The water, food and energy nexus

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-204
Author(s):  
Shima Kheirinejad ◽  
Omid Bozorg-Haddad ◽  
Veera Gnaneswar Gude
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Tools And Methods

Abstract The water, food and energy nexus is a critical component for sustainable development as global population and industrialization escalate. Agriculture is responsible for the majority of freshwater consumption worldwide, while one quarter of the world's energy is spent on food production and consumption. The connections between such vital areas necessitates a profound and integrated approach to securing the water, food and energy sectors across the world. Such an integrated approach should be based upon understanding the nexus between the three individual sectors, and on coordinating the interactions between them. As the global population is expected to reach 8 billion (8 × 109) by 2030, demands for essential services and higher living standards are becoming prevalent, and the need for conscious protection of vital resources – without which, meeting those demands and desires would be impossible – is more palpable than ever. Considering the impact of water and environmental crises on food and energy security, the integrated management of water, food and energy with the collaboration of all stakeholders could result in a significant check on any detrimental changes. Due to the critical importance of food, water and energy security, policies should be implemented to conserve and protect these essential resources. Therefore, it is very important to understand the logic governing this issue, and, in this chapter, definitions and logical approaches that govern the concept of the water, food and energy nexus, the potential crises ahead, and the effective management solutions, tools, and methods used in this field are all discussed, using case studies and examples.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community lifelines

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naeem Abas ◽  
Esmat Kalair ◽  
Saad Dilshad ◽  
Nasrullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Population ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe authors present the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on community lifelines. The state machinery has several departments to secure essential lifelines during disasters and epidemics. Many countries have formed national disaster management authorities to deal with manmade and natural disasters. Typical lifelines include food, water, safety and security, continuity of services, medicines and healthcare equipment, gas, oil and electricity supplies, telecommunication services, transportation means and education system. Supply chain systems are often affected by disasters, which should have alternative sources and routes. Doctors, nurses and medics are front-line soldiers against diseases during pandemics.Design/methodology/approachThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much we all are connected yet unprepared for natural disasters. Political leaders prioritize infrastructures, education but overlook the health sector. During the recent pandemic, developed countries faced more mortalities, fatalities and casualties than developing countries. This work surveys the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, energy, environment, industry, education and food supply lines.FindingsThe COVID-19 pandemic caused 7% reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during global lockdowns. In addition, COVID-19 has affected social fabric, behaviors, cultures and official routines. Around 2.84 bn doses have been administrated, with approximately 806 m people (10.3% of the world population) are fully vaccinated around the world to date. Most developed vaccines are being evaluated for new variants like alpha, beta, gamma, epsilons and delta first detected in the UK, South Africa, Brazil, USA and India. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors in society, yet this paper critically reviews the impact of COVID-19 on health and energy lifelines.Practical implicationsThis paper critically reviews the health and energy lifelines during pandemic COVID-19 and explains how these essential services were interrupted.Originality/valueThis paper critically reviews the health and energy lifelines during pandemic COVID-19 and explains how these essential services were interrupted.

scholarly journals Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e006794
Author(s):  
Didier Wernli ◽  
Mia Clausin ◽  
Nino Antulov-Fantulin ◽  
John Berezowski ◽  
Nikola Biller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Systemic Crisis ◽  
Societal Resilience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Human Systems

The current global systemic crisis reveals how globalised societies are unprepared to face a pandemic. Beyond the dramatic loss of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered widespread disturbances in health, social, economic, environmental and governance systems in many countries across the world. Resilience describes the capacities of natural and human systems to prevent, react to and recover from shocks. Societal resilience to the current COVID-19 pandemic relates to the ability of societies in maintaining their core functions while minimising the impact of the pandemic and other societal effects. Drawing on the emerging evidence about resilience in health, social, economic, environmental and governance systems, this paper delineates a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to COVID-19. Such an understanding provides the foundation for an integrated approach to build societal resilience to current and future pandemics.

