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F ood, energy, water, and land are
interconnected aspects that together
form a nexus within the complex
system in which the various sectors
of a country’s economy operates.
Because these aspects are so closely linked,
policies that affect one sector in a region
can have consequences for others, which
means that the integrated management of
the nexus is critical to secure sustainable
development and the efficient and viable
use of resources.
Ukraine, the second largest country in
Europe in terms of land area, has been
described as the region’s breadbasket thanks
to its rich, fertile soil. A lack of integrated
policies in the country, has however led to
uncontrolled agricultural intensification and
imbalanced land utilization, which has in
turn been the cause of increased soil, water,
and air pollution. Furthermore, it has created
a dualization of the agricultural sector
between small household farms–which
play a central role in national food security–
and large market-oriented agricultural
enterprises producing industrial crops that
are in high demand on international markets.
The introduction of new technologies
and policies, or climate change, weather
variability, and natural disasters, may also
significantly affect systemic instabilities. IIASA and the National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), along with a
network of other institutes and policymakers,
have been working together on a project
devoted to finding robust solutions to
these problems since 2012. This work has
informed national policy in the country and
has led to real improvements in sustainable
management. The results of the project
are now being used in the preparation of
strategically important documents, such
as the country’s sustainable agriculture
and rural development strategy, national
demographic strategy, and sustainable
energy sector development strategies.
The team’s conclusions and
recommendations on the need for proper
financial support for family and small-scale
agricultural businesses, for example, were
implemented in the Ukrainian Common
Cross-cutting Strategy of Agriculture
Development for the period until 2020. The
results of research investigating sustainable
energy sector development and reform
towards renewable energy use, also
emphasized that robust emissions taxation
and trading can act as important mechanisms
for creating economic and social stimulus
for the improvement of energy efficiency
and the implementation of a low-carbon
economy in the country. Towards the end of 2017, a new phase
of the project focusing on the robust
management of the food-water-energy-
environment-social nexus for sustainable
development was launched.
“During this phase, which will run until
2021, researchers will further develop
and implement novel systems analysis
approaches addressing problems of common
interest for Ukraine and the world, providing
solutions for robust and sustainable nexus
management,” says Yuri Ermoliev, principal
investigator on the project.
To do this, the project concentrates on
novel linkage methods enabling consistent
multi-sectorial modeling and integrated
decision support. Global models, including
IIASA models such as GLOBIOM, GAINS,
and MESSAGE, are used in combination
with non-Bayesian robust downscaling
procedures and national models to produce
scenarios and recommendations in support
of robust integrated policies. AH
Informing robust
integrated policies for a
sustainable future
A collaborative project between IIASA and the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has
informed national policy and led to real
improvements in sustainable management of
the food-energy-water-environment nexus.
Further info
www.iiasa.ac.at/impacts/integratedmodeling
Zagorodny AG, Ermoliev YM, & Bogdanov VL (Eds.)
(2014). Integrated Management, Security and
Robustness. NASU [pure.iiasa.ac.at/11132]
Yuri Ermoliev ermoliev@iiasa.ac.at
Tatiana Ermolieva ermol@iiasa.ac.at
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- Titel
- options
- Band
- summer 2018
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- Laxenburg
- Datum
- 2018
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- englisch
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