Learning from past coevolutionary processes to envision sustainable futures: Extending an action situations approach to the Water-Energy-Food nexus

Despite near-global consensus on the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement, unresolved politically contentious trade-offs have undermined implementation. One exemplary case facing difficult are Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus cases. Here, we extend nascent ‘Social-Ecological Action Situations’ framework to analyse past coevolution of WEF cases (or other social-ecological systems) envision possible futures where equally considered minimized. We illustrate value approach for a in Switzerland with upstream hydropower reservoirs, water-bound biodiversity, emerging downstream agricultural irrigation needs. The proposed solution-oriented, transformative goes beyond existing frameworks by analysing intertwined system build understanding future concrete policies that would result higher adaptive capacity compromise within nexus. argue this perspective helps devise address thereby tackle global crises.