Advancing a WEF nexus security index for Alaska: an informed starting point for policy making

Water, energy, and food (WEF) security has become a key area of research in sustainable development. Prompted by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a large body of research highlights the inter-connectedness of WEF systems and the dangers of their siloed treatment. Simultaneousl...

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Published in:Polar geography (1995) 2024-04, Vol.47 (2), p.71-89
Main Authors: Smith Lopez, Chloe, Bogdan, Ana Maria, Belcher, Ken, Natcher, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alaska
Arctic
decision-support
index
International organizations
Policies
policy
Security
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals
WEF nexus
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Summary:Water, energy, and food (WEF) security has become a key area of research in sustainable development. Prompted by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a large body of research highlights the inter-connectedness of WEF systems and the dangers of their siloed treatment. Simultaneously, more attention is being placed on the WEF security of remote populations in the Arctic, especially for areas like Alaska, where WEF insecurities are prevalent, yet obscured by national reporting. This research developed a WEF Nexus Security Index for the state of Alaska that can be used by policy-makers to consider plausible causes for regional inequalities and why some regions of Alaska, and not others are exposed to higher levels of WEF insecurity. Beyond the conceptual value of the index, an on-line Arctic WEF Nexus Security portal was developed that further enables policy-makers and community leaders to track changes in WEF security and monitor the effects stemming from future interventions, be they policy or technological in nature. By bridging nexus thinking and nexus doing, we hope to provide policy-makers with a novel and accessible tool for achieving WEF security in Alaska.
ISSN:1088-937X
1939-0513
DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2024.2311785