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            https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1095-2020
                    © Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1095-2020
                    © Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0: an open platform for optimizing multi-scale energy–water–land system transformations
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC, Canada
                                        
                                    Simon Parkinson
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC, Canada
                                        
                                    Edward Byers
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    Peter Burek
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    Zarrar Khan
                                            Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
                                        
                                    Volker Krey
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Dept. of Energy & Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
                                        
                                    Fabio A. Diuana
                                            Energy Planning Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                                        
                                    
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    Yaoping Wang
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    Ansir Ilyas
                                            Center for Water Informatics & Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
                                        
                                    Alexandre C. Köberle
                                            Grantham Institute, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
                                        
                                    
                                            Energy Planning Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                                        
                                    Iain Staffell
                                            Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
                                        
                                    Stefan Pfenninger
                                            Dept. of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Abubakr Muhammad
                                            Center for Water Informatics & Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
                                        
                                    Andrew Rowe
                                            Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC, Canada
                                        
                                    Roberto Schaeffer
                                            Energy Planning Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                                        
                                    Narasimha D. Rao
                                            School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University,  New Haven, CT, USA
                                        
                                    
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    Yoshihide Wada
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
                                        
                                    Ned Djilali
                                            Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC, Canada
                                        
                                    Keywan Riahi
                                            International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,  Laxenburg, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Thermal Engineering, TU Graz, Graz, Austria
                                        
                                    Model code and software
NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0 A. Vinca, S. Parkinson, Z. Khan, and P. Burek https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3625776
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            This article describes a newly developed numerical model that can assess impacts of long-term policies for the energy, water and land (WEL) sectors at the scale of a river basin. We show the importance of having an integrated method when jointly considering multiple policies as opposed to conventional sectoral analysis. This model can be useful for studying river basins, such as the Indus basin, that are exposed to challenges over WEL sectors, like water scarcity or food and energy access.
            This article describes a newly developed numerical model that can assess impacts of long-term...
            
         
 
             
             
             
            