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Ngozi Finette Unuigbe*
Faculty of Law & Aizenose Promise Ehizojie, University of Benin, Nigeria. Email: ngozistewart@yahoo.com | ORCID: 0000-0001-6367-0552
Aizenose Promise Ehizojie
Faculty of Law, University of Benin, Nigeria. Email: aizepromise@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0002-3844-6505
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 01(02), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
Accepted: 27 July 2021
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Malawi faces mounting challenges in meeting the growing demand for food, water, and energy to satisfy the needs of a rapidly growing population. Relying on secondary data, the paper argues that while the existing policy initiatives have increased food production to a certain extent, the demand for water and energy has also increased, leading to degradation of the resource base, and contributing to an increase in water-related diseases. Despite the inherent interconnections between water, energy and food production, agencies often work in a fragmented and isolated way. Poor sectoral coordination and institutional fragmentation have triggered the unsustainable use of resources and threatened the long-term sustainability of food, water, and energy security in the country, posing challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country. Consequently, this paper substantiates that a nexus approach can enhance understanding of the interconnectedness of the sectors and strengthen coordination among them. However, it requires but it requires a major shift in the decision-making process towards taking a holistic view, and development of institutional mechanisms to coordinate the actions of diverse actors and strengthen complementarities and synergies among the three sectors. The framework for cross-sectoral coordination and managing the nexus challenges is also suggested.
Keywords: Climate Change; Malawi; Water; Energy; Food and Sustainable Development
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Unuigbe, N.F., & Ehizojie, A.P. (2021). Water, Energy and Food Nexus Interventions: Implications for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 01(02), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
Unuigbe N.F., Ehizojie A.P. Water, Energy and Food Nexus Interventions: Implications for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 2021, 01(02), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
Unuigbe, Ngozi Finette, Aizenose Promise Ehizojie. 2021. “Water, Energy and Food Nexus Interventions: Implications for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 01(02): 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
Unuigbe, Ngozi Finette and Aizenose Promise Ehizojie. 2021. “Water, Energy and Food Nexus Interventions: Implications for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 01(02): 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
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