A water-energy-food nexus assessment of climate change impacts on biomass and hydropower resources
WATNEX
Project information
Project duration
-
Funded by
Other International
Project funder
Project coordinator
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Unit and faculty
Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Technology
Contact information
Project leader
- Associate Professor (Tenure Track)Ali Torabi Haghighi
Project description
The WatNEX project aims to develop methods to assess impacts of climate change on water resources in river basins considering “in parallel” changes accruing in energy and biomass sectors. This complex and integrated
management scheme is often referred to as Water-Energy-Food (WEF) or Climate-Land-Energy-Water (CLEW) Nexus. Understanding and developing methods to analyse and manage this “sectorial integration” is
a major scientific challenge in water resources research.
The WatNEX project aims to:
1) improve the understanding of Climate-Water-Energy-Food interactions,
2) develop integrated modelling approaches to assess complex WEF-interactions and climate change impacts in river basins,
3) assess impacts of climate change and future land use and energy scenarios on water resources and
4) recommend sustainable management of water, energy and bioeconomic resources in Norway.