The Influence of Circular Economy and 4IR Technologies on the Climate–Water–Energy–Food Nexus and the SDGs
Author:
Hoosain Mohamed Sameer1, Paul Babu Sena1, Doorsamy Wesley2ORCID, Ramakrishna Seeram3ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa 2. School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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.
Subject
Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Biochemistry
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