A Systems Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Nexus of Energy, Food, and Human Mobility in the Northern Countries of Central America
Globally, disasters and their impacts have been characterized by increasing frequency and changing patterns. Global warming effects, including climate change, have exacerbated the severity and frequency of hydrometeorological and oceanographic, and other risk factors or drivers, such as population growth, urbanization, limited access to resources, inadequate infrastructure, and prevailing structural development conditions, putting additional lives […]
Water–energy–food–health nexus in Lebanon
This study used a water–energy–food system-of-systems assessment to evaluate the sustainability of the Mediterranean diet in Lebanon. The specific aims were to: 1) identify and quantify the critical interconnections between water, energy and food systems in Lebanon; 2) develop a nexus framework to assess the trade-offs associated with adopting interventions within current water, energy and […]
Building resilience in fragile and conflict-affected agrifood systems through a water-energy-food nexus approach
Fragility has become a prevailing reality in an increasing number of countries in various areas, including Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) [1]. The concept of fragility encompasses a range of dimensions, including armed conflict, migration, economic and political instability, erosion of the social fabric, and scarcity, depletion, and contamination of natural resources […]
Examining Lebanon’s Resilience Through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Lens
Lebanon faces a mix of underlying political and economic challenges, shocks, and triggering events that threaten the sustainability and resilience of its interconnected resource systems. The complex nature of these pressures begs for a systems approach to better understand the existing interconnections and to support the co-creation of cross-sectoral solutions to address them. This article […]
Food security under compound shocks: Can Lebanon produce its own Mediterranean food basket?
As Lebanon faces compound challenges, a looming food security crisis is rapidly approaching, much of which could be attributed to the lack of long-term planning for sustainability in its agricultural sector. The disconnect between decision-makers within the agricultural sector, and other interconnected sectors is exacerbated by the lack of integrative national platforms and methodologies for […]
Editorial: Sustainable and resilient food systems in times of crises
Sustainable and resilient food systems in times of crises The global food system is facing multiple and multifaceted challenges and crises: increasing population, climate change, pandemics, conflicts, economic shocks, and natural disasters. These challenges have exposed its fragility and underscored the urgency of transitioning to sustainable and resilient food systems. Such systems ensure equitable access […]
Developing a strategic network to address the global challenges of agricultural land and soil management to adapt to climate change.
Agricultural land and soil (ALS) systems face complex and interacting socio-ecological challenges and tradeoffs. These systems play a critical role in food and water security and climate change adaptation and mitigation. Improving the resilience of complex ALS systems is a societal grand challenge that requires cross-disciplinary research collaboration and cross-sectoral stakeholder engagement. We have established […]
SDSN USA Zero Hunger Pathways Project Submission for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
In the 1970’s, after the U.S. significantly reduced poverty, increased economic opportunity, and dramatically expanded federal nutrition safety net programs, the nation almost entirely ended domestic hunger. In the succeeding decades, as poverty increased, real wages decreased, and safety net programs were scaled back, hunger and food insecurity in America soared. Therefore, in 2022 hunger […]
Toward Resilient Water-Energy-Food Systems under Shocks: Understanding the Impact of Migration, Pandemics, and Natural Disasters
The historic pandemic faced by the international community today boldly demonstrates the complexity and interconnectedness of the resource challenges we must better understand and address in the future. Further complexity is observed when accounting for the impact of compounded shocks related to natural disasters and forced migration around the world. Effectively addressing these challenges requires […]
Evaluating the Potential of a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach toward the Sustainable Development of Bangladesh
In pursuit of continuous economic development, Bangladesh has undertaken long-term plans to boost its productivity in the agriculture, energy, and industrial sectors and to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unless these strong interconnections and cross sectoral impacts are recognized, achievement of the future policy goals and national priorities of the concerned […]