scholarly journals The Effect of Implementing a Feed-in Tariff in Abu Dhabi UAE

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Daisuke Sasaki ◽  
Gun Matsuo ◽  
Sameh El Khatib ◽  
Mikiyasu Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Cost Of Electricity ◽  
The World ◽  
Total Turnover ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Feed In Tariff

Although most countries in the world have been trying to introduce renewable energy into their power supplies to address issues related to the environment and energy security, the Middle East has the lowest overall renewable energy capacity in the world. However, there is currently a trend of accelerating renewable energy deployment with increased investment in the region for the purposes of improving energy security and independence and promoting long-term social and economic benefits. This study aims to examine the impact of implementing a feed-in tariff (FiT) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. After a simulated test, it was found that the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and the current average unit cost of electricity were considerably divergent. That is to say, a large extra cost is incurred in order to deploy renewable energy in Abu Dhabi. In this context, the effectiveness of implementing a FiT in Abu Dhabi is confirmed. Furthermore, an estimation of the size of the renewable energy surcharge indicated that the impact of implementing a FiT would be enormous. For example, if the target rate of deploying renewable energy is set at 7%, a renewable energy surcharge equivalent to approximately one third of the total turnover of the electricity sector should be additionally imposed. It follows that the electricity rate will be raised by about thirty percent on average, unless subsidies are provided by the government.

scholarly journals Mechanism for choosing organizational and technological solutions based on integrated management of the construction process

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
V.I. Anin ◽  
A.O. Ichetovkin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Parametric Method ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The Impact

Problem statement. The introduction of new requirements for rationing in the construction industry provides for changes in the rationing methodology, through the use of a predominantly parametric method. This stimulates the use in management of modern approaches, methods and mechanisms, technologies, innovative organizational and technological solutions to improve the quality and volume of construction, which in turn can accelerate the recovery from the crisis and the development of the construction industry as a whole.The use of the parametric method, in addition to the certain advantages indicated above, creates new challenges for the efficiency of management in the construction industry. On the one hand, there is an increase in the alternatives of possible managerial and organizational and technological solutions; identification of the list and consequences of risks for each alternative; improvement of the procedure and processes for predicting the consequences of each of the alternatives; putting forward new requirements for the information necessary for decision-making, the possibilities of its analysis and interpretation.On the other hand, the use of such a selection mechanism and the lack of clear requirements and orders can increase the costs of achieving the declared quality and reliability requirements of the construction object, and accordingly increase financial and organizational and technological risks. This creates the preconditions for the use of integrated management with the use of appropriate organizational and technological solutions that can satisfy both the requirements of quality management and risk management in construction. Purpose of the article − describe and substantiate the possibility of applying the mechanism for choosing organizational and technological solutions aimed at achieving parametric criteria as target indicators for managing construction processes in conditions of uncertainty using a functional model of a system-integrated approach. Conclusion. It has been substantiated that for an effective process of managing construction processes within an integrated approach, in conditions of uncertainty, it is necessary to use a system-wide algorithmic mechanism, which will ensure the coordination of control functions, their parallel and continuous execution within individual processes, the choice and decision-making in emergency situations for a minimum possible time period.This requires the compliance of each organizational and technological solution with the established criteria and the possibility of their comparison, in order to select the most effective in terms of leveling risk, achieving efficiency − in relation to their cost; and criteria for feasibility, assessment of the impact on quality indicators, implementation in time, competence and technological feasibility − in relation to their ability to implement. Keywords: construction process management; rationing; parametric method, integrated approach; processapproach; situational approach; a mechanism for choosing organizational and technological solutions

СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ТЕНДЕНЦИИ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ БАНКОВСКОГО СЕКТОРА

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Mussina ◽  
M.A. Svyatova ◽  
А.А. Мусина ◽  
М.А. Святова
Keyword(s):  
Financial Market ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
The Real ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
The Impact

