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、工程和数据方面的挑战和机遇，以理解加州的食物-能源-水（FEW）系统。研讨会将涵盖少数生态系统的多个方面，包括不同气候条件下的资源需求和可用性、土地利用变化、人口和经济增长、利益相关者角度的实际应用/影响、创新解决方案和最佳做法。研讨会将汇集相关的科学家、管理人员和利益相关者，并提供一个平台，以增加所有利益相关者对少数关系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。本次研讨会旨在推进解决粮食-能源-水（少数）系统及其对加州安全问题的影响的联系方法。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彻底讨论，辩论并最终形成研究问题和可持续的伙伴关系。具体而言，讲习班力求1)促进对复杂和动态相互关联的区域少数资源系统在不断变化的条件下的风险和机会的整体理解；2)确定研究、技术和治理方面的差距和需求，以便有效和有力地实施粮食-能源-水系统联系方法；3)在跨学科研究人员和相关利益相关者之间建立伙伴关系；4)创建一个互动平台，进一步巩固和跟进研讨会成果和建议。讲习班将通过小组讨论、分组工作组会议以及邀请和贡献的演讲进行三天。研究人员、教育工作者和从业人员将通过出版物和在线材料获得研讨会的审议结果和结果。讲习班的成果可转移到其他以缺水和人口和工业快速增长为特征的半干旱地区。

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.