Nexus Approach and Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges
By Srikantha Herath
- Global problems are complex and interconnected across disciplines, regions, and sectors.
- Traditional approaches of dividing problems into smaller components for different disciplines are inadequate.
- Interdisciplinary approaches are necessary to address problems holistically.
- New platforms, such as the Nexus approach, are needed to efficiently tackle interlinked complex problems.
- Solutions should target equitable and sustainable development.
- Linking approaches, solutions, and linkages within a Nexus platform to the global development agenda and concrete actions is crucial.
- The paper discusses sustainability, sustainable development, and the global development agenda.
- It explores how these concepts can be linked with a specific Nexus platform.
- Capacity development tailored to local conditions is crucial for achieving global targets.
- Challenges and opportunities in integrated research and education are discussed, drawing from experiences in the postgraduate program of UNU-ISP (United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability).
