The water-energy-food nexus is vital for achieving sustainable development goals

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.A recent report confirms that efforts to achieve sustainability through the sustainable development goals are already off the mark and most have either stagnated or regressed since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Such approaches can facilitate a transition from linear economic models to more circular and inclusive models and a just energy transition. The deteriorating insecurity of WEF resources and the slowness to take decisive measures to halt greenhouse gas emissions and arrest climate change derail the ambition to achieve the 2030 global agenda on sustainable development and the Paris Accords.

Given the stagnating and regressing progress towards the sustainable development goals, our efforts to achieve sustainable development must evolve, be more inclusive, cross-cut and accelerate progress. Continuing to pursue sector-based linear policies can only aggravate the challenges and lead to further stagnation in advancing international and national developmental frameworks such as the SDGs and the National Development Plan.

While nearly a billion people do not have access to electricity, global energy demand is projected to increase by 25% by 2040, compounding energy insecurity. As the food system is under pressure to meet the growing demand for food from an increasing population, there is also urgent pressure to reduce water and energy use and free up water and energy for other uses and users. If not well managed, these challenges risk derailing sustainable development.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

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