FEW: Towards Food, Energy and Water Security in California under Changing Conditions: the Nexus Perspective

加州大学洛杉矶分校将举办一个研讨会，讨论，辩论和定义科学，工程和数据的挑战和机遇，在理解耦合的食品-能源-水（FEW）系统在加州。研讨会将涵盖FEW系统的多个方面，包括气候变化下的资源需求和可用性，土地使用变化，人口和经济增长，利益相关者的实际应用/影响，以及创新解决方案和最佳实践。 研讨会将汇集相关科学家、管理人员和利益攸关方，并提供一个平台，以提高所有利益攸关方对少数妇女问题的理解和问题定义。该研讨会为学生和早期职业研究人员提供了从多个角度独特地接触FEW关系方法的机会。该研讨会旨在推进解决食品-能源-水（FEW）系统及其对加州安全问题的影响的关系方法。总体目标是为跨学科研究社区和多部门工业从业者创建一个平台，以便对复杂耦合的FEW系统的概念，问题，机会和弹性解决方案进行深入讨论，辩论并最终形成研究问题和可持续伙伴关系。具体而言，研讨会旨在：1）促进全面了解在不断变化的条件下复杂和动态相互关联的区域FEW系统的风险和机遇; 2）确定研究，技术和治理差距和需求，以有效和有力地实施粮食-能源-水系统关系方法; 3）在跨学科研究人员和相关利益攸关方的从业人员之间建立伙伴关系;创建一个互动平台，以进一步巩固和落实研讨会的成果和建议。研讨会为期三天，将通过小组讨论、分组工作组会议以及应邀和投稿的专题介绍进行。 研讨会的讨论情况和结论将通过出版物和在线材料提供给研究人员、教育工作者和从业人员。 讲习班的成果可推广到其他缺水、人口和工业迅速增长的半干旱地区。

UCLA will host a workshop that will discuss, debate and define the scientific, engineering and data challenges and opportunities in understanding the coupled food-energy-water (FEW) systems in California. The workshop will cover multiple aspects of the FEW systems, including resource demand and availability under variable climates, land use change, population and economic growth, practical applications/implications from stakeholders perspective, and innovative solutions and best practices. The workshop will bring together relevant scientists, managers and stakeholders, and provide a platform to increase the understanding and problem definition of the FEW nexus issues among all stakeholders. The workshop gives students and early-career researchers a unique exposure to the FEW nexus approach from multiple perspectives.This workshop seeks to advance the nexus approach to addressing the food- energy-water (FEW) system and its impact on security problems in California. The overall objective is to create a platform for interdisciplinary research communities and multisectoral industrial practitioners so that concepts, issues, opportunities and resilient solutions of the intricately coupled FEW systems are thoroughly discussed, debated and culminated into research questions and sustainable partnerships. Specifically, the workshop seeks to 1) foster a holistic understanding of the risks and opportunities of the complex and dynamically interconnected regional FEW systems under the changing conditions; 2) identify research, technological and governance gaps and needs for effective and robust implementation of the food-energy-water system nexus approach; 3) forge partnerships among interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners from relevant stakeholders; and 4) create an interactive platform to further consolidate and follow-up on the workshop outcomes and recommendations. The workshop will take place over three days through panel discussions, breakout working-group sessions and invited and contributed presentations. The deliberation and findings of the workshop will be available to researchers, educators and practitioners through publications and online materials. The workshop results are transferable to other semiarid regions characterized by water scarcity and rapid population and industrial growth.