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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2021

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

Mohammad Al-Saidi, Hussam Hussein

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Resilient clean cooking: Maintaining household clean cooking in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic.Energy for sustainable development : the journal of the International Energy Initiative · 2023
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  12. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals: Achievements and Expectations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  16. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accredited conformity assessment bodies: insights from a multinational study.Accreditation and quality assurance : journal for quality, comparability and reliability in chemical measurement · 2022
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  18. Urban-Rural Partnership Framework to Enhance Food-Energy-Water Security in the Post-COVID-19 Era.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad Al-SaidiCenter for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box: 2713, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: malsaidi@qu.edu.qa.
Hussam HusseinDepartment of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford, Manor Road, OX1 3UQ Oxford, UK.
Qatar University · QAUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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 fluctuations are highlighted. These impacts result in priority cross-links such as irrigation, energy requirements for local food production, energy use for water and wastewater treatment, or water for energy use. Finally, sector-level insights on impacts and responses are provided, drawing from illustrative cases. The analysis of impacts of COVID-19 on the WEF nexus reflects heterogeneous experiences of short-term adaptations, and highlights the revaluation of the water-food-trade nexus. Revived debates on food sufficiency can benefit from green applications to minimize expected trade-offs. The current crisis also reveals some gaps in the WEF nexus debates with regard to the lack of risk-based perspectives and the need for a better consideration of spatial aspects in resource integration. Regarding resource-security issues in the WEF nexus, the COVID-19 stress test boosts debates concerning the adequacy of the production value chains (e.g., contingency and storage, diversification, and self-sufficiency) and the value of cross-border integration (e.g., trade, globalization, and aid).

Indexed as

COVID-19WaterFood SupplyHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Water SupplyWaterBasic supply infrastructureEnvironmental securityFood securityMiddle EastSustainable developmentWEF nexus

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PMID34030272
PMCPMC9752562
OpenAlexW3135979166

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