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- Nature article：Resource nexus perspectives towards the UnitedNations Sustainable Development Goals
- Source Information
- Original Title:Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Authors:Raimund Bleischwitz , Catalina Spataru,Stacy D.VanDeveer, Michael Obersteiner,Ester van der Voet, Corey Johnson,Philip Andrews-Speed,Tim Boersma,Holger Hoffand Detlef P. van Vuuren
- Affiliations:Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London
- Keywords:Resource nexus; Sustainable Development Goals; Climate policy; Five-nodes definition; Governance;Modelling approaches;Bio-physical inputs;Supply-chain managers
- Source Link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0173-2#author-information
- Editor’s Summary
This perspective redefines the resource nexus as a five-node framework (water, energy, food, land, materials) to address conceptual ambiguity and advance SDG implementation. It emphasizes context-specific analysis across scales, integrating bio-physical constraints with human security dimensions. Key innovations include pathways to reload climate policy through renewable-powered solutions and soil carbon management; applications for supply-chain footprint reduction and “soft extraction” strategies in resource-rich economies; and transdisciplinary methodologies combining system dynamics, resource coefficients, and novel scenarios. The approach bridges sectoral silos to accelerate SDG delivery under resource constraints.
- Original text summary
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.
Fig. 1 | The nexus: interlinkages across resources and the SDGs.
Fig. 2 | Main SDGs and the nexus.
Fig. 3 | Interlinkages and impacts of using resources.
Fig. 4 | A set of scenarios supporting decision-making processes
- Original text information
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.
- This issue’s editor
Professor Jian’ge TAO, a professor and postgraduate supervisor at the School of Economics and Management, Zhongyuan University of Technology, focuses on the research of resource and environmental economics.