Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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Raimund Bleischwitz1, Catalina Spataru1, Stacy D. VanDeveer2, Michael Obersteiner3, Ester van der Voet4, Corey Johnson5, Philip Andrews‐Speed6, Tim Boersma7, Holger Hoff8, Detlef P. van Vuuren9
1Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London, London, UK
2Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA
3International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
4Leiden University (Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)), Leiden, The Netherlands
5UNC Greensboro, Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, Greensboro, USA
6National University of Singapore, Energy Studies Institute, Singapore, Singapore
7Columbia University, SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy, New York, USA
8Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
9PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, the Netherlands

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