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ArticleClimatic change2025

Managing the water-energy-food nexus in the adige river basin: impacts of climate and land use change on ecosystem services bundles.

Beatrice Sambo, Anna Sperotto, Celina Aznarez, Stefano Terzi, Massimiliano Pittore, Andrea Critto, Silvia Torresan

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Beatrice SamboDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, I-30170 Venice, Italy.
Anna SperottoDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, I-30170 Venice, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7443-646X
Celina AznarezSection for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK-8000 Denmark.
Stefano TerziEurac Research, Center for Climate Change and Transformation, Bolzano, 39100 Italy.
Massimiliano PittoreEurac Research, Center for Climate Change and Transformation, Bolzano, 39100 Italy.
Andrea CrittoDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, I-30170 Venice, Italy.
Silvia TorresanFondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Lecce, I-73100 Italy.

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The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus framework highlights the interdependencies among water, energy, and food systems. Integrating Ecosystem Services (ESs) enhances this approach by incorporating ecological benefits for more holistic assessments. This study applies a spatially explicit ESs-based WEF nexus analysis in the Adige River Basin (Northern Italy), focusing on five ESs: water provisioning, crop yield, sediment retention, carbon storage, and landscape diversity, under two future scenarios (SSP1-RCP 2.6 and SSP5-RCP 8.5) from 2018 to 2050. Using Self-Organizing Maps, sub-basins were clustered into ESs bundles enabling the identification of tailored management strategies. Results reveal spatial heterogeneity and shifts in ESs bundles, with synergies often found in upstream, forested areas. Under high-emission scenarios, regulating services decline and provisioning services face trade-offs, especially with intensified agriculture. Key strategies suggested include maintaining environmental flows, reducing synthetic fertilizers, promoting reforestation, crop diversification, and expanding protected areas. These are structured into physical, economic, and climatic pathways aligned with EU restoration goals. Findings demonstrate the value of an ESs-bundles approach for optimizing synergies and managing trade-offs across the WEF nexus. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10584-025-04013-3.

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