Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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2018
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Bleischwitz, Raimund
Spataru, Catalina
VanDeveer, Stacy D.
Obersteiner, Michael
van der Voet, Ester
Johnson, Corey
Andrews-Speed, Philip
Boersma, Tim
Hoff, Holger
van Vuuren, Detlef P.
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Abstract
Debate around increasing demand for natural resources is often framed in terms of a ‘nexus’, which is perhaps at risk of becoming a buzz word. A nexus between what? Over what scales? And what are the consequences of such a nexus? This article analyses why readers should care about the nexus concept in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We discuss a five-nodes definition and propose perspectives that may lead to a reload of climate policy with buy-in from supply-chain managers and resource-rich developing countries. Our research perspectives address modelling approaches and scenarios at the interface of bio-physical inputs and the human dimensions of security and governance.
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Scientific community and society, sustainability, Taverne, Global and Planetary Change, Food Science, Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Urban Studies, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 13 - Climate Action
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Bleischwitz, R, Spataru, C, VanDeveer, S D, Obersteiner, M, van der Voet, E, Johnson, C, Andrews-Speed, P, Boersma, T, Hoff, H & van Vuuren, D P 2018, 'Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals', Nature Sustainability, vol. 1, no. 12, pp. 737-743. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0173-2