Soil in the Nexus // Soil as a Basic Nexus Tool: Soils at the Center of the Food–Energy–Water Nexus
By Rattan Lal, Rabi H. Mohtar, Amjad T. Assi, Ram Ray, Haimanote Baybil, Molly Jahn. This article presents a conceptual model and the role of soil as…
Nexus Modelling // Model Use in WEF Nexus Analysis: a Review of Issues
By Bruce A. McCarl, Yingqian Yang, Kurt Schwabe, Bernard A. Engel, Alam Hossain Mondal, Claudia Ringler, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos. Water, energy,…
Governance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus // The Conceptual and Methodological Foundations for the San Antonio Region Case Study
By Kent E. Portney, Arnie Vedlitz, Garett Sansom, Philip Berke, Bassel T. Daher. The goal of the case study is to provide an outline of the…
Constructed Wetlands // The Role of Constructed Wetlands for Biomass Production within the Water-Soil-Waste Nexus
By Tamara Avellán, Reza Ardakanian, Paul Gremillion. The use of constructed wetlands for water pollution control has a long standing tradition in…
PhD Programme // Integrated Management of Water, Soil and Waste
UNU-FLORES and Technische Universität Dresden are now accepting applications from graduates in engineering, social sciences, and natural sciences for…
Integrated Resource Management in Asian cities // The Urban Nexus
The project focuses on the topics of secure water supply and sanitation systems, energy security and efficiency, land use, and food security. The…
Urban Nexus Project // Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus Project
By Ruth Erlbeck. The “nexus” approach aims at integrated planning and management processes of the key sectors of energy, water and food. This…
Biofuels // Next generation biorefineries will solve the food, biofuels, and environmental trilemma in the energy–food–water nexus
By Y.H. Percival Zhang. The future roles of biomass and carbohydrate for meeting needs of food/feed, renewable materials, and transportation fuels…
Vacancy // Research Assistant at UN University/UNU-FLORES, incl. Nexus Observatory project
The UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) is hiring a research assistant for its Capacity…
Water-Energy Nexus // Examples of Positive Bioenergy and Water Relationships
By IEA Bioenergy and Global Bioenergy Partnership. The 20 examples presented in this publication illustrate an encouraging variety both in terms of…
Workshop // Energy, water and food security in relation to climate change and social inequality in the Andes
The Regional Program Energy Security and Climate Change in Latin America of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (EKLA-KAS) and the "trAndeS" programme…
BBC // Food trade drains global water sources at 'alarming' rates
By Matt McGrath. The global market for foodstuffs is depleting water sources in many parts of the world quicker than they can naturally be refilled.…
Call for Papers // Special Issue on “Food-Energy-Water Nexus”
This special issue of "Resources, Conservation and Recycling" will provide an opportunity for knowledge exchange to advance our understanding of…
Research // Assessment of the Successes and Failures of Decentralized Energy Solutions and Implications for the Water–Energy–Food Security Nexus: Case Studies from Developing Countries
By Dawit Diriba Guta, Jose Jara, Narayan Prasad Adhikari, Qiu Chen, Varun Gaur and Alisher Mirzabaev. Access to reliable and affordable energy is…
Nexus in Southern Africa // SADC countries attending the Sadc Water, Energy Ministers meeting in Swazi
Swaziland PM opens 36th Joint Meeting of SADC Ministers of Energy and Water, ahead of Resource Mobilisation and Energy Investment Forum, on 11 July…