Past Events
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Tool: Strengthening the Interface between Science and Policy Communities
Convened by Texas A&M University and Qatar National Food Security Program. With global population growing over 7 billion, accompanied by escalating economic crises,…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Land and Soil at the Nexus: The need for targets embedded in the SDGs
Convened by UNCCD and IASS. Soil and land degradation poses a great challenge for sustainable development. The world is losing approximately 24 billion tons of fertile top…
Conference // "Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference", Chapel Hill/USA
The conference is hosted by the Water Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and collaborators and will take place from 3 until 7 March 2014. The…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // The Role of Ecosystems in Optimizing Water, Energy and Food Infrastructure
Convened by IUCN, IWA and UNEP. The ecosystem services provided by natural infrastructure underpin water, energy and food security. The services provided by forests, wetlands…
Workshop // Workshop on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus Assessment in the Sava River Basin
This workshop, financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Environment and Security Initiative, focusses on cross sectoral challenges on…
Symposium // "Water-Plant-Energy-Food Nexus in Two Arid Tropical Regions: Australian and Omani Experience", Oman
Organised by the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University and the University of Sydney.
International Conference // Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
The conference is going to examine the thoughts and actions related to a nexus approach
Commitment // "No Impact Week" at ADB 2014
ADB is holding its 2nd No Impact Week from 22 February to 2 March to encourage personnel to transform their work and personal lifestyles to lessen their impact on the planet…
Toolkit Launch // "Water, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Development: Lessons for Practitioners", Washington DC
Launch of USAID's Water and Conflict Toolkit for Programming, a document designed to help development practitioners gain a deeper understanding of the forces driving violence…
Debate // "Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda", New York/USA
This thematic debate is part of a series of three high-level events and three thematic debates convened by the President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The events are…
"Addressing the Food, Water, and Energy Nexus"
A high-level group of policymakers, scholars, business and civil society representatives, and other key stakeholders has been convened by the Council's Africa Center, Energy…
Symposium // "Water Supply Planning in a Non-Stationary World", The 4th UF Water Institute Symposium, Floriad/USA
Several inter-disziplinary approaches on how to secure water security in future times will be discussed on this conference. One of the panels focusses on the nexus approach.
14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit // "Attaining Energy, Water and Food Security for All", New Delhi/India
At the World Water Week 2011 in Stockholm, discussions focussed on how population growth, expanding cities, and accelerating economic activity increase the demand for energy…
Panel Debate // "Limited Resources - Unlimited Security Risks", Munich/Germany
On this Global Luncheon Panel, guests and speakers will meet to discuss the interdependance between resource security, development and security policy.
Launch at the WFES // Launch of "thirsty energy", Abu Dhabi/UAE
thirsty energy is a new global initiative led jointly by the Water and Energy Units in the World Bank and will officially be launched at WFES in January 2014.