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Climate and southern Africa's water–energy–food nexus

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  • Declan Conway

    (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science)

  • Emma Archer van Garderen

    (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment
    School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand)

  • Delphine Deryng

    (Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia)

  • Steve Dorling

    (Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia)

  • Tobias Krueger

    (IRI THESys, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

  • Willem Landman

    (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment
    Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria)

  • Bruce Lankford

    (School of International Development, University of East Anglia)

  • Karen Lebek

    (IRI THESys, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

  • Tim Osborn

    (Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia)

  • Claudia Ringler

    (International Food Policy Research Institute)

  • James Thurlow

    (International Food Policy Research Institute)

  • Tingju Zhu

    (International Food Policy Research Institute)

  • Carole Dalin

    (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

Water, energy and food security in southern Africa are interdependent and exposed to the climate. This Review considers the extent to which spatial and sectoral interdependencies can be, and are being, considered.

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  • Declan Conway & Emma Archer van Garderen & Delphine Deryng & Steve Dorling & Tobias Krueger & Willem Landman & Bruce Lankford & Karen Lebek & Tim Osborn & Claudia Ringler & James Thurlow & Tingju Zhu , 2015. "Climate and southern Africa's water–energy–food nexus," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(9), pages 837-846, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate2735
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2735
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