The Water – Energy – Food Nexus and Climate Change Adaptation

• Authors: Talin Holtermann , K.D.W. Nandalal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This report explores the exposure and vulnerability of Korea and the Southern African region to climate-driven impacts in the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus. It presents the building of ecological networks as a mean to address climate change - induced alterations of ecosystems and the consequences for humans and nature. Reducing the asymmetry between price and value of water resources is identified as an essential aspect to enable sound resource management use decisions. The report highlights the need for comprehensive tools which assist decision makers in dealing with the complexity of WEF nexus interrelations and facilitate sustainable resource management.

Keywords

EN

Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Climate Change Adaptation; Water Security

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2015-01-01

received

2014-07-23

accepted

2014-08-18

online

2015-12-17

Contributors

author

Talin Holtermann

• Global Water System Project International Project Office, Germany

author

K.D.W. Nandalal

• Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

References

• [1] IPCC, 2014, Summary for policymakers, In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea,T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken,P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NewYork, NY, USA, 2014, pp. 1-32.
• [2] Daher, B.T., Mohtar, R.H., WEF Nexus Tool 2.0, Background and Introduction, 2013, http://wefnexustool.org/background.php

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cass-2015-0022