Unpacking the water-energy-environment-food nexus: working across systems

Abstract

The publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute's scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMI IWMI's mission is to provide evidence-based solutions to sustainably manage water and land resources for food security, people's livelihoods and the environment. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a tangible impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health.

Experiential Graduate Course Prepares Transdisciplinary Future Leaders to Innovate at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

“…This spurred a global awareness that food, energy and water challenges can no longer be addressed in isolation or within sectoral boundaries. Many scholars have since shown the interdependence of the water, food and energy sectors, demonstrated their complex relationships and outlined ways of addressing them in a more systematic manner under a nexus approach [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

Mediating Knowledge Co-Production for Inclusive Governance and Delivery of Food, Water and Energy Services in African Cities

“…The case for linking up responses to deficits in food, water and energy infrastructure rests on the sustainability imperative of balancing material needs with ecological concerns (Kaviti Musango et al, 2020); however, doing so in a manner that is at once efficient and equitable -especially in African cities that have high baseline levels of poverty and 'social inequality' (Nyiwul, 2021; p.1) -presents a formidable challenge (Leck et al, 2018). While this kind of 'nexus' thinking has gained traction in recent years (see, for example, Sood et al, 2019;Adebiyi et al, 2021;Lefore et al, 2021), the debates have been largely framed in 'technomanagerial' terms (Mguni et al, 2020;p.1), focusing as they do on high-level exchanges between public and formal private-sector actors at the expense of the smaller-scale actors and interactions that make up life for the majority of the urban poor (Terrapon-Pfaff et al, 2018).…”