@article{Paim:298241,
      recid = {298241},
      author = {Paim, Maria-Augusta and Salas, Pablo and Lindner, Sören  and Pollitt, Hector and Mercure, Jean-Francois and Edwards,  Neil R. and Viñuales, Jorge E},
      title = {Mainstreaming the Water-Energy-Food Nexus through  nationally determined contributions (NDCs) the case of  Brazil},
      address = {2020},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      abstract = {The Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach to the governance of  natural resources seeks to identify and address the  synergies and trade-offs amongst traditionally separated  sectors, to capture significant feedbacks that have so far  remained insufficiently understood and regulated. One key  specificity of the Nexus approach is the need for  intersectoral, cross-scale and stakeholder integration,  which is particularly challenging due to the lack of policy  coordination prevailing in many countries. Yet, some  emerging integrated policy processes, such as those aimed  at implementing nationally determined contributions (NDCs)  under the 2015 Paris Agreement, may offer a sufficient  level of integration to mainstream the Nexus approach. This  article focuses on the potential of such NDC processes in  Brazil. NDC processes in China, the European Union, India  and Mexico are used as indicators associated with higher or  lower degrees of integration for a more specific analysis  of the case of Brazil. The article concludes that the  barriers to sectoral integration raised by the dominant  position of the agricultural sector in Brazil as regards,  among other things, environmental legislation, are unlikely  to be overcome by internal action. This represents a threat  to achieving the target of zero deforestation in Brazil,  considering the cropland-livestock forestry feedbacks  involved in the growing demand for agricultural commodities  from China. NDCs already provide space for international  cooperation, which could be further developed to include  measures for linking demand for agricultural commodities  from the EU and China, and massive land-use change and  deforestation in Brazil. Key policy},
      url = {http://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298241},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1696736},
}