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10. Energy issues
10.1 Water-energy-supply Nexus
The Water-Energy-Food nexus (Food Energy and Water - FEW) has been increasingly used since the 2010s. It highlights the fact that these three dimensions, which are fundamental to human societies, are closely interlinked. Water is needed to produce food and energy, energy and water are used to produce food, water cannot be managed for human needs without energy, and food in turn produces energy.
Actions on one pillar automatically have repercussions on the others.
A nexus approach helps us to better understand the complex and dynamic interrelationships...
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Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 23, 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (Official Journal L 327 of December 22, 2000).
Directive (EU) no. 2020/2184 of December 16, 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJEU no. L 435 of December 23, 2020).
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