This report summarizes the main findings of the different activities that the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the different partner institutions are conducting within the framework of the Water Energy Food Ecosystem nexus analysis in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are emphatic on the role of energy for development, with a target to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services to about 1.3 billion people without electricity access, and to increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. For remote rural communities in developing countries, where grid extension is often expensive, decentralized biomass mini-grids can be a reliable electricity supply solution.

More effective cross-sectoral “nexus” cooperation would improve the sustainable management of natural

- Annex 69: Crestaz E., Cordano E., Ronco P., Farinosi F., Ameztoy I., Iervolino, A. González Sánchez D., Carmona Moreno C., 2017. ACEWATER2 Regional Hydro-Climatology Database Prototype. JRC Technical Report, JRC109900, Ispra, European Commission

In the framework of the project scientific component, the CEANWATCE, this project addressed the WEFE nexus interdependences and evaluated sustainable bridging-gap solutions. The specific objectives was to perform hydrological and water balance assessments, including water uses within a scenario based analysis under different climate pressures and management practices focusing on the Lake Victoria basin (LVB).

REPECHAO

Résilience et pérennisation du château d’eau d’Afrique de l’Ouest

L’équipe

L’équipe du projet REPECHAO est composée de chercheurs de l’IRD (Laboratoire PALOC, IRD/MNHN, et LMI PATEO), de l’Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (EPT), du SENASOL (Service National des Sols de la République de Guinée) et de l’ONG Grdr (Migrations, Citoyenneté, Développement)

Les Objectifs