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

    Project: EU research project

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    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, simulating different components/“themes” of the Nexus and by developing: (a) novel complexity science methodologies and approaches for integrating the outputs of the thematic models; (b) a Geoplatform for seamless integration of public domain data and metadata for decision and policy making; (c) a Knowledge Elicitation Engine for integrating strategies at different spatial and temporal scales with top down and bottom up learning process, discovering new and emergent knowledge, in the form of unknown relations between the Nexus components and policies/strategies; (d) a web-based Serious Game for multiple users, as an enhanced interactive visualisation tool, providing an immersive experience to decision- and policy-makers. The Serious Game will assist the users (as players) in better understanding and visualising policies at various geo-/spatial scales and from a holistic point of view, towards a better scientific understanding of the Nexus. The Serious Game will be validated (applied, tested, verified and used) via ten Case Studies ranging from regional to national level. Two further Strategic Serious Games at European and Global levels will also be developed for demonstration, education and further exploitation purposes, accompanied by a robust business plan and IPR framework, for taking advantage of the post-project situation and business potential.
    AcronymSIM4NEXUS
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/06/1630/06/20

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    • Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach

      Doelman, J. C., Beier, F. D., Stehfest, E., Bodirsky, B. L., Beusen, A. H. W., Humpenöder, F., Mishra, A., Popp, A., Van Vuuren, D. P., De Vos, L., Weindl, I., Van Zeist, W. J. & Kram, T., Apr 2022, In: Environmental Research Letters. 17, 4, 045004.

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      3 Citations (Scopus)
    • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

      Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Barrett, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chaudhary, A., De Palma, A., DeClerck, F. A. J., Di Marco, M., Doelman, J. C., Dürauer, M., Freeman, R., Harfoot, M., Hasegawa, T., Hellweg, S., Hilbers, J. P., Hill, S. L. L., Humpenöder, F., Jennings, N., Krisztin, T., Mace, G. M., & 38 othersOhashi, H., Popp, A., Purvis, A., Schipper, A. M., Tabeau, A., Valin, H., van Meijl, H., van Zeist, W. J., Visconti, P., Alkemade, R., Almond, R., Bunting, G., Burgess, N. D., Cornell, S. E., Di Fulvio, F., Ferrier, S., Fritz, S., Fujimori, S., Grooten, M., Harwood, T., Havlík, P., Herrero, M., Hoskins, A. J., Jung, M., Kram, T., Lotze-Campen, H., Matsui, T., Meyer, C., Nel, D., Newbold, T., Schmidt-Traub, G., Stehfest, E., Strassburg, B. B. N., van Vuuren, D. P., Ware, C., Watson, J. E. M., Wu, W. & Young, L., 10 Sept 2020, In: Nature. 585, p. 551-556

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      314 Citations (Scopus)
    • D3.5: Final report on the application of thematic models

      Blanco, M., Arfa, I., Doelman, J., Janse, J., Stehfest, E., Alexandri, E., Bodirsky, B., Weindl, I., Levin-Koopman, J., Tabeau, A., van Meijl, H., Beltramo, A., Ramos Pereira, E., Teutschbein, C., Blicharska, M., Conradt, T., Hesslerová, P., Pokorný, J., Kravcík, M., Hily, E., & 16 othersStrosser, P., Fournier, M., Laspidou, C., Mellios, N., Papadopoulou, C., Papadopoulou, M., Linderhof, V., Polman, N., Henke, H., Griffey, M., Ward, B., Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, L., Brēmere, I., Indriksone, D., Trabucco, A. & Mereu, S., 2020, Netherlands. 129 p.

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