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View article: Integrating Health in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Comprehensive Review of Interdependencies, Challenges, and Future Research Opportunities
Integrating Health in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Comprehensive Review of Interdependencies, Challenges, and Future Research Opportunities Open
Purpose of Review The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has become a crucial framework for understanding resource interdependencies, nevertheless its integration with health remains underexplored. This review paper examines the current literat…
View article: Financing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus project: challenges, opportunities, and pathways for sustainable investment
Financing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus project: challenges, opportunities, and pathways for sustainable investment Open
The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus framework provides a holistic approach to sustainable resource management, addressing the interdependencies between these sectors to enhance resilience against climate change and resource scarci…
View article: Inclusive policy development from the ground up: Insights from the household water-energy-food nexus
Inclusive policy development from the ground up: Insights from the household water-energy-food nexus Open
Despite substantial contemporary research and a growing trend in exploring the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, most research efforts have been invested in macro-level supply-side infrastructure and policies. However, prioritizing demand-sid…
View article: Quantifying sustainability and resilience in food systems: a systematic analysis for evaluating the convergence of current methodologies and metrics
Quantifying sustainability and resilience in food systems: a systematic analysis for evaluating the convergence of current methodologies and metrics Open
The global food system faces multiple challenges including growing demand, climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, pandemics, and disasters. Food systems aim to provide healthy and nutritious food for all, while minimizing environmenta…
View article: Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed
Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed Open
The food–energy–water (FEW) nexus has emerged as an alternative for managing resources in the food, energy, and water systems. However, there are limited case studies applying this approach in the Latin American and Caribbean region. This …
View article: From Agricultural Waste to Energy: Assessing the Bioenergy Potential of South-Central Texas
From Agricultural Waste to Energy: Assessing the Bioenergy Potential of South-Central Texas Open
This paper addresses the challenge of meeting increasing energy needs by assessing the potential of bioenergy as a sustainable resource option in South Central Texas. Available agricultural crop residues suitable for bioenergy production a…
View article: Food for Thought: Nourishing Cardiovascular Health Amidst the Exposome
Food for Thought: Nourishing Cardiovascular Health Amidst the Exposome Open
The cumulative exposures of an individual during their lifetime, known as the exposome, encompass environmental exposures and lifestyle factors that significantly impact cardiovascular health. The exposome concept aims to provide a compreh…
View article: The Exposome and Cardiovascular Health: Webcast December 12 2024
The Exposome and Cardiovascular Health: Webcast December 12 2024 Open
This 61-minute webcast features a conversation about "The Exposome and Cardiovascular Health"-the focus of Issue 20.5. Led by the issue's editors, the discussion engages the authors on emerging themes and lessons learned while researching …
View article: Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed
Urban FEW Nexus Model for the Otun River Watershed Open
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 wher…
View article: Editorial: Water-Energy-Food-Health Solutions and innovations for low-carbon, climate-resilient drylands
Editorial: Water-Energy-Food-Health Solutions and innovations for low-carbon, climate-resilient drylands Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Environ. Sci., 17 March 2023Sec. Environmental Economics and Management Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1153671
View article: Toward improved food security under compound shocks in Lebanon: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach
Toward improved food security under compound shocks in Lebanon: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach Open
The current challenges in Lebanon are multifaceted, and among them is an impending food security crisis. Much of this can be attributed to a lack of sustainable planning within the agricultural sector. Decision-makers in agriculture and ot…
View article: Corrigendum: Food security under compound shocks: Can Lebanon produce its own Mediterranean food basket?
Corrigendum: Food security under compound shocks: Can Lebanon produce its own Mediterranean food basket? Open
CORRECTION article Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 14 February 2023Sec. Water-Smart Food Production Volume 7 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1146823
View article: Editorial: (10 years) Water-Energy-Food nexus: Towards knowledge synthesis, action prioritization and revitalization of security debates
Editorial: (10 years) Water-Energy-Food nexus: Towards knowledge synthesis, action prioritization and revitalization of security debates Open
The Water-Energy-Food nexus (WEF nexus) has emerged as a colossal environmental debate on how to improve the sustainability and resilience of resource systems. This debate has been inclusive of different disciplines and methodological appr…
View article: Food security under compound shocks: Can Lebanon produce its own Mediterranean food basket?
Food security under compound shocks: Can Lebanon produce its own Mediterranean food basket? Open
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…
View article: Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation
Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation Open
Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the inte…
View article: Examining Lebanon's Resilience Through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Lens
Examining Lebanon's Resilience Through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Lens Open
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 sys…
View article: Opportunities and Challenges for Establishing a Resource Nexus Community of Science and Practice
Opportunities and Challenges for Establishing a Resource Nexus Community of Science and Practice Open
The American Chemical Society’s Division of Environmental Chemistry symposium Toward Creating a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Community of Practice, brought together 25 cross-disciplinary speakers in five thematic areas: 1 ) state of the a…
View article: Toward Resilient Water-Energy-Food Systems under Shocks: Understanding the Impact of Migration, Pandemics, and Natural Disasters
Toward Resilient Water-Energy-Food Systems under Shocks: Understanding the Impact of Migration, Pandemics, and Natural Disasters Open
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 …
View article: Evaluating the Potential of a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach toward the Sustainable Development of Bangladesh
Evaluating the Potential of a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach toward the Sustainable Development of Bangladesh Open
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)…
View article: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach for conducting trade-off analysis: Morocco's phosphate industry in the Khouribga region
A Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach for conducting trade-off analysis: Morocco's phosphate industry in the Khouribga region Open
The study objective was to develop and use the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Phosphate (WEF-P) Tool to evaluate the impact of Morocco's phosphate industry on water, energy, and food sectors of Khouribga, which is the representative phosphate min…
View article: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach for Conducting Trade-off Analysis: Morocco’s Phosphate Industry in the Khouribga Region
A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach for Conducting Trade-off Analysis: Morocco’s Phosphate Industry in the Khouribga Region Open
The aim of the study is to apply the Nexus approach for conducting trade-off analysis between industrial and agricultural area, thus we developed Water-Energy-Food Nexus-Phosphate (WEF-P) Tool based on integrating the supply chain processe…
View article: Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Platform for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Platform for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals Open
This article was developed as an outcome of the "Water-Energy-Food Nexus" High Level Panel (HLP) which took place at the XVI World Water Congress, Cancun Mexico, June 1, 2017. The HLP's goal was to demonstrate the extent of interconnection…
View article: Developing Socio-Techno-Economic-Political (STEP) Solutions for Addressing Resource Nexus Hotspots
Developing Socio-Techno-Economic-Political (STEP) Solutions for Addressing Resource Nexus Hotspots Open
The challenge of meeting increasing water, energy, and food needs is linked not only to growing demands globally, but also to the growing interdependency between these interconnected resource systems. Pressures on these systems will emerge…
View article: Water-Energy-Food Nexus Stakeholder Information Sharing and Engagement Workshop
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Stakeholder Information Sharing and Engagement Workshop Open
On January 10, 2018, the Texas A&M University System Water-Energy-Food Initiative held the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Stakeholder Information Sharing and Engagement Workshop on the campus of Texas A&M University-San Antonio. The workshop invo…