The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development

The School of Sustainability hosted Oscar Melo, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, as part of a series of research seminars that bring together faculty and students engaged in sustainability research to present and discuss their work.
Abstract
The WEF nexus approach is an integrated framework that can be used for analyzing development options in the context of climate change. Integrated nexus modelling toolkits for evaluating adaptation actions will be presented using examples from South America that emphasize different elements of the nexus. These examples will also discuss how adding the environmental and socioeconomic dimensions to this framework can help build more robust adaptation strategies.