Results

DELIVERABLES

WP1 – Project management

WP2 – Future scenarios generation

WP3 – Macro-economic models

WP4 – Meso Level models

WP5 – Micro Level models

WP6 – Stakeholder Engagement and Interaction

WP7 – Dissemination, communication, outreach and policy

PUBLICATIONS

  • The AWESOME Project: A decision-analytic framework for managing Water Energy Food and Ecosystems across sectors and scales in the South Mediterranean, 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10411, Matta, E., Giuliani, M., Palatnik, R., Shechter, M., Pyka, C., Cekin, D., Hassanen, M., Rocco, M. V., Rulli, M. C., Kondouri, P., Vergalli, S., and Castelletti, A., EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19-30 Apr. 2021, Conference Proceedings
  • Integrating aquaponics technologies in strategic river basin management, Luca Rampon (master’s student), supervisors: Matteo Giuliani, Elena Matta (POLIMI), Apr. 2021
  • Integrated Pest and Disease Management Strategies in aquaponically and hydroponically grown lettuces, https://www.ispeco.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_a9c520805fb94ff2be010f3be89fddcc.pdf, Demet Çekin, Ricarda Lothmann, Hani sewilam, Online, 7th International Conference on Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Rural Development (ISPEC 2021), Pages 72-73, 23 Sep. 2021, Conference Proceedings
  • Dynamic Water-Energy-Food nexus management in transboundary river basins incorporating water infrastructure operation and demand control, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3040, G. Yang, M. Giuliani, E. Matta, V. Piuri, A. Castelletti EGU General Assembly 2022, 23 May 2022, Conference Proceedings
  • Exploring the potential of desalination and aquaponics in the integrated management of arid river basins: the case of the Nile River basin, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4624, V. Piuri, G. Yang, M. Giuliani, EGU General Assembly 2022, 27 May 2022, Conference Proceedings
  • Multi-Actor Working Groups as fora for WEF Nexus Innovation and Resilience, https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022015069, Ebun Akinsete, Lydia Stergiopoulou, Nouran El Said, Phoebe Koundouri, International Conference on Sustainable Development, 1 Jun. 2022 Environmental Sciences Proceedings
  • Review of the economic impact of water availability on food security and the related ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01336-2_4, O. Raviv, R. R. Palatnik, M. Shechter, Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals: The WEF Nexus – Understanding the Role of the WEF Nexus in the 2030 Agenda., 21 Jun. 2022, Springer, Eds. Laura Cavalli and Sergio Vergalli
  • The effect of solar radiation on the growth and development of hydroponically grown lettuce in two areas with different climates, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2631768, Jonathan Kummer, Demet Çekin, Hani Sewilam, Journal of Agriculture and Nature, 21 Sep. 2022
  • How water demand interventions can influence water management in the Nile River Basin, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1124495, Andrea Castelletti, Veronica Piuri, Guang Yang, Elena Matta, and Matteo Giuliani, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, Illinois, 12-16 December 2022, H36F-03 14 Dec. 2022
  • How effectively (or not) can science and research be turned into adopted solutions and policies?, Session H5.7 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/45338, Elena Matta, Andrea Cominola, Chrysi Laspidou, Aitor Corchero Rodriguez, Marco Micotti, Manuel Pulido Velázquez, Matteo Giuliani, and Andrea Castelletti, EGU General Assembly 2023 Vienna, Austria (23-28 Apr 2023), 23 Mar. 2023
  • Closing the loop between water supply and demand in the Nile River Basin under global change, Session H5.5 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/45334, Veronica Piuri, Elena Matta, Guang Yang, Matteo Giuliani, Georgios Papayiannis, Athanasios Yannacopoulos, Martina Sardo, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Maria Cristina Rulli, Phoebe Koundouri, and Andrea Castelletti, EGU General Assembly 2023 Vienna, Austria (23-28 Apr 2023), 23 Apr. 2023
  • On building a general framework for assessing food security risk under probabilistic socioeconomic scenarios, HS5.7 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12376, Georgios Papayiannis, Phoebe Koundouri, Achilleas Vasilopoulos, and Athanasios Yannacopoulos, EGU General Assembly 2023 Vienna, Austria (23-28 Apr 2023), 23 Apr. 2023
  • Sustainable agricultural strategies to address limited freshwater availability and meet food demand in the Nile River Basin, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15582, Martina Sardo; Maria Cristina Rulli; Davide Danilo Chiarelli, EGU General Assembly 2023 Vienna, Austria (23-28 Apr 2023), 26 Apr. 2023
  • Developing policy recommendations to support innovation in soilless agriculture within the Nile River Basin: A participatory approach using Multi-Actor Working Groups, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-15642.html, Lydia Stergiopoulou, Ebun Akinsete, Nouran El-Said, and Phoebe Koundouri, EGU General Assembly 2023 Vienna, Austria (23-28 Apr 2023), 23 Apr. 2023

CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS

Organized

2022

  • Project workshop: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Hydroponics (Online, 20 Jan. 2022). Held by AWESOME Partners
  • CGE modeling workshop (invited speaker: Dr. R. R.Palatnik) (Online, 24 Jan. 2022). Held by AWESOME Partners
  • CUCS Napoli, conference organized by POLIMI (Online, 21 Apr. 2022)

2021

  • Food provision in the 21st century, (Online, 23-25 Jun. 2021). Session organized by YVC and UH at the 26th EAERE Conference
  • 1st MAWG workshop (micro level): organization of stakeholders workshop by AUEB and ZG, Cairo, Egypt, 5 Jul. 2021
  • 2st MAWG workshop (meso level): organization of stakeholders workshop by AUEB and ZG, online, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The Fifth Sustainability Summit For South East Europe And The Mediterranean (Online, 30 Sep. -1 Oct. 2021). Held by AUEB

2020

  • AWESOME Modelling workshop (Online, 10th Sep. 2020). Held by POLIMI
  • InnoWise Challenge Lab: Finding innovative solutions for water scarcity in Southern Europe (Online, 15th Sept. 2020). Held by AUEB
  • ICSD 2020 -Multilateral Financing of the SDGs: African & Asian Experiences (online, 21 Sep. 2020). Held by AUEB
  • 4th Sustainability Summit for South East Europe (Online, 1-2 Oct. 2020).  Held by AUEB
  • Innovation and Technology for a Green, Digital and Just Recovery: The Greek EIT Ecosystem (Online, 2 Nov. 2020). Held by AUEB
  • An AWESOME talk about the Nile River Basin; invited speakers: Dr. K. Wheeler, Dr. M. Omar (Online,2 Dec. 2020). Held by FEEM,POLIMI

Participated

2023

  • Webinar: ‘Nexus research for improved policy support: water scarcity in Europe’ – UNU – Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (Online, 31 Jan. 2023). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • Eleventh Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), (Naples, 23-24 Feb. 2023). Involved partners: YVC, FEEM
  • EGU General Assembly 2023, (Vienna, 23 Apr. 2023). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • EAERE Annual Conference, (Cyprus, 28 Jun. 2023). Involved partners: AUEB, YVC

2022

  • ISPEC 1st International Agricultural Research Congress (Adana, TR, 8 Apr. 2022). Involved partners: RWTH
  • Tenth IAERE Annual Conference (Cagliari, 21-23 April 2022). Involved partners: AUEB, YVC, FEEM
  • EGU General Assembly 2022 (Vienna, 23-27 May 2022). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • Dresden Nexus Conference 2022 (Online, 23-25 May 2022). Involved partners: AUEB
  • CSSI Partnerships Conference 2022 (Online, 23 Jun. 2022). Involved partners: AUEB
  • EAERE Annual Conference (Rimini, 28 June – 1 July 2022). Involved partners: AUEB, YVC
  • IAEE Tokyo Conference (Online, 2 Aug. 2022). Involved partners: FEEM
  • XXIII Annual BIOECON Conference: Biodiversity, Finance and Economy (Exeter, 4 Sep. 2022). Involved partners: UH
  • Workshop Advancing the Nexus through Internationalisation and Networking (Online, 25 Oct. 2022). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • 1st Padova workshop on environmental and resource economics (Padua, 25 Nov. 2022). Involved partners: FEEM
  • AGU Fall Meeting 2022 (Chicago, 14 Dec. 2022). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • The International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance (SESTEF), (Paris, 14 Dec. 2022). Involved partners: FEEM

2021

  • Ninth IAERE Annual Conference (Online, 21-23 April 2021). Involved partners: RWTH, YVC, AUEB
  • Regional Growth Conference 2021 (Online, 3-5 June 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • 12th International Conference on Political Economy (ICOPEC) (Online, 25 June 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • 17th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
    (CEST2021) (Online, 1-4 Sep. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • 7th International Conference on Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Rural Development (ISPEC2021), Mus, Turkey (Online, 18-19 Spt. 2021). Involved partners: RWTH
  • International Conference on Sustainable Development (Online,21st Sept. 2021).  Involved partners: AUEB
  • Water-Energy-FoodEcosystems (WEFE) Nexus Science Advances Conference, Nicosia (Cyprus) (Hybrid, 27-29 Sep. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB, POLIMI
  • OMC Med Energy Conference 2021 (Online, 30 Sep. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB, FEEM
  • 18th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology in Society forum (Online, 2nd Oct. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • SDG Forum 2021 (Online, 5th Oct. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • Agribusiness Forum (Online, 6 Oct. 2021). Involved partners: AUEB
  • Nexus Cluster Workshop: Advancing the Nexus for Science and Policy (Online, 23 Nov. 2021). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • Workshop Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus: From Research to Practice (Online, 6-8 Dec. 2021). Involved partners: POLIMI
  • Workshop Research dialogues on the complexity of the energy transition (Online, 7 Dec. 2021). Involved partners: FEEM
  • Workshop on the research projects Faro and InvestExl (Portugal, 14 Dec. 2021). Involved partners: FEEM

2020

  • Conference on Food, Water and Energy Solutions for Resilience in a Vulnerable WorldArava Institute (Online, 15th Sept. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB
  • European Research and Innovation Day (Online, 23 th Sept. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB
  • Nizami Ganjavi International Center Web-conference Exclusive High-Level Side Event to UN General Assembly (Online, 23 th Sept. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB
  • 4th Sustainability Summit for South East Europe (Online, 1-2 Oct. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB
  • Digital live event of egg – enter • grow • go & the Embassy of France in Greece | Connecting with the innovative ecosystem in France (Online, 13th Oct. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB
  • Aligning the European Recovery Plan and the European Semester with the SDGs: The role of knowledge institutions (Online, 22 Oct. 2020). Involved partners: AUEB