Rexus project

Growing competition among different sectors for scarce natural resources presents an increasing challenge to the security of people, nature and the economy, highlighting the necessity of integrated approaches in natural resources management. While the Water-Energy-Food Nexus concept is gaining recognition for its capacity to deal with sectoral interdependencies, addressing trade-offs and facilitating synergies, its uptake in policymaking has been slow.

To address this gap, the Horizon 2020 REXUS project is developing a new blueprint for Nexus-oriented policymaking, through integration of state-of-the-art scientific modeling tools adapted to specific local conditions. With these tools, developed through participatory processes and allowing visualization of evolving WEF Nexus dynamics, REXUS is presenting stakeholders and policymakers with clear scenarios and actionable policy choices with the aim of ensuring long-run resource security in the face of climate change.

Rexus Observatory

The REXUS Observatory serves as a treasure chest of data, to facilitate information exchange internally. This data repository also supports data preview and visualizations, to allow for drawing relationships among Nexus components. The Observatory will continue to be populated with more datasets, as they are being produced in the REXUS project. Datasets can be downloaded or they may be accessed through an API and a preview of the contents is available. Furthermore, users are able to upload their own datasets. For more information, please refer to the manuals “How to upload a dataset” and “How to use the observatory”.