always present and should therefore be considered. The major barrier to using models that include all CLEW linkages are the complexity of methodology, and the difficulty of gathering data and expertize from different sectors, which limits numbers of groups that have the resources to build and maintain broad cross-sector capacity, both at the academic and institutional level Kaddoura and El Khatib (2017); Ramos et al (2020). This review identifies research gaps and provides a perspective on some of the required developments for full CLEW models from a scientific point of view.…”

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“…This review identifies research gaps and provides a perspective on some of the required developments for full CLEW models from a scientific point of view. Ramos et al (2020) review stands out by presenting models that actually focus on equal importance to all the CLEW interactions across scale sRamos et al (2020). The paper however only focuses on the models within the CLEWs framework Howells et al (2013), excluding a notable number of available models that provide a comprehensive coverage of the CLEW nexus, both as upgrades of pre-existing models and as totally new developments.…”

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Climate-Land-Energy-Water Nexus Models Across Scales: Progress, Gaps and Best Accessibility Practices

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Riahi

Rowe

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Approaches that integrate feedback between climate, land, energy and water (CLEW) have progressed significantly in scope and complexity. The so-called nexus approaches have shown their usefulness in assessing strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the contexts of increasing demands, resource scarcity, and climate change. However, most nexus analyses omit some important inter-linkages that could actually be addressed. The omissions often stem from technical and practical considerations, but also from limited dissemination of new open-source frameworks incorporating recent advances. We review and present a set of models that can meet the needs of decision makers for analysis tools capable of addressing a broad range of nexus questions. Particular attention is given to model accessibility, usability and community support. The other objective of this review is to discuss research gaps, and critical needs and opportunities for further model development from a scientific viewpoint. We explore at different scales where and why some nexus interactions are most relevant. We find that both very small scale and global models tend to neglect some CLEW interactions, but for different reasons. The former rarely include climate impacts, which are often marginal at the local level, while the latter mostly lack some aspects because of the complexity of large full CLEW systems at the global level.

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The interactions among landscape pattern, climate change, and ecosystem services: progress and prospects

Gilman

2023

Reg Environ Change

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The Climate, Land, Energy, and Water systems (CLEWs) framework: a retrospective of activities and advances to 2019

Cited by 38 publications

References 53 publications

Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate-Land-Energy-Water Nexus Models Across Scales: Progress, Gaps and Best Accessibility Practices

The interactions among landscape pattern, climate change, and ecosystem services: progress and prospects

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