To allocate scarce resources efficiently, it is vital to understand the inter-dependencies between the distinct areas of water, energy and food, says Joppe Cramwinckel

Third meeting of the International Steering Committee (ISC) on 7-8 September 2011

International experts comment on the main topics of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference

Second meeting of the German Advisory Group on 17 May 2011 in Bonn

Brief profiles of its members

Interview with Uschi Eid, Vice-Chair of the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)

Further focusing of content profile for the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference

Consultation process shaped by representatives from the spheres of politics, business and civil society

First meeting of experts in December 2010 in Bonn

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a contentious proposal among Member States that are currently negotiating the outcome document for Rio+20. Member States and the international community are looking for the successors of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will expire in 2015. The current framework helped the international community to rally behind a common understanding of poverty eradication, and it provided targets and indicators to guide policy decisions. However, the MDGs overemphasised economic poverty and gave limited attention to the structural causes of poverty or to sustainable development.