Abstract
Chapter 3: Future interactions across the nexus of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
The Thematic Assessment Report provides a critical evaluation of evidence on the interlinkages between biodiversity loss, water availability and quality, food insecurity, health risks and climate change - the five elements of the Nexus. It puts forward a “nexus approach” whereby the different crises should not be addressed in isolation, since challenges within each element are interconnected with other elements across multiple spatial and temporal scales. A better understanding of these interconnections enables the identification of opportunities for collaboration across sectors and scales and contributes to synergistic and holistic management and governance.