Grand Challenges // Tri-State Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop
To facilitate the collaboration across their institutions, vice presidents for research at Washington State University, University of Idaho and…
Call for Submissions to Tri-State Nexus Workshop
To facilitate the collaboration across their institutions, vice presidents for research at Washington State University, University of Idaho and…
UN NewsCentre // UN agriculture chief calls for stronger water management, improved access for small farmers
The head of the United Nations agricultural agency today urged the international community to promote more efficient use of water and to take steps…
Nexus and Indigenous Societies // Wiring Gaia at the Water-Energy Nexus: Indigenous Water Guardians and Decolonizing Water Science
As emblematized by the ongoing protests at Standing Rock, water is a foundational element — biophysical, epistemological, and spiritual — in…
State of the Green // Ensuring Energy, Food, and Water for All
According to DTU International Energy Report 2016, new approaches and collaborations across sectors are necessary if we wish to meet the increasing…
COP23 // Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be organized by Fiji and hosted at…
Modelling // A Quantitative Assessment Framework for Water, Energy and Food Nexus
By Ali Karnib. This paper presents a quantitative assessment framework of the Water, Energy and Food (W-E-F) nexus, the Q-Nexus Model. The proposed…
Video // Water-food Nexus: Tackling Water Scarcity in the Context of Sustainable Development - Technical Briefing
The technical briefing will discuss how countries can address the dilemma of food production under limited water availability. Dr. Pasquale Steduto,…
Research // WEF Nexus Research Group
Global shifts in risks and the changes associated with water, energy, and food securities are the focus of the TAMU Water-Energy-Food Research Group.…
FEW Nexus Workshop on Integrated Science, Engineering, and Policy // A Multi Stakeholder Dialogue
Building on previous efforts, such as the TAMUS/Future Earth Nexus Symposium in Washington, DC, (Lawford and Mohtar, 2015) and the recent NSF-funded…
Urban Nexus // Building a Resilient, Smart and Sustainable City: The Energy-Water Nexus
Energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, yet their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. Smart,…
Infrastructure // Natural Infrastructure in the Nexus
By Suzanne Ozment, Kara DiFrancesco and Todd Gartner. The aim of the synthesis papers is to bring together sectoral best practice, and to make…
Reducing Water-Food Nexus Pressures In America
By Robert C. Brears. With agricultural production already accounting for the majority of water consumption in the U.S. and water scarcity likely to…
Water-Energy Nexus: Resource Efficiency // Capacity Building Workshop for ESCWA Region
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Beirut, Lebanon, in cooperation with the National Oil and Gas Authority in Bahrain…
Walking the Nexus Talk // Assessing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Context of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
By Alessandro Flammini, Manas Puri, Lucie Pluschke and Olivier Dubois. This report proposes a way to carry out a water-energy-food nexus assessment…