Abstract Traditionally water, energy and food (WEF) resources are governed in many countries by separate sets of laws, rules and institutions. However, recent studies have increasingly underlined the WEF nexus approach as a framework for coherent, holistic and integrated implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address fragmentations and ensure cleaner and efficient production methods in each sector. This article examines the legal and governance aspects of integrating and implementing the WEF nexus in practice. Various legal and institutional challenges that arise with a nexus approach, such as incompatibility of WEF nexus aims, limited rule linkages, institutional limitations and resource constraints are examined in order to identify the ways in which an integrative legal framework on WEF can help close these gaps. The study suggests that enhanced levels of legislation and rule linkage; elaboration of common and shared principles by institutional actors in WEF domains; as well knowledge, expertise and information sharing on WEF-related decision making are significant steps towards advancing systemic and integrated governance of WEF resources.

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可持续发展和水-能源-食品的关系：法律挑战和新兴解决方案

摘要 传统上，水、能源和食品 (WEF) 资源在许多国家由不同的法律、规则和机构管理。然而，最近的研究越来越强调，世界经济论坛的关联方法是一个框架，可以连贯、整体和综合地实施可持续发展目标 (SDG)，以解决各个部门的碎片化问题并确保更清洁、更高效的生产方法。本文考察了在实践中整合和实施世界经济论坛关系的法律和治理方面。对联系方法产生的各种法律和制度挑战进行了审查，例如世界经济论坛联系目标的不兼容性、有限的规则联系、制度限制和资源限制，以确定关于世界经济论坛的综合法律框架可以帮助弥合这些差距的方式. 研究表明，加强立法和规则的联系；由世界经济论坛领域的机构参与者制定共同和共享的原则；WEF 相关决策的知识、专业知识和信息共享也是推进 WEF 资源系统和综合治理的重要步骤。