Introduction

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) provides an intergovernmental platform for the development and advancement of transboundary cooperation. Among the obligations of the Water Convention is to carry out, at regular intervals, joint or coordinated assessments of the conditions of transboundary waters. These assessments have shown that there is often friction between sectors over use of and impact on water resources, as well as weak policy integration and coherence between different sectors. It was to tackle such issues that the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention decided in its sixth session (Rome, 2012) to assess the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in a representative set of transboundary basins. The Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus (Task Force), established in the previously mentioned session of the Meeting of the Parties, is the body responsible for guiding and overseeing this work.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Zero Hunger

Clean Water and Sanitation

Affordable and Clean Energy