Epistemological dimensions of the water–energy–food nexus approach: reply to discussions of “Challenges in operationalizing the water–energy–food nexus”* |
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| Authors: | C Cudennec J Liu J Qi H Yang C Zheng A K Gain |
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| Institution: | 1. Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, UMR SAS, Rennes, Francecudennec@agrocampus-ouest.fr junguo.liu@gmail.com liujg@sustc.edu.cn;3. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China;4. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China;5. Center for Global Change &6. Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA;7. Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Duebendorf, Switzerland;8. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;9. Department of Geography, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTWe thank the authors, Varis and Keskinen, and Nauditt, for their constructive contributions. We endorse their key comments, further referring to recent literature and events, including the UN 2018 High Level Political Forum on sustainable development. Here, we elaborate on the epistemological perspective of the water–energy–food nexus conceptualization, assessment, discourse and operationalization. |
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| Keywords: | science–practice discourse complexity under change sustainable development goals (SDG) security |
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