Research // Improvement of the Water-Energy Nexus and the Environmental Performance of Water Supply Systems Using Smart ICT Solutions
By Jorge Helmbrecht, Matthias Maier, Esteban Muñoz Morillo, Dirk Kühlers and Karl Roth. In this paper, an application of an intelligent software…
Call for Participants // Workshop "Energy-Water-Climate Change Nexus (EWCN) in a Transitional Economy: Sustainability and Resilience"
How can our energy and water systems be more sustainable? How resilient are they against natural and social risks and potential disruptions? And how…
DuPont // Relentless Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water
By Krynsta Harde. In his opening remarks at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of WEF, called for…
Report // Energy Water Nexus (EWN) Strategic Roadmap
The EWN roadmap focuses on the interdependency between energy and water and identified opportunities for the Midwest region, M-WERC, The Water…
Governance // Natural Resource Governance at Multiple Scales in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Susan Sellars-Shrestha, Amy Sellmyer and Christopher. Human efforts to address poverty, enhance welfare, and conserve natural resources and the…
Session at DNC 2017 // Building-up monitoring and reporting on SDGs based on sub-national and national efforts
As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourages member states to “conduct regular and…
Session at DNC 2017 // A systematic approach to map SDG interactions for practical decision-making
The session will discuss new results of projects and activities (lead by ICSU, German Committee Future Earth, SDSN and Future Earth) developed…
Session at DNC 2017 // New and refined approaches supporting the implementation of a Nexus Approach
The need for and the (potential) benefits of implementing integrated resources management seems rather straightforward from a scientific perspective,…
Session at DNC 2017 // Knowledge management and transfer for adoption of a nexus approach and achieving SDGs
The complexity of the nexus and of the full range of SDGs poses challenges for science and implementation. A critical step is the effective knowledge…
The New Times (Rwanda) // The Nile: A source of energy, food and water for all
By Sam Cheptoris, Chairman of the Nile Council of Ministers, and Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda. River Nile is a transboundary resource…
Research Presentation // "How Food, Energy, & Water Converge in the Southwest"
University of Arizona researchers are researching the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, exploring ways to address its scientific, technological, and societal…
Incubator Workshop // SUGI/Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Join Future Cities Catapult for a networking and information workshop, to learn more about the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative…
University of Delaware // Inaugural Lecture on “Meeting Future Global Energy, Water, and Food Needs”
The University of Delaware’s Dion Vlachos, who has been named the Allan and Myra Ferguson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will…
Australian Associated Press // Water could power Australia's future
By Katina Curtis/Australian Associated Press. The federal government wants to use taxpayer funds to support new pumped hydro electricity generation…
UCGIS Summer School 2017 // Collaborative Problem Solving with CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science
In May 2017, UCGIS will launch its first Summer School for graduate students and early-career scholars who are affiliated with UCGIS member…