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Edited by Floor Brouwer, Senior Research Scholar, Wageningen Research, the Netherlands<i>‘This nexus Handbook goes beyond rhetoric: It presents a range of innovative, multi- and transdisciplinary methodologies applied to real-life examples across the globe and carefully demonstrates that trade-offs can be managed and synergies achieved. It thus adds an important, more holistic perspective to the fight against climate change. The book is a “must read” for academics, development specialists and policymakers that are serious about ending water, food and energy poverty and comprehensive climate action.’</i>
- Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute and Chair, Food, Energy, Environment and Water (FE2W) Network, US,
<i>‘The evidence is clear that understanding the trade-offs and synergies among the water, energy, food and ecosystems sectors can contribute to socio-economic resilience and environmental sustainability. Floor Brouwer has produced a compelling collection of readings that offer a comprehensive insight into the WEFE nexus. This Handbook offers chapters on a variety of nexus topics covering conceptual set-ups, systems approaches, methods, capacity development, knowledge transfer, governance and policy. This book will become an essential reference for practitioners and researchers alike.’</i>
- Maria Vrachioli, Technical University of Munich, Germany,
<i>‘This Handbook is an impressive selection of chapters that brings together the Who's Who of nexus researchers in Europe and beyond. The nexus is covered comprehensively, targeting a wide audience, presenting the views of scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs and making a case for the nexus as a way to achieve sustainability and resource efficiency. Well done!’</i>
- Chrysi Laspidou, University of Thessaly, Greece,
<i>‘With the world facing multiple climatic and non-climatic challenges that are exacerbating water-energy-food nexus pressures, this Handbook, written by globally recognized experts, provides researchers and practitioners with leading knowledge on how to create synergies and reduce trade-offs in reducing these pressures.’</i>
- Robert C. Brears, Our Future Water, New Zealand,
With contributions covering a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and cross-cutting themes, the Handbook has a well-balanced mix of conceptual chapters and empirical studies. It includes a state-of-the-art analysis of the concepts and experiences in implementing the nexus in different policy environments, providing examples of successful integrated decision-making across the domains of water, energy and food. Offering a global perspective on water, energy and food security, the Handbook contains insights into achieving both national development goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters further highlight how to understand the concepts of the nexus in practice, impacts of the nexus in governance, policy and business, and methods and tools to strengthen the nexus.
Interdisciplinary and thorough, this Handbook will be critical reading for environmental management, public policy and human geography scholars. It will also be a useful tool for policymakers looking for successful examples of policy coherence towards an integrated management of water, energy and food resources.