What Happened to the Nexus Approach in the COVID-19 Response?

Many aspects of life have changed swiftly from before, and since the early days of, the coronavirus pandemic. Within the international aid system, the nexus approach was flavor-of-the-month at the outset of COVID-19 lockdowns. Many webinars and research reports were dedicated to the need to enhance collaboration between humanitarian, development, and peace actors, given the increasing interconnectedness of these challenges in protracted crises. Decision makers made lofty commitments to break down the divisions in the aid system and turn nexus theory into practice.