Climate Change Impacts on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Net Zero Emissions and Sustainability

Table of Contents

Section 1: Transition to sustainability in water, energy and food nexus
1. An interrelationship of Water, energy, and food nexus to deal with climate mitigation and adaptation: An introduction
2. Challenges and technological opportunities in energy digitalization era: Identifying pathways towards sustainability
3. Impacts of geopolitical conflicts on food supply chain, droughts and water scarcity
4. Impacts of climate change on cities
5. Decoding the water-energy-food nexus for carbon neutrality
6. Promoting sustainable production and consumption in water, energy, and food nexus to contribute to carbon neutrality
7. Promoting sustainability transition in the nexus of water, energy, and food
8. Charting pathways for a sustainable transition in water, energy, and food nexus towards net zero emissions
9. North-South, South-South cooperation for urban climate solutions
10. Competition and synergy in the nexus of water, energy and food: Challenges and opportunities
11. Societal transition in the nexus of water, energy, and food towards decarbonization
12. Dealing with climate change implications on the nexus of water, energy and food
13: Strengthening urban resilience in the nexus of water, energy and food

Section II: Resource Management and Circular Approaches in water, energy and food nexus
14. Accelerating net zero emission in water, energy, and food nexus through resource recovery and circular economy paradigms
15. Water shortage due to urban climate imbalance in water, food and energy nexus and the role of resource recovery in their nexus
16. Contributions of circular economy in the nexus of water, energy and food to net zero emissions
17. Optimizing resource allocation in the nexus of water, energy and food using zero-carbon technology
18. Circularity of water, energy, food nexus towards decarbonization
19. Innovative solutions to climate challenges
20. Management of water, energy and food nexus for cleaner production
21. Food waste upcycling via livestock to address sustainability objectives

Section III Zero-carbon technology in water, energy and food nexus
22. Technological innovation and its role in waste management and carbon neutrality
23. Nature-based solutions in the nexus of water, energy, and food
24. How do low carbon technologies work in the nexus of water, energy and food?
25. Long-term top-down modeling for the pathways toward carbon neutrality
26. Nanotechnologies in the nexus of water, energy and food
27. Nutrient recovery technology in the water, energy food nexus
28. Life cycle engineering and sustainable manufacturing for net zero goals
29. Biogas to electricity development in ASEAN: Challenges and opportunities
30. Integrating digitalization in the nexus of water, energy and food in Industrial Revolution 4.0 era
31. Unlocking digital transformation in the nexus of water, energy and food in ear of Industrial Revolution 4.0
32. Digitalization in energy systems, processes and technologies
33. Techno-economic analysis of waste valorization in the nexus of energy and food using digital technologies
34. Role of energy, water and food Nexus in Greening Tourism Sector
35. Nexus and connections of waste management, energy conservation, and economic development
Afterword

Authors

Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan's degrees include a B.Sc. in chemistry from the Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), a M.Sc. in environmental technology from the Thammasat University (Thailand), and a Ph.D. in applied chemical technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China). He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed publications in ISI-rated journals, 26 conference proceedings, including 9 book chapters and 6 monographs on waste to energy and wastewater treatment. He received the 2010 Green Talent Award from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the World Economy Forum (WEF) (Switzerland), and the 2014 Scope-Zhongyu (France) for his outstanding research contribution to the fields of study. Elsevier and Stanford University (US) listed him among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences. Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad Emeritus Professor and Former Dean, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.