The state of the economy in any country determines the level of development of banking, since these two areas are directly interconnected and interdependent. This was confirmed again in 2020-21, when the world was hit by a pandemic associated with Covid19, which led to a fall in the economies of the countries of the world and, accordingly, to restrictions on the activities of all spheres, including the banking sector. The banking statistics of recent years characterize a rather tense situation in the industry, which cannot but arouse interest in studying both the causes and possible consequences not only for the banking business, but also for the economy as a whole. Despite the fact that in 2020 the banking sector of Kazakhstan showed a positive result, it is impossible to make an optimistic conclusion about a favorable situation in the banking business. It is necessary to pay attention to the importance of such an integrated approach due to the fact that recently there is often a one-sided interpretation of a commercial bank as a financial intermediary, which infringes on its role as a producer of loans, which are one of the main banking products. The bank, as a credit provider, has recently begun to lose its position in terms of its target direction in the real sector, reorienting itself to profitable and risky areas. The consequences of such a policy are felt, first of all, on the general state of the economy, the lag in the development of the real sector, and the outstripping growth of the financial market, which is disconnected from real projects. The article presents the results of a study conducted to assess the impact of current trends in the development of the banking sector on the prospects of the banking activities in Kazakhstan. Состояние экономики в любой стране определяет уровень развития банковской деятельности, поскольку эти две сферы непосредственно взаимосвязаны и взаимообусловлены. Это еще раз подтвердилось в 2020-21 годах, когда на мир обрушилась пандемия, связанная с Covid19, приведшая к падению экономик стран мира и, соответственно, к ограничениям деятельности всех сфер, в том числе банковского сектора. Статистика банковской деятельности последних лет характеризует достаточно напряженную ситуацию в отрасли, что не может не вызывать интереса к исследованию как причин, так и возможных последствий не только для банковского бизнеса, но и для экономики в целом. Несмотря на то, что за 2020 год банковский сектор Казахстана показал положительный результат, нельзя сделать оптимистичный вывод о благоприятной ситуации в сфере банковского бизнеса. Следует обратить внимание на важность такого комплексного подхода в связи с тем, что в последнее время часть встречается однобокая трактовкакоммерческого банка как финансового посредника, ущемляющая его роль как производителя кредитов, являющихся одними из главных банковских продуктов. Банк, как поставщик кредита, в последнее время стал терять свои позиции в части его целевого направления в отрасли реального сектора, переориентировавшись на прибыльные и рисковые направления. Последствия такой политики ощутимы, в первую очередь, на общем состоянии экономики, отставании развития реального сектора, опережении темпов роста финансового рынка, оторванного от реальных проектов. В статье приведены результаты исследования, проведенного с целью оценки влияния текущих трендов развития банковского сектора на перспективы банковской деятельности в Казахстане.

scholarly journals Analysis of The Covid-19 Impact on Electricity Consumption and Production

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Mass Consumption ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Impact

With the year 2020, the world faced a new threat that affects all areas of life, negatively affects production in all areas, and paralyzes social life. The measures and restrictions taken by the country's governments to prevent the epidemic from spreading rapidly in the society with the effect of the Covid-19 virus, which first appeared in China and spread all over the world, brought a new lifestyle. Covid-19 has been much the impact on electricity use and electricity production in the period in Turkey as in other countries. There was a sharp decline in commercial and industrial electricity use. The coronavirus effect has also been reflected in the electricity demand and the consumption amount has undergone a great negative change. Due to the enactment of measures against the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and the partial or full-time curfews, electricity consumption was moved to homes, supermarkets, and hospitals in April 2020 from places where mass consumption is intense, such as industry, workplaces, and educational institutions. In this study, Covid-19 period, the first cases were examined electricity production and consumption in Turkey as of the date it is seen throughout, in comparison with electricity consumption data in the same month of the previous years corresponding to this period, the effects on electricity generation and consumption habits of this period were examined.

Integrating Environment, Food Systems, and Sustainability in Feeding the Growing Population in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Abiodun Elijah Obayelu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
World Population ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Fragile Environment ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
The Impact

Food is indispensable to life. It plays an important role in the economy but what is not well known is the impact of production and consumption that food has on the environment. The nexus of food systems and the environment are complex and driven by many economic, socio-cultural, and environmental factors considered to be important in the contemporary global arena. As the world population grows, there is an increased demand on the already stretched food system and fragile environment. Processes along the food chain from agricultural production to food consumption produce outputs other than consumable food that are returned to the natural environment such as pollution or waste. This chapter sheds light on the links in food systems and environment in developing countries. A major finding is that the existing food systems that were supposed to produce adequate food for all are placing major stress on environmental assets including soil, water, fisheries, and biodiversity. For food systems to be sustainable, all hands must be on deck.

Teaching Sustainability Through Movie Making Activities

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Grecu ◽  
Călin Deneş
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Method ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Systemic Thinking ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Video ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe role of education in shaping the future is widely recognized. The world is becoming more complex, interdependent and unsustainable and this calls for a change in lifestyle. Thus, education for sustainable development is given increased attention in universities worldwide. Transformation of education into sustainability education implies systemic thinking and interdisciplinary approaches. At “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu there has been carried out an experimental, optional course which aimed to achieve an integrated approach to sustainability, fostering dialogue across multiple areas of knowledge. This paper presents an analysis of the activity of creating short video-clips related to sustainability and the impact that this teaching method has on the students.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of development the world coal industry in the process of active decarbonization in the world’s economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Prosekov ◽  
Artem Rada
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Climate Agreements ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact

Launch of the process of decarbonization of the economy and ratification of the Paris Climate Agreements in 2015-2016 puts the world’s coal industry in a difficult position. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the development of the global coal industry, including regional ones, in anticipation of the active decarbonization of the world economy. For this, a quantitative analysis of the dynamics and structure of world coal production in 2010-2020 was carried out. As a result, it was revealed that the impact of the 2020 crisis did not become decisive for production. It can be compared to a price shock or the start of implementation of the Paris Climate Agreements. Some of the dynamics of the global coal production indicator is characterized by a weak declining trend (about minus 0.05% per year), although this indicator is generally unstable. The dynamics of coal production is characterized by the absence of an internal trend of self-development; autocorrelation is observed. The dynamics of coal production reacts to external shocks, while the regional differentiation of this indicator is growing. For 2010-2020 the share of North America and Europe fell to 13%, and the Asia-Pacific region – increased to 75%. Most developed countries are striving to reduce the production and consumption of coal (in the USA, Germany, Poland – by 25-50%), but many developing countries (India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mongolia) are rapidly increasing production (by 30-70%). This is due to the possibility of exporting and using relatively cheap local fuel for economic development. Therefore, in the medium term, global coal production will remain stable with growing regional differentiation.

scholarly journals The impact of Covid-19 on the port environment: The case of Tanger Med container port, Morocco

2021 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 00025
Author(s):  
Hajar Abous ◽  
Mhamed Hamiche ◽  
Mohamed El Merouani
Keyword(s):  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Container Port ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Autoregressive Distributed Lag ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Impact

The appearance of the COVID-19 virus has a huge impact on the economy, where many factories and logistics flows are affected. With global supply chains severely disrupted, production and consumption centers around the world are beginning to be affected by the situation. our study tried to measure the impact of this pandemic on the containers transport in Morocco, our work targeted the Tanger Med port due to its geographic position as the most important link between Africa and Europe, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration technique was applied, this model integrates the term of lag and difference in the modeling of linear series. To verify the existence of long-term relationships, F-bond test was applied. The model was estimated on short and long term. the results were significant and has shown that the activity within Tanger Med port, experienced a shock during the pandemic period.

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