We are honoured to share that Dr. Rachid Mrabet, Research Director at INRA in Rabat, Morocco, and core partner of SureNexus project, is Lead Author of the chapter “Governance, policies, and research options for the WEFE nexus“, Chapter 5 of the newly published report “Interlinking climate change with the Water – Energy – Food – Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus in the Mediterranean Basin“.
In the words of the authors, “Governance for the WEFE nexus requires strengthened connections and better management through coordination, integration, coherence, and collaboration between actors and their respective strategies and actions, rather than through the creation of new institutions. In the Mediterranean Basin, especially in southern countries, there is insufficient cooperation between science and policy, with stakeholders often expressing different, and sometimes incompatible, goals, agendas, and priorities. Enhancing the science-policy interface in these countries presents an opportunity for integrated WEFE planning, management, and governance. It is imperative to avoid siloed approaches and instead focus on hybrid governance modes and policy instruments that are holistic and long-term. Citizens’ assemblies based on deliberative processes can help overcome some limitations of current democratic systems and practices in responding to the climate crisis. WEFE challenges and interlinkages in the Mediterranean region can be more efficiently addressed by referring to frameworks such as social-ecological resilience, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the 2050 Vision on Biodiversity.”
Coordinating Lead Authors:
Mohamed BEHNASSI (Morocco), Emilia LAMONACA (Italy), Maria P. PAPADOPOULOU (Greece)
Lead Authors:
Tristan BERCHOUX (France), Animesh GAIN (Australia), Isabelle LA JEUNESSE (France), Rachid MRABET (Morocco), Jerneja PENCA (Slovenia), Alicia PEREZ-PORRO (Spain), Arnau QUERALT BASSA (Spain)
Contributing Authors:
Tahani ABDELHAKIM (Egypt), Mohamed BAHLALI (France), Omar BESSAOUD (Algeria), Serena MARRAS (Italy), Valentina MEREU (Italy), Ali RHOUMA (Spain), Marta Guadalupe RIVERA FERRE (Spain), Mar SATORRAS (Spain), Franziska SCHUENEMANN (Germany), Giulia VAGLIETTI (France), Sara Floriana ZANINI (Italy)
This document should be cited as:
Behnassi, M., Lamonaca, E., Papadopoulou, M.P., Berchoux, T., Gain A., La Jeunesse, I., Mrabet, R., Penca, J., PerezPorro, A., Queralt Bassa, A., 2024: Governance, policies and research options for the WEFE nexus. In: Interlinking climate change with the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus in the Mediterranean Basin. [Drobinski, P., Rivera Ferre, M.G., Abdel Monem, M., Driouech, F., Cramer, W., Guiot, J., Gattacceca, J.C., Marini, K. (eds.)]. MedECC Reports. MedECC Secretariat, Marseille, France, pp. 203-239, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13378654
More information about the Report can be found at the website of MedECC, the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change.
