Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

Highlights•Water, land and energy resources are all crucial contributors to human well-being
and environmental sustainability.•As a result of growing natural resource scarcity, the inter …

Water scarcity threatens people in various regions, and has predominantly been studied
from a water quantity perspective only. Here we show that global water scarcity is driven by …

Although our knowledge of climate change impacts on energy systems has increased
substantially over the past few decades, there remains a lack of comprehensive overview of …

The vulnerabilities of our food, energy and water systems to projected climatic change make
building resilience in renewable energy and food production a fundamental challenge. We …

We present PCR-GLOBWB 2, a global hydrology and water resources model. Compared to
previous versions of PCR-GLOBWB, this version fully integrates water use. Sector-specific …

Hydropower and thermoelectric power together contribute 98% of the world's electricity
generation at present. These power-generating technologies both strongly depend on water …

Energy system models underpin decisions by energy system planners and operators.
Energy system modeling faces a transformation: accounting for changing meteorological …

To sustain growing food demand and increasing standard of living, global water use
increased by nearly 6 times during the last 100 years, and continues to grow. As water …

Impacts of a drought are generally dependent on the severity of the hydrological drought
event, which can be expressed by streamflow drought duration or deficit volume. For …