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Thinking to practice: Applying complexity The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Global Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy

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  • Daniel Yeo
  • Global Green Growth Institute Ethiopia

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Since the German government’s Nexus conference in Bonn in 2012, interest in holistic approaches to water, food and energy has exploded under the catchy label of ‘The Nexus’. The core tenet of the ‘Nexus’ approach is that water, energy and food are intrinsically linked at both the bio-physical level and the policy-making level – that decisions and actions on water, food and energy are linked and affect each other. This may be true, but it is not unique to the relationship between water, food and energy – most public policy issues are interlinked. For example, health and education; or infrastructure and trade and tax revenues. Therefore, to become more relevant, the ‘water-foodenergy nexus’ needs to get beyond this superficial level and articulate what these links mean in practice.

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  • Daniel Yeo & Global Green Growth Institute Ethiopia, 2014. "Thinking to practice: Applying complexity The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Global Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy," Research papers & Policy papers on Agriculture Markets, Policies and Food Security 1402, Policy Center for the New South.
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