Southeastern Europe // UNECE’s Drina Nexus Project Points to Untapped Cooperation Potential in Hydropower
Synchronised operation of power plants along the Drina and its tributaries could markedly increase production downstream, according to an integrated…
Water-Food Nexus // Programme "Remote Sensing for Water Productivity"
This programme will assist the Member Countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in monitoring water…
Capitalising Nature? // The Nexus Approach for a Green Economy
By Haeun Kim. Many politicians and economists would agree with quantifying the value of nature. Decision making at every level of society would be…
MENA // Water Energy Food Nexus as a Key Driver for Achieving the SDGs in the Arab Region
By Nisreen Lahham. Under the auspices of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the General…
Antiuniversity Now // Climate change and the water-energy-food nexus
When we think of climate change we tend to conjure up images of global scale problems; rising temperatures, melting ice caps and swimming polar bears…
Presentation // The Nexus between Energy, Food, and Water Security in the Arabian Gulf
Presentation by Jean-Marc Rickli and Joaan Bin Jassim.
Water-Energy Nexus // A clean energy future means water security in Texas
By Environmental Defense Fund. As Texas’ population increases and climate change persists, meeting the state’s water needs is becoming more and more…
UN Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021
By UNEP. Building on its mandate and work towards helping countries develop peacefully, equitably and sustainably while protecting and restoring…
Urban Nexus // The food-energy-water nexus and urban complexity
By Patricia Romero-Lankao, Timon McPhearson, Debra J. Davidson. While tackling interdependencies among food, energy, and water security is promising,…
Research // The Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Transforming Science for Society
By Ben L. Ruddell, Patrick M. Reed, Ruth I. Hook, Chunmiao Zheng, Vince C. Tidwell and Stefan Siebert. Emerging interdisciplinary science efforts are…
SDGs // A Guide to SDG Interactions: From Science to Implementation
By the Internation Council for Science (ICSU). The report offers a blueprint to help countries implement and achieve the 17 goals and the 169 targets…
SDGs // New report from scientific experts provides a guide to translate Sustainable Development Goals into reality
Supporting positive interactions, minimizing tradeoffs, increasing cross-sector cooperation should be priorities for policymakers.
Policy Brief // Enhancing regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
By Rana El Hajj, Nadim Farajalla, Tessa Terpstra andv Anders Jägerskog. Water, energy and food resources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
Water-Energy Nexus // Shale Gas Development and Drinking Water Quality
By Elaine Hill and Lala Ma. Recent studies have linked shale gas development (SGD) to ground water contamination. The extent of these environmental…
Research // Possible pathways and tensions in the food and water nexus
By R. Quentin Grafton, John William and Qiang Jiang. “Bottom-up” field-based, crop-hydrological models are used to estimate food production and…