The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Priority Interconnections

Embid, Antonio; Martín, Liber

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05472-3_9

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“…Despite the progress in the area, recent reviews pointed out the need for new methods and tools to display available conceptual frameworks (Albrecht et al, 2018) and accessible tools to be used for a broader range of researchers (Keairns et al, 2016). In the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, the need is even greater because the region falls behind in research and implementation of the FEW nexus (Embid & Martín, 2017). Additionally, Mahlknecht et al (2020) pointed out the need to generate high-quality information to make informed decisions about natural resource management.…”

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“…Reports related to the FEW nexus in LAC indicated the need for water to be in the center of the nexus interactions since energy and food security are water dependent (Bellfield, 2015;Embid & Martín, 2017) and both food and energy production impact on water availability and quality (Embid & Martín, 2017). Moreover, the Colombian Andean region is the most populated region in the country, accounting for almost 60% of the population.…”

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Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed

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Gitau

Lara-Borrero

et al. 2023

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The food-energy-water (FEW) nexus has emerged as an alternative to improve the management of the resources used in the food, energy, and water systems. However, there are limited case studies in the Latin American and Caribbean region where a FEW nexus methodology has been implemented. This region will greatly benefit from a FEW nexus approach since more than half of the electricity comes from hydropower, and even though the region has excess in water resources, these resources are not equally distributed and they are poor managed. In this study, an urban FEW nexus framework was used in the Otun River Watershed (ORW) to evaluate the changes in food, energy, and water demand for four scenarios (base scenario, year 2017; scenario 1, year 2035-population growth; scenario 2, year 2035-population growth and reduction in locally produced food; scenario 3, year 2035-population growth and increase in electricity generated locally). Additionally, regional climate models (RCMs) were used to estimate the water availability in the ORW from 2030-2039. The results show that water demand could increase by 16% and energy demand will increase roughly 15% for scenario 2, while water demand in scenario 3 will likely remain unchanged in relation to the current conditions (base scenario). As the Latin America and Caribbean region is the most urbanized region in the world, the modeling tool developed as part of this study may be implemented in other urban watersheds in the Andean Region.

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Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed

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Gitau

Lara-Borrero

et al. 2023

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“…Energy security, along with water and food security, is a constitutive part of the WEF nexus. This approach sees our hyperconnected worlds of water, energy and food as increasingly interdependent [1]. Although this concept is not new, it emerged as a global security concern about natural resources following the financial, energy and food crises of 2007 and 2008 [1][2][3].…”

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“…This approach sees our hyperconnected worlds of water, energy and food as increasingly interdependent [1]. Although this concept is not new, it emerged as a global security concern about natural resources following the financial, energy and food crises of 2007 and 2008 [1][2][3]. In 2011, the World Economic Forum published a correlation risk between the water, energy and food sectors, warning of the social and political instability that this can lead to [4].…”

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Energy Security in Ecuador: An Analysis Considering the Interrelationships of the WEF Nexus

Terneus-Páez,

Viteri-Salazar

2023

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The objective of this research was to analyze energy security in Ecuador, which is interconnected with water and food security. As a methodology, 21 indicators grouped into the following dimensions were analyzed: availability, infrastructure, energy prices, efficiency, social impact, environment and governance. For each indicator, a cross-sectional analysis was carried out with the countries of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, along with a longitudinal analysis from 2011 to 2021. The main contribution of this study is the characterization of the Ecuadorian energy system as available, accessible, affordable and renewable in an electrical matrix but inefficient and heavily dependent on fiscal resources. The factors that may affect Ecuador’s energy security were determined to be the risk of a reduction in income due to it becoming a net importer of energy, climate change, socio-environmental conflicts, poor diversification, energy subsidies and weak governance. A policy is proposed aimed at decoupling development from fossil fuels, with a systemic vision considering the complexity of interactions with other economic sectors, such as water and food, among others.

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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Priority Interconnections

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Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed

Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed

Energy Security in Ecuador: An Analysis Considering the Interrelationships of the WEF Nexus

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