In 2012, the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention decided to carry out an assessment of water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in selected transboundary basins. Nexus activities under the Water Convention Conversely, a nexus (or cross-sectoral) approach to managing common resources could greatly enhance water, energy and food security in riparian countries, including by: increasing resource use efficiency, capitalizing on regional complementarities, and improving natural resource governance.įor more information on applying a nexus approach to transboundary cooperation, this brochure summarizes the experience of the Water Convention. In transboundary settings, not addressing trade-offs and externalities may result in friction between countries and reduced trust, at best hindering regional development and at worst generating conflict. Both developing and developed countries are faced with this challenge. This can result in painful inter-sectoral trade-offs and makes it more difficult to find collaborative solutions. Today, choices related to management and use of energy, land, and water are typically taken in isolation and without adequate consideration of the inter-sectoral implications of planned developments, which may be positive or negative.
The key to shift towards sustainable development lies in the strategic decisions we will take regarding natural resources, which need to be better valued and more responsibly managed. ĭemographic, economic, social, and climatic changes, are all exerting increasing pressure on natural resources, including through a seemingly ever-growing global demand of energy, food, and water that threatens the well-being of the ecosystems we rely upon. The “nexus” term in the context of water, food and energy refers to these sectors being inextricably linked so that actions in one policy area commonly have impacts on the others, as well as on the ecosystems that natural resources and human activities ultimately depend upon. Why a “nexus” approach to transboundary cooperation? COVID-19: the role of the Water Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health.National representatives for the National Policy Dialogues.Staff of the joint UNECE and WHO/Europe secretariat servicing the Protocol on Water and Health.Staff of the UNECE secretariat servicing the Convention.Members of the Bureau of the Protocol on Water and Health.Members of the Bureau of the Water Convention.National Focal points of the Protocol on Water and Health.National Focal points of the Water Convention.Increasing Resilience to Climate Change.Equitable access to water and sanitation.Safe and efficient management of water supply and sanitation systems.Small-scale water supplies and sanitation.Institutional water, sanitation and hygiene.Preventing and reducing water-related diseases.Improving governance for water and health.Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting.Management of transboundary groundwaters.EU Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues.Water allocation in a transboundary context.Monitoring, assessment and information sharing in transboundary basins.Financing of transboundary water cooperation.Reporting on SDG indicator 6.5.2 and under the Water Convention.Implementation, Operation, Capacity and Compliance Relationship with the 1997 watercourses convention Added Value at Global, Transboundary and National Scales Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents.Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus.Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment.Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management.
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