Circle of Blue // U.S. Hydropower Grows By Going Small
By Brett Walton. Hydropower in the United States is primed for a shakeup. On one hand, utilities and governments are tearing down old dams with…
GreenTechMedia // How Batteries Can Make the Water System More Grid-Friendly
By Jeff St. John. Advanced Microgrid Solutions is using Tesla batteries to turn Irvine’s water treatment plants and pumps into energy assets.
World Water Congress 2016 // Water and Energy Nexus
Water And Energy Integrated Planning And Capacity Building - Energy Implications Of The Millennium Drought On The Urban Water Cycles In Southeast…
Research // The Water-Food-Energy Nexus – Realising a New Paradigm
By Alex Smajgl, John R. Ward and Lucie Pluschke. The water-food-energy Nexus has emerged as a new perspective in debates concerned with balancing…
Research // Anatomy of a buzzword: The Emergence of "the Water-Energy-Food Nexus" in UK Natural Resource Debates
By Rose Cairnsa and Anna Krzywoszynska. The existence of a water-energy-food "nexus" has been gaining significant attention in international natural…
Urban Nexus // How Can Cities Reduce Water-Energy Nexus Pressures?
By Robert C. Brears. Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s…
Policy Brief // Assessing Policy Coherence in Brazil, Colombia and Peru using a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach
By David Sabogal, Helen Bellfield and Simone Bauch. The Amazonia Security Agenda focuses not only on national security in a traditional sense, but…
COP22 Side Event // Informing NDC Implementation through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Framework: Lessons from Amazonia and South East Asia
There is a wide community of actors applying WEF Nexus frameworks (e.g. FAO, IUCN, CEPAL, OECD, SEI) in a range of countries and ecosystems, using…
Webinar // Water, Energy, Food Security in the Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities (Spanish)
In this webinar experiences will be shared in the implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus framework through an analysis of transverse and…
The Road to Resilience // Managing the Risks of the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
This report focuses understanding how the energy sector can better manage impacts on land and water whilst still aiming to balance the Energy…
Resilience // The Hidden Risk in the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
By Christoph Frei. As the infrastructure for energy supply and demand