Extended water-energy nexus contribution to environmentally-related sustainable development goals

XC Wang, P Jiang, L Yang, Y Van Fan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Challenges of high energy efficiency, water saving, low-carbon emissions, waste
management and food saving have been considerable pressures on both regional and …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and sustainable development nexus: A review

X Pan, T Shao, X Zheng, Y Zhang, X Ma… - Energy Strategy …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the global trend toward affordable, clean and efficient energy systems continues to
accelerate, there is a real need to enhance the holistic understanding of the nexus between …

Carbon footprint and embodied carbon transfer at the provincial level of the Yellow River Basin

X Yuan, X Sheng, L Chen, Y Tang, Y Li, Y Jia… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ecological conservation and high-quality development of China's Yellow River Basin is
a national strategy proposed in 2019. Under China's goal of achieving a carbon peak by …

Food-energy-water (FEW) nexus for urban sustainability: A comprehensive review

P Zhang, L Zhang, Y Chang, M Xu, Y Hao… - Resources …, 2019 - Elsevier
The emerging popularity of the nexus discussion reflects the ongoing transition from a
sectoral or silo approach to an integrative approach to address the global challenges …

Holistic life-cycle accounting of carbon emissions of prefabricated buildings using LCA and BIM

X Li, W Xie, L Xu, L Li, CY Jim, T Wei - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Prefabricated concrete building (PCB) can save resources, reduce construction, improve
quality, and reduce pollution. Understanding PCB environmental benefits versus traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Water-energy-food security: A Nexus perspective of the current situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

J Mahlknecht, R González-Bravo, FJ Loge - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
To attain sustainable development in Latin Ameica and the Caribbean, where there is a
strong dependence on commodity and food price development, priority attention towards …

An optimal modelling approach for managing agricultural water-energy-food nexus under uncertainty

M Li, Q Fu, VP Singh, Y Ji, D Liu, C Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Agriculture is the largest user of freshwater which is essential for food production. Water,
energy and food are closely intertwined, as both water and energy are critical inputs for food …

Incorporating social system into water-food-energy nexus

A Molajou, P Pouladi, A Afshar - Water Resources Management, 2021 - Springer
The current study introduces a conceptual socio-hydrological-based framework for the water-
energy-food (WEF) nexus. The proposed conceptual framework aims to investigate how …

Developing countries' responsibilities for CO2 emissions in value chains are larger and growing faster than those of developed countries

B Meng, Y Liu, Y Gao, M Li, Z Wang, J Xue, R Andrew… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon emissions associated with international trade are significant. The emergence of
complex global value chains (GVCs) in recent decades, in which a country can operate as …

Impacts of irrigated agriculture on food–energy–water–CO2 nexus across metacoupled systems

Z Xu, X Chen, J Liu, Y Zhang, S Chau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Irrigated agriculture has important implications for achieving the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. However, there is a lack of systematic and quantitative analyses of its …