The current and expected future challenges in the water, energy and land (WEL) sectors alone are formidable, and in each they are being complicated by the impacts of climate change. Furthermore, the interdependencies between these sectors can be substantial and highly contextual. It is also increasingly recognised and shown that significant trade-offs and co-benefits can be identified through nexus analysis.

This session will present novel frameworks and contributions on the water, energy and land nexus that include either mitigation, adaptation or climate impacts perspectives. We welcome contributions from integrated assessment and coupled systems optimization models that, for example, identify co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon energy systems or between meeting different Sustainable Development Goals (e.g. SDGs 2,6,7,15). Contributions that integrate the impacts of climate change into long-term planning, dynamic adaptation or simulation models, are also of particular interest, for example, climate impacts on: powerplant availability and energy resource potentials (e.g. hydropower, biomass); water resource and hydro-systems optimization for energy; irrigation and agricultural energy demands. We welcome global, regional and country/basin scale assessments.

This session will convene an audience from a broad range of disciplines so contributions that are accessible to a wide audience and have transferable methods and findings are favoured.