WHAT-IF: an open-source decision support tool for water infrastructure investment planning within the water–energy–food–climate nexus

Payet-Burin, Raphaël; Kromann, Mikkel; Pereira-Cardenal, Silvio; Strzepek, Kenneth Marc; Bauer-Gottwein, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4129-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4129-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4129-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

Research article

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08 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 08 Oct 2019

WHAT-IF: an open-source decision support tool for water infrastructure investment planning within the water–energy–food–climate nexus

Raphaël Payet-Burin, Mikkel Kromann, Silvio Pereira-Cardenal, Kenneth Marc Strzepek, and Peter Bauer-Gottwein

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RC1: 'Review of WHAT-IF', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Repply to reviewer 1', Raphaël Payet-Burin, 12 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Review for the article: "WHAT-IF: an open-source decision support tool for water infrastructure investment planning within the Water-Energy-Food- Climate Nexus"', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Repply to reviewer 2', Raphaël Payet-Burin, 12 Aug 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (16 Aug 2019) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Raphaël Payet-Burin on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Sep 2019) by Nadia Ursino

Short summary

We present an open-source tool for water infrastructure investment planning considering interrelations between the water, food, and energy systems. We apply it to the Zambezi River basin to evaluate economic impacts of hydropower and irrigation development plans. We find trade-offs between the development plans and sensitivity to uncertainties (e.g. climate change, carbon taxes, capital costs of solar technologies, environmental policies) demonstrating the necessity for an integrated approach.