Responding to global challenges in food, energy, environment and water: Risks and options assessment for decision-making

R. Quentin Grafton; Mahala McLindin; Karen Hussey; Paul Wyrwoll; Dennis Wichelns; Claudia Ringler; Dustin Garrick; Jamie Pittock; Sarah  Wheeler; Stuart Orr; Nathanial Matthews; Erik Ansink; Alice Aureli; Daniel Connell; Lucia  De Stefano; Kate Dowsley; Stefano Farolfi; Jim  Hall; Pamela Katic; Bruce Lankford; Hannah  Leckie; Matthew McCartney; Huw Pohlner; Nazmun Ratna; Mark Henry Rubarenzya; Shriman Narayan Sai Raman; Kevin Wheeler; John  Williams

doi:10.1002/app5.128

Responding to global challenges in food, energy, environment and water: Risks and options assessment for decision-making

R. Quentin Grafton (Lead Author), Mahala McLindin, Karen Hussey, Paul Wyrwoll, Dennis Wichelns, Claudia Ringler, Dustin Garrick, Jamie Pittock, Sarah Wheeler, Stuart Orr, Nathanial Matthews, Erik Ansink, Alice Aureli, Daniel Connell, Lucia De Stefano, Kate Dowsley, Stefano Farolfi, Jim Hall, Pamela Katic, Bruce LankfordHannah Leckie, Matthew McCartney, Huw Pohlner, Nazmun Ratna, Mark Henry Rubarenzya, Shriman Narayan Sai Raman, Kevin Wheeler, John Williams

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Abstract

We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) ‘sustainable intensification’, or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the ‘nexus’ that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) ‘resilience thinking’ that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of food, energy and water systems are maintained in the presence of uncertainties and threats. Second, we build on these discourses to present the causal, risks and options assessment for decision-making process to improve decision-making in the presence of risks. The process provides a structured, but flexible, approach that moves from problem diagnosis to better risk-based decision-making and outcomes by responding to causal risks within and across food, energy, environment and water systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-299
Number of pages	25
Journal	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.128
Publication status	Published - May 2016

Keywords

food security
sustainable intensification
nexus
resilience
sustainable development

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Grafton, R. Q., McLindin, M., Hussey, K., Wyrwoll, P., Wichelns, D., Ringler, C., Garrick, D., Pittock, J., Wheeler, S., Orr, S., Matthews, N., Ansink, E., Aureli, A., Connell, D., De Stefano, L., Dowsley, K., Farolfi, S., Hall, J., Katic, P., ... Williams, J. (2016). Responding to global challenges in food, energy, environment and water: Risks and options assessment for decision-making. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 3(2), 275-299. https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.128

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