| Title |
The Influence of Circular Economy and 4IR Technologies on the Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus and the SDGs |
| ID_Doc |
4116 |
| Authors |
Hoosain, MS; Paul, BS; Doorsamy, W; Ramakrishna, S |
| Title |
The Influence of Circular Economy and 4IR Technologies on the Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus and the SDGs |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Water, 15, 4 |
| DOI |
10.3390/w15040787 |
| Abstract |
The United Nations Member States created a common roadmap for sustainability and development in 2015. The UN-SDGs are included in the 2030 Plan as an immediate call to action from all nations in the form of global partnerships. To date, a handful of countries have achieved substantial progress toward the targets. The climate-water-energy-food nexus is being advocated as a conceptual method for achieving sustainable development. According to research, frameworks for adopting nexus thinking have not been the best solution to clearly or sufficiently include thoughts on sustainability. Therefore, there is much room for other solutions; these are in the form of newer Fourth Industrial Revolution digital technologies, as well as transitioning from a linear economy to a circular economy. In this paper, we come to understand these two models and their linkages between climate, water, energy, and food; their application and challenges, and, finally, the effects on the UN-SDGs. It was found that both circular economy and newer Fourth Industrial Revolution digital technologies can positively support the nexus as well as directly address the UN-SDGs, specifically SDGs 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13. |
| Author Keywords |
circular economy (CE); climate-water-energy-food nexus; Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000939973600001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences; Water Resources |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Water Resources |
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