Research // Nexus Scientific Research: Theory and Approach Serving Sustainable Development
By Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev. The current chapter first explores the factors of global change that are generating an ever greater…
Renewable Energy // Nexus-friendly Pathways for Growth
By Frank Wouters and Divyam Nagpal. The interlinkages between the three systems will grow stronger. By 2035 water withdrawal for energy is projected…
Research // Global Risks and Opportunities in Food, Energy, Environment and Water to 2050
By R. Quentin Grafton. In this article the author reflects on where the world was in 1968, where it is heading in the context of the Food, Energy,…
Agriculture // Smallholder Farmers are at the Nexus of Post-2015 Development Issues
By Iain MacGillivray. Sustainable smallholder agriculture provides a powerful vehicle to deliver multiple benefits across all of the dimensions of…
Energy // Adding to Complexity: Climate Change in the Energy – Water Nexus
By Diego Rodriguez, Anna Delgado Martin and Antonia Sohns. Although the Water–Energy (and Climate) Nexus varies by region, challenges in securing…
Urban Nexus // The Contribution of Innovation in Urban Resilience and Sustainability to Realizing the Urban Nexus
By Nicholas You. The purpose of this article is to look at lessons learned from a unique snapshot of case studies in urban innovation from different…
Sanitation // Green Opportunities for Urban Sanitation Challenges through Energy, Water and Nutrient Recovery
By Pay Drechsel and Munir A. Hanjra. A Nexus approach means that when governments and industries determine policies in one sector – whether energy,…
Research // The History of the Nexus at the Intergovernmental Level
By Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram. This article explores the development of water, energy and food as sectors and how they have come into conflict at…
Finance // Capital Markets at the Nexus of Sustainable Development
By Steve Waygood. For generations policy makers have sought to align the interests of the financial markets and society. Nowhere is this tension more…
Resilience // Natural Resource Security in an Uncertain World
By Sylvia Lee .The rapid industrialization and economic growth of the twentieth century brought tremendous progress – life expectancy doubled and…
PPP // Building Partnerships for Resilience
By David Norman and Stuart Orr. This article is based on the experience of two organizations, WWF and SABMiller, that have worked closely together to…
Private Sector // Principles for the Integration of the Nexus within Business
By Felix Dodds and Cole Simons. In the context of this article, the Nexus refers to four areas: water, food, energy and the impacts of climate…
Research // Sustainable Development Goals and Policy Integration in the Nexus
By David Le Blanc. This article tries to shed light on the question of whether the SDGs can provide a conducive framework for policy integration in…
Urban Nexus // Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Increasing the Productivity of Cities and Urbanized Nations
By Kathrine Brekke and Jeb Brugmann. In 2014, GIZ and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability published a report, Operationalizing the Urban…
Research // The Water, Energy And Food Nexus and Ecosystems: The Political Economy of Food and Non-food Supply Chains
By Tony Allan and Nathanial Matthews. In this article, the authors argue that the Nexus concept must incorporate a strong ecosystem stewardship…