Climate, Energy and Water Managing Trade-offs, Seizing Opportunities

Introduction: justifying, extending and applying 'nexus' thinking in the quest for sustainable development Stephen Dovers, Karen Hussey and Jamie Pittock; 1. Water resources, climate change and energy Albert van Dijk; 2. Implications of climate change for energy systems in a multisectoral context Thomas J. Wilbanks; 3. Fossil fuels and water Nicole T. Carter; 4. Renewable energy and water Nadia Madden and Mike Pasqualetti; 5. Hydropower within the climate, energy and water nexus Jeffrey J. Opperman, Joerg Hartmann and David Harrison; 6. Water and biofuels Anna Dalla Marta, Francesca Orlando, Marco Mancini and Simone Orlandini; 7. Trade-offs and synergies between water and energy use in rural Australia Shahbaz Mushtaq, Tek N. Maraseni and Kathryn Reardon-Smith; 8. Management of the urban energy-water nexus Steven Kenway; 9. Managing the electricity-water nexus in China, France, India and the United States Benjamin K. Sovacool and Ajith Rao; 10. Cross-sectoral governance of the climate, energy and water sectors Karen Hussey and Greg Oliver; 11. Regulation of the nexus Jacqueline Peel; 12. Climate, energy and water: the potential roles and limitations of markets Neil Byron; 13. Strategies to mainstream climate change, energy, water and food-security nexus knowledge and skills Michael Smith and Georges Dyer; 14. A nexus of nexuses Philip Wallis; 15. Integrated modeling of the energy-water nexus in the American West Tom Iseman and Vince Tidwell; 16. The nexus, biodiversity and ecosystems Jamie Pittock; 17. Consumers, food supply chain and the nexus Jan Lundqvist, Junguo Liu and Jakob Lundberg; Conclusion Stephen Dovers, Karen Hussey and Jamie Pittock.