British firms have acquired more land in Africa for controversial biofuel plantations. Biofuels have been linked to rising food prices and hunger, as well as increased greenhouse gas emission.

The global demands for food, energy, and shelter are putting unprecedented pressure on the resources of the planet. The study, “Tapped Out: How Can Cities Secure Their Water Future?” focuses on growing ...  cities and the need of reliable sources of water.

Resource security matters for India. It has to simultaneously secure energy, water and other minerals to support economic growth; meet basic needs for food, fuel and water for a growing population; and ...  manage the environmental constraints and consequences of increased resource use.

Part One of a five-part series, exploring the power of innovation to boost our access to energy, food, water, raw materials, and human population.

Based on the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), IUCN Water developed a new diagram on ecosystem services which aims to more intuitively demonstrate the extent to which both rich and poor livelihoods are dependent on the sustainability of ecosystems and the variety of services that they provide.

From 11 until 17 March, the Post 2015 Water Thematic Consultation focuses on the water, energy and food Nexus and offers a consultation platform for everyone to engage in the discussion.

Q&A with Dr. Rabi Mohtar, Executive Director of Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI)

An interview with Diego Rodriguez, Senior Economist and Task Team Leader TWIWA, World Bank on the World Bank Initiative “Quantifying Tradeoffs of the Water-Energy Nexus”.

The ADIREC side event focused on the various policy and technology options for meeting future energy demand and their different implications on water resources. Already, water availability is a major constraint for the energy sector.

New report: as much as 2 billion tonnes of all food produced ends up as waste. Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls on urgent action to prevent 50% of all food produced in the world ending up as waste.

Start of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

An interview with Jasper Oduor, Executive Secretary of EAPP

Lead-up to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week - Win a trip to Abu Dhabi as a Masdar VIP Blogger

The Vienna Energy Forum 2013 will focus on the energy dimension captured in the Rio+20 outcome document “The Future We Want” and will facilitate on how energy should be integrated into the post- 2015 global ...  development framework.” During the Forum a side-event about the recent international undertakings and progress on the water-energy-food nexus is taking place.

Workshop by ELD Initiative and Bonn Perspectives - The workshop will serve as catalyst for private sector involvement in the ELD Initiative. Corporate strategists, leaders in sustainability and other representatives ...  of the business community will be asked to outline their needs within the context of further development of the ELD private sector work programme.

The Parties to the Water Convention have included in the Work Programme 2013-2015 an assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosytems nexus in selected transboundary basins and established the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus to overview and guide its preparation.

Speech by EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik at UN General Assembly Debate on Sustainable Development about Energy-Water Nexus.

A project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

A project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).