SADC-EU Water-Energy-Food Nexus Project Inception Workshop rouses interest among key partners in the region
National Development Plans of African Countries set ambitious targets in a variety of sectors including water, food and energy. In order to avoid…
Coping with Water Scarcity under Changing Climate Conditions // Best Practices and Innovations on Trial
A collection of 15 case studies from the MENA region by GIZ and the Mediterranean Environmental Network (MEN), based either on their success – then…
Solar Energy // Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
By Emre Gençer, Caleb Miskin, Xingshu Sun, M. Ryyan Khan, Peter Bermel, M. Ashraf Alam and Rakesh Agrawal. To overcome the "Full Earth" challenge,…
SDGs // Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Development Goals Planning: The Case of Goal 6 on Water and Sanitation
This publication highlights how the systems thinking approach applied by ESCAP complements tools created by experts as the most comprehensive method…
The Wire // The ‘Water-Employment-Migration’ Explosive Nexus
By Baher Kamal. A Global Water Partnership-led forum in December 2016 found a dangerous nexus between water insecurity, enduring unemployment and…
XVI World Water Congress // Understanding the Forest-Water Nexus: monitoring framework and tool
The session at the XVI World Water Congress features experts who will provide an overview of forests and water, including gaps in knowledge, why we…
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,…