Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe

Description

Land, food, energy, water and climate are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (the ‘Nexus’), dominated by complexity and feedback. The integrated management of the Nexus is critical to secure the efficient and sustainable use of resources. Barriers to a resource efficient Europe are policy inconsistencies and incoherence, knowledge gaps, especially regarding integration methodologies and tools for the Nexus, and knowledge and technology lock-ins. SIM4NEXUS will develop innovative methodologies to address these barriers, by building on well-known and scientifically established existing “thematic” models, and by simulating different components/“themes” of the Nexus.

Project information

Lead

STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK Contact: Dr. Floor Brouwer, LEI Wageningen UR, Email: SIM4NEXUS@wur.nl Address: WAGENINGEN, Postcode 6708 PB, Street DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 Country Netherlands

Partners

LEI WAGENIGEN UR (WUR-LEI), UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY (UTH), UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (UNEXE), UNESCO-IHE (IHE), POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH (PIK), TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), BOCCONI UNIVERSITY (UB), UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (UNU), RADBOUD UNIVERSITY (RU), ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (KTH), UPPSALA UNIVERSITY (UU), EURECAT (EURECAT), UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI (UNISS), ENKI (ENKI), PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY (PBL), DHI, SOUTH WEST WATER (SWW), ACTEON (ACT), EPSILON MALTA (EPSILON), CAMBRIDGE ECONOMETRICS (CE), STRANE INNOVATION (SI), FRESH THOUGHTS (FT), BALTIC ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM (BEF), PEOPLE AND WATER (P&W), THE EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR WATER (WSSTP)