Research for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages)

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gains
cg.creator.identifierMatthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttps://mailchi.mp/e739fcf508db/research-for-a-new-world-critical-thinking-for-the-waterenergyfoodenvironment-nexusen
cg.number2en
cg.placeMontpellier, Franceen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
dc.contributor.authorMcCartney, Matthew P.en
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-22T19:23:27Zen
dc.date.available2023-11-22T19:23:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134661
dc.titleResearch for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages)en
dcterms.abstractTogether, climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss represent the largest existential threat to humanity. That much was clear as we participated in both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands' COP14 in November, and now look ahead to the upcoming biodiversity COP15. With nine interventions at COP27 alone, we are committed to being part of the increasingly convergent global discourse on climate change, water, energy, food and ecosystem health. These are intricately linked challenges, and solving them will require unprecedented leadership, investment, collaboration and action across local, national and global scales. That is what these COPs are all about. Still, too many proposed solutions focus on just one piece of the puzzle. For example, inappropriate afforestation and bioenergy development or misplaced hydropower generation may serve climate goals but risk destroying precious ecosystems. We need innovative nexus solutions that cut across traditional boundaries to solve the whole puzzle: not only to extricate ourselves from catastrophe, but also to bolster long-term sustainable development. NEXUS Gains has contributed to this systemic thinking, with key research and engagement activities in 2022. Following our launch in April, we undertook baseline surveys in India, Nepal and Pakistan, reviewed trade-off analysis and foresight tools, and kicked off water productivity and storage analyses. A scoping study provided a foundation for capacity strengthening activities in Nepal, the hub for South Asia, while our African hub in South Africa implemented an online nexus masterclass and a physical winter school that saw the participation of more than 100 African students and professionals. From the winter school to the COPs, it was a year for bringing people and their fields of knowledge together for urgent conversations about the unprecedented threats we all face. Join us in 2023 to continue this journey.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-11-22
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcCartney, M.; Ringler, C. 2022. Research for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages). Newsletter, December 2022. Montpellier, France: CGIAR.en
dcterms.isPartOfNEXUS Gains Newsletteren
dcterms.issued2022-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCGIAR System Organizationen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectrenewable energyen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectecosystemsen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen
dcterms.subjectforestsen
dcterms.subjectriver basinsen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.typeNewsletter

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