The short term objective is the creation of a community of researchers and experts from different disciplines working together to respond to the call to achieve the SDGs.
The purpose is to increase the resilience of human and planetary systems through improved understanding and management of their complex system of systems.
The goals are to :
• Increase collaboration on topics related to primary renewable resources among campus faculties, schools, and research and policy units;
• Increase the body of knowledge about the Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus system;
• Develop a critical mass of cross-faculty, interdisciplinary teams at AUB;
• Expand regional and international cooperation, particularly in WEFRAH Nexus systems toward reaching SDGs

A seed fund has been created to establish eight clusters of research and a first cohort toward the formation of a community of researchers. Communication tools are being established to connect the community. Upcoming activities aim to increase awareness and the sense of belonging to the community in order to increase its impact toward reaching SDGs. A leadership team is established and it comprises a full time coordinator who is coordinating the activities across campus and with external organizations.

The American University of Beirut will become a regional hub for innovation and networking related to renewable resources in arid and semi-arid regions
through the water-energy-food-health nexus. AUB will also become a host institution and leader toward achieving SDGs in Lebanon and perhaps the MENA region.

https://www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/WEFRAH/Pages/default.aspx