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主办一个研讨会，讨论、辩论和定义在理解加州食品-能源-水(LESS)耦合系统方面的科学、工程和数据挑战和机会。研讨会将涉及少数几个系统的多个方面，包括气候变化下的资源需求和可获得性、土地利用变化、人口和经济增长、利益攸关方的实际应用/影响，以及创新的解决方案和最佳做法。讲习班将使相关科学家、管理人员和利益攸关方汇聚一堂，并提供一个平台，以增进所有利益攸关方对少数几个相关问题的了解和问题定义。研讨会为学生和就业初期的研究人员提供了一个从多个角度独特地接触到几个联系方法的机会。这个研讨会试图促进联系方法来解决食物-能量-水(几个)系统及其对加州安全问题的影响。总体目标是为跨学科研究界和多部门工业从业人员创建一个平台，以便对错综复杂的少数几个系统的概念、问题、机会和有弹性的解决办法进行彻底讨论、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)促进对不断变化的条件下复杂和动态相互关联的区域少数系统的风险和机会的全面了解；2)确定研究、技术和治理方面的差距和需要，以便有效和有力地执行粮食-能源-水系统关联办法；3)在相关利益攸关方的跨学科研究人员和从业人员之间建立伙伴关系；以及4)创建一个互动平台，以进一步巩固和落实讲习班的成果和建议。研讨会将进行为期三天的小组讨论、分组工作组会议以及受邀发言和来稿发言。研讨会的讨论和结果将通过出版物和在线材料提供给研究人员、教育工作者和实践者。研讨会的成果可推广到以缺水、人口和工业快速增长为特征的其他半干旱地区。

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.