From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security
Food, energy, and water (FEW) security require adequate quantities and forms of each resource, conditions that are threatened by climate change and other factors. Assessing FEW security is important, and needs to be understood in the context of multiple factors. Existing frameworks make it hard to d...
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| author | Jennifer I. Schmidt Henry P. Huntington Erin Whitney Daisy Huang Richard Wies Srijan Aggarwal |
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| description | Food, energy, and water (FEW) security require adequate quantities and forms of each resource, conditions that are threatened by climate change and other factors. Assessing FEW security is important, and needs to be understood in the context of multiple factors. Existing frameworks make it hard to disentangle the contributors to FEW insecurity and to determine where best to expend efforts on short- and long-term solutions. We identified four consistent components of FEW security (availability, access, preference, quality). This framework provides detailed and nuanced insights into factors that limit or bolster security in each of the three sectors. The integrated framework identifies proximate and ultimate underlying causes of deficiencies in each security component providing opportunities to identify short- and long-term solutions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5dfe3d94c2b4ccf878b918b25b9c5472022-12-22T03:21:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532022-05-01410.3389/fclim.2022.903855903855From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water SecurityJennifer I. Schmidt0Henry P. Huntington1Erin Whitney2Daisy Huang3Richard Wies4Srijan Aggarwal5Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United StatesHuntington Consulting, Eagle River, AK, United StatesAlaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesAlaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesDepartment of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesFood, energy, and water (FEW) security require adequate quantities and forms of each resource, conditions that are threatened by climate change and other factors. Assessing FEW security is important, and needs to be understood in the context of multiple factors. Existing frameworks make it hard to disentangle the contributors to FEW insecurity and to determine where best to expend efforts on short- and long-term solutions. We identified four consistent components of FEW security (availability, access, preference, quality). This framework provides detailed and nuanced insights into factors that limit or bolster security in each of the three sectors. The integrated framework identifies proximate and ultimate underlying causes of deficiencies in each security component providing opportunities to identify short- and long-term solutions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.903855/fullsustainabilityresilienceenvironmental justice (EJ)Alaska (USA)securityfood |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer I. Schmidt Henry P. Huntington Erin Whitney Daisy Huang Richard Wies Srijan Aggarwal From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security Frontiers in Climate sustainability resilience environmental justice (EJ) Alaska (USA) security food |
| title | From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security |
| title_full | From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security |
| title_fullStr | From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security |
| title_short | From Metrics to Action: A Framework for Identifying Limiting Factors, Key Causes, and Possible Solutions in Food-Energy-Water Security |
| title_sort | from metrics to action a framework for identifying limiting factors key causes and possible solutions in food energy water security |
| topic | sustainability resilience environmental justice (EJ) Alaska (USA) security food |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.903855/full |
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