The water-energy-food nexus and COVID-19: Towards a systematization of impacts and responses.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine the impacts of system-wide crises on key supply sectors such as water, energy and food. These sectors are becoming increasingly interlinked in environmental policy-making and with regard to achieving supply security. There is a pressing need for a systematization of impacts and responses beyond individual disruptions. This paper provides a holistic assessment of the implications of COVID-19 on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. First, it integrates the academic literature related to single cases and disruptions to provide a broader view of COVID-19 demand- and supply-side disruptions and immediate effects. Then, the major, long-term impact categories of medicalization/hygienization, (re)localization of production, and demand fluctuatio

SUBMITTER: Al-Saidi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9752562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature