Developing the food, water, and energy nexus for food and energy scenarios with the World trade model

Cazcarro, I. ; Dilekli, N.

Resumen: The food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus has gained increased attention, resulting in numerous studies on management approaches. Themes of resource use, and their subsequent scarcity and economic rents, which are within the application domain of the World Trade Model, are ripe for study, with the continuing development of forward- and backward-facing economic data. Scenarios of future food and energy demand, relating to supply chains, as well as direct and indirect resource uses, are modelled in this paper. While it is possible to generate a substantial number of economic and environmental scenarios, our focus is on the development of an overarching approach involving a range of scenarios. We intend to establish a benchmark of possibilities in the context of the debates surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21) and the Green New Deal. Our approach draws heavily from the existing literature on international agreements and targets, notably that of COP21, whose application we associate with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP). Relevant factor uses and scarcity rent increases are found and localized, e.g., on the optimal qualities of water, minerals, and land. A clear policy implication is that, in all scenarios, processes of energy transition, raw material use reduction, and recycling must be strengthened.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/w13172354

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Water (Switzerland) 13, 17 (2021), 2354 [26 pp]
ISSN: 2073-4441

Factor impacto JCR: 3.53 (2021)

Categ. JCR: WATER RESOURCES rank: 36 / 102 = 0.353 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 148 / 279 = 0.53 (2021) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.8 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Q1) - Social Sciences (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q2) - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.716 - Aquatic Science (Q1) - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1) - Biochemistry (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S10
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PID2019-106822RB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/RTI2018-099858-A-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)