Project description
Novel framework brings the EU one step closer to its water management and climate targets
Water, energy, food and ecosystems (WEFE) are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (nexus) dominated by complexity and modulated by climatic and socioeconomic drivers. The EU-funded NEXOGENESIS project will develop and validate a cross-sectoral policy-making framework, which addresses climate and socioeconomic change, as well as stakeholder behaviour and transboundary (diplomacy) issues. It will also develop a Self-Learning Nexus Assessment Engine (SLNAE), which integrates water-related policies into the WEFE nexus. The project will conduct four European case studies and one in Southern Africa, using strong stakeholder engagement to improve policies and policymaking processes that enhance cooperation and help the EU achieve targets related to the Water Framework Directive, the greener CAP, Green Deal ambitions as well as ambitions on water diplomacy.
Objective
Water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (nexus) dominated by complexity and modulated by climatic and socio-economic drivers. Resource constraints, and their interconnectedness could hamper economic development, including optimal trade, market and policy solutions. Moreover, policy objectives tend to be developed with little consideration to multiple sectors, and policy implementation may change nexus characteristics, in turn affecting actor behaviour and policy formulation. NEXOGENESIS will develop and validate: (a) a coherent cross-sectoral policy-making framework at different scales addressing climate and socio-economic change, as well as stakeholder behaviour and transboundary (diplomacy) issues, developed for and validated by stakeholders, policy makers, and academics; (b) a Self-Learning Nexus Assessment Engine (SLNAE) exploiting reinforcement learning, and supporting streamlining water-related policies into the WEFE nexus; (c) a WEFE Nexus Footprint, accompanying the SLNAE. NEXOGENESIS will apply its approach to four European and one case study in southern Africa. Through the case studies, strong stakeholder engagement and validation of output, NEXOGENESIS will improve policies and policy making processes to enhance cooperation and help the EU achieve targets related to the Water Framework Directive, the greener CAP, Green Deal ambitions, as well as ambitions on water diplomacy. NEXOGENESIS outcomes, both during and after the project, will have a major impact on advancing nexus understanding and governance, resulting in a more innovative and more competitive European Union regarding nexus policy-making, backed up by state-of-the-art evidence. NEXOGENESIS will continue to drive impact after the end of the funding period through dedicated outscaling and exploitation objectives to maximise future impacts and will bring project results to extended group of users via an innovative stakeholder engagement process.
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.5.1. - Fighting and adapting to climate change
- H2020-EU.3.5.2. - Protection of the environment, sustainable management of natural resources, water, biodiversity and ecosystems
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
2611 AX Delft
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Participants (20)
3433 PE NIEUWEGEIN
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39100 Bolzano
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73100 Lecce
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04318 Leipzig
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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6708 PB Wageningen
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157 80 ATHINA
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30123 Venezia
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37020 Tours
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75794 Paris
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751 05 Uppsala
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38221 Volos
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1050 RIGA
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2128 RIVONIA
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92130 Issy Les Moulineaux
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023973 Bucuresti
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2900 Gotse Delchev
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64200 CHRISOUPOLI
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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