Lightning Talks Topic A (LTA)
06.10.2026 11:30 – 13:00
Margarete-Bieber-Saal (MBS)
Moderator: Alejandro Pieters
Overview
Operationalizing Water Security: From Circular Technologies to Nature-Based Nexus Solutions
Water security can no longer be achieved through isolated, single-sector management. To safeguard our resources against climate extremes and growing demand, we must move beyond theoretical frameworks and operationalize integrated solutions on the ground. This session explores practical, technological, and ecological strategies that actively balance competing water demands, manage physical trade-offs, and enhance resilience across the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus. Spanning case studies from India, Uzbekistan, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Thailand, participants will be taken on a journey across different spatial scales of intervention. From AI-driven greywater recycling and the ‘groundwater recharge paradox’ to nature-based solutions and basin-scale modeling, this session showcases how to translate complex nexus interdependencies into actionable real-world strategies.
Presenters
| Block | ID | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 124 | Ria Singhal | A Self-Operating Solar Greywater Recycling System: Edge-AI Automation for Decentralized Water–Energy–Food Security |
| 55 | Kustomo | Green Engineered Nanobiochar from Agricultural Biowaste for Sustainable Removal of Emerging Pollutants: A Circular Approach to Climate-Resilient Water Security | |
| 350 | Svetlana Rajabova | Adoption of Water-Saving Irrigation and Sustainable Land Management Practices: Impacts on Farm Revenue in Uzbekistan | |
| 496 | Ivan Alexis Chavez Flores | The Groundwater Recharge Paradox on Climate Change Adaptation in Peri-urban Agriculture in the Andean Valleys of Bolivia | |
| 2 | 360 | Dalma Orellana-Peralta | Forest canopy and artificial shade buffer frost impacts on planted tree seedlings in tropical montane forest restoration |
| 435 | Jocimar Coutinho Rodrigues Junior | Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security and Climate Resilience: Integrating Land-Use Change, Ecosystem Services and Carbon Storage in a Tropical Coastal Zone | |
| 268 | M Tauhid Ur Rahman | Operationalizing Nexus-Driven Water Security in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh through Nature-Based Solutions and Circular Water-Energy-Food Systems | |
| 184 | Kaushal Chapagain | Water–Energy–Food Nexus under Climate and Land-Use Change: Evaluating Intervention Pathways for Synergies and Trade-offs in the Ping River Basin, Thailand |