Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Raimund Bleischwitz (), Catalina Spataru, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael Obersteiner, Ester Voet, Corey Johnson, Philip Andrews-Speed, Tim Boersma, Holger Hoff and Detlef P. Vuuren
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Raimund Bleischwitz: University College London
Catalina Spataru: University College London
Stacy D. VanDeveer: University of Massachusetts Boston
Michael Obersteiner: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Ester Voet: Leiden University, Institute of Environmental Sciences CML
Corey Johnson: Environment, and Sustainability
Philip Andrews-Speed: National University of Singapore, Energy Studies Institute
Tim Boersma: Columbia University, SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy
Holger Hoff: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Detlef P. Vuuren: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Nature Sustainability, 2018, vol. 1, issue 12, 737-743

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2018
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