The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030

Taka, Maija; Ahopelto, Lauri; Fallon, Amy; Heino, Matias; Kallio, Marko; Kinnunen, Pekka; Niva, Venla; Varis, Olli

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.007

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“…As such, the number of targets under the water security goal were enlarged to go beyond water supply and sanitation (target 6.1 and 6.2) to consider water quality and wastewater (target 6.3), water use and efficiency (target 6.4), integrated water resources management (IWRM) (target 6.5), ecosystems (target 6.6), and an enabling environment (targets 6.a and 6.b). Proponents of the SDGs argue that achieving SDG6 may bring multiple benefits to society because this goal offers the highest potential synergies for attaining other goals particularly SDG1 (no poverty), SDG2 (no hunger), SDG3 (good health), SDG7 (renewable energy), SDG14 (life below water), and SDG15 (life on land) (Pradhan et al, 2017; Taka et al, 2021).…”

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Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

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The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs) should be achieved. While other developing regions seem to be making progress toward achieving SDG6, sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is lagging behind significantly, particularly with regard to access to water supply and sanitation (WSS). As a result, most studies evaluating progress toward the achievement of water security SDGs in SSA have focused on WSS while the rest of the SDG6 targets have received scant attention, often using fragmented or incomplete evidence. Here, we fill this knowledge gap by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the status of SDG6 in all 48 countries in SSA. We provide a review of the progress made, the challenges affecting each SDG6 target and examine the different political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors with potential to undermine the achievement of SDG6 in the region. Our review clearly demonstrates that it is likely that most countries may not achieve water security by 2030. The complex nature of the challenges and factors impeding the achievement of water security in SSA outlined here suggests that a holistic intervention involving local, national, and international stakeholders and the research community is urgently needed to address SDG6 if the 2030 target date is to be met. Approaches to enhance water security may equally consider: (a) underpinning peace and security in SSA and (b) the commitment of more financial resources by donors particularly during this period of COVID‐19 pandemic. This article is categorized under: Human Water Human Water > Water Governance Engineering Water > Planning Water

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Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

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“…Mabhaudhi et al [ 58 ] employed the water-energy-food nexus as an analytical tool and linked nexus indices with SDGs’ indicators, in a systems-thinking manner, to explore impacts on rural livelihoods, health, and well-being in Southern Africa. [ 59 ] and [ 60 ] statistically assessed interlinkages among nexus-related SDGs 2, 6 and 7 to uncover deep interconnections of resource insecurities and opportunities for unlocking synergies and balancing trade-offs. In [ 30 ] and [ 60 ], application of the nexus, in an analytical role to the SDGs, entailed collapsing nexus variables to overlap with SDGs indicators in a way that drew correlations with the social determinants of health and furthered the SDGs.…”

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Exploring Cross-Sectoral Implications of the Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a Framework for Integrating Health Equity Perspectives With the Land-Water-Energy Nexus

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Objectives: To assess existing evidence and identify gaps in the integrative framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for their potential to advance cross-sectoral perspectives and actions that connect health equity with the land-water-energy nexus in a watershed context.Methods: Five bibliographic databases were searched from 2016 to 2021. This yielded an initial 226 publications, which were screened for titles, abstracts, and full texts on DistillerSR; resulting in a final 30 publications that were studied. These keywords defined the search terms: “health equity,” “SDGs,” “watershed,” “resource nexus,” and “cross-sectoral.”Results: Thematic syntheses of debates and gaps point to the relevance of the SDGs as a cross-sectoral, integrative platform for place-based programming of the land-water-energy nexus, and to account for negative externalities and cascaded impacts on human and environmental health.Conclusion: For the purpose of monitoring health equity in the contexts of interactions of land, water, and energy in rural, remote, and Indigenous contexts, and on the basis of the SDGs, this paper generates evidence to inform health equity-oriented policies, programs and practices, and to enhance health for equity-seeking populations.

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“…The security of water, food, and energy is the primary concern on sustainable development [23], [24], [25]. Climate and population growth are putting a strain on the water, food, and energy nexus.…”

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Water, Food, and Energy Nexus in Lampung Province, Indonesia

Anika

Ramadhani

Wijaya

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Lampung Province’s population growth rate has increased in recent decades. Population growth and mobility increase the need for water, energy, and food (WEF). Hence, maintaining food security, water consumption in the agricultural sector, and energy consumption have all been considered sustainable development. The potential of the three critical sectors can be increased using the nexus approach by taking into account several factors such as availability, accessibility, resource quality to generate positive synergies and effectively manage losses. The Nexus approach enhanced complex systems’ decision-making and responded to system shocks. Furthermore, it was used to identify and eliminate contradictory policies required to achieve integrated and coherent policies that address interconnected resource sectors. WEF Nexus approaches must comprehend how the governed’s trade-off and resource use efficiency affects outcomes in terms of social equity, externalities, and socio-ecological resilience. Based on WEF analysis for Lampung Province, water security is a significant factor for food and energy security, while water availability is in high vulnerability in the dry season due to lack of water resources infrastructure and catchment area degradation.

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The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030

Cited by 41 publications

References 49 publications

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

Exploring Cross-Sectoral Implications of the Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a Framework for Integrating Health Equity Perspectives With the Land-Water-Energy Nexus

Water, Food, and Energy Nexus in Lampung Province, Indonesia

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