Integrating climate change adaptation into water-energy-food-environment nexus for sustainable development in East African Community

Philbert Mperejekumana^{a b}, Lei Shen^{a b c d}✉, Shuai Zhong^{a b c}, Fabien Muhirwa^{b e}, Mohamed Saad Gaballah^f, Jean Marie Vianney Nsigayehe^g

1. ^aKey Laboratory for Resource Use and Environmental Remediation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
2. ^bUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
3. ^cChina-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences, CAS-HEC, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
4. ^dKey Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 101149, China
5. ^eXinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
6. ^fSchool of Engineering and Technology and Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, ET 140, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48859, USA
7. ^gKey Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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