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Peer-reviewed Article

May 2026

Assessing the Potential of Agrivoltaics for Clean Energy Transition in Semi-Arid Rajasthan, India

In Transactions in GIS

Agriculture in semi-arid regions is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and land degradation, threatening rural livelihoods and food security. At the same time, the global transition toward clean energy, particularly solar power, offers synergistic opportunities to mitigate climate change while supporting sustainable rural development...

Keywords:

Agrivoltaics

Clean Energy Transition

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2026

Harnessing agrivoltaics for healthy net-zero transition in Nagpur, India: geospatial suitability and co-benefits assessment

In Sustainability Science

Many parts of India will require data-driven analysis of the climate, air quality, health, and employment co-benefits of key sectoral interventions as they decarbonize. This research offers such an analysis for agrivoltaics—an intervention that co-locates agriculture with solar energy production on the same parcel of land—in India’s Nagpur...

Book Chapter

April 2025

Bridging Resources, Bridging Goals: Water, Energy and Food Nexus for Integrated SDG Advancement

In Handbook of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Research and Policy

This chapter explores the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus as an integrated framework vital for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amidst growing global challenges. It introduces the concept of the WEF nexus, which transcends traditional resource management by emphasizing the interconnections between water, energy, and food systems...

Keywords:

water

energy and food nexus

nexus approach

integrated resource use and management

Sustainable Development Goals

synergies and trade-offs

science-policy integration

Peer-reviewed Article

November 2021

Urban–Rural Partnership Framework to Enhance Food–Energy–Water Security in the Post-COVID-19 Era

In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Food, energy, and water (collectively referred to as ‘FEW’) security forms the key to human survival as well as socioeconomic development. However, the security of these basic resources is increasingly threatened due to growing demand. Beyond the widespread implications on public health, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has further raised additional...

Peer-reviewed Article

August 2021

Exploring Indigenous and Local Knowledge and Practices (ILKPs) in Traditional Jhum Cultivation for Localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Case Study from Zunheboto District of Nagaland, India

In Environmental Management

Globally, shifting cultivation is known to be an important driver of tropical deforestation. However, we argue that it can be sustainably managed if the environmental boundary conditions, laid by the traditional customs and practices, are fully respected. We narrate an empirical study from the Zunheboto district of Nagaland, India, where we...

Keywords:

Agricultural Heritage

Landscape sustainability

Conservation

Disaster Risk Reduction

Food security

Research Report

July 2020

Innovations for Sustainability Pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future

This report, which focuses on innovation, is the third by The World in 2050 (TWI2050) initiative that was established by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and other partners to provide scientific foundations for the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In 2018, the first report by TWI2050 on Transformations...

Policy Report

October 2019

人権に関するCEOガイド

IGESは、一般社団法人日本経済団体連合会（経団連）との共同により、持続可能な開発のための世界経済人会議（WBCSD）作成の「人権に関するCEOガイド」の日本語翻訳版を発行しました。本ガイドは、企業が人権問題に取り組むことの重要性やCEOのための行動のポイントを解説するものです。公害や気候変動問題に代表されるように、環境問題によって引き起こされる人権問題が多くあります。また、資源調達においては、児童労働や強制労働といった人権問題と森林破壊といった環境問題が同時に発生することも少なくありません。人権問題への対処および環境問題と人権問題の統合的解決に向け、ぜひ多くの企業の皆様に本ガイドを活用いただければ幸いです。