Keynote address. Innovative Sustainable Solutions for Island Communities: Integrating Technology and Nature
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Small island states
climate resilience
nature-based solutions
circular economy
energy–water–food nexus
climate resilience
nature-based solutions
circular economy
energy–water–food nexus
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Curacao
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2025-12-12
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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pap
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Small tropical island like Aruba have long been living with the food, energy, and water challenges the rest of the world is expected to face in coming decades. This keynote frames islands as climate-smart “living labs” that can show the way by integrating technology and nature. Through an energy–water–food nexus lens, it highlights practical pathways: renewable energy and efficiency, resilient water supply and reuse, circular valorization of waste streams, and nature-based protection of coastal and freshwater systems, supported by partnerships, skills development, and innovative finance to scale impact. The SISSTEM program at the University of Aruba is used an example of one of the pathways forward.
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Acevedo, D. (2025, December 12). Innovative sustainable solutions for island communities: Integrating technology and nature [Keynote address]. EcoExpo Curaçao 2025, Curaçao.
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Ecoexpo Curacao 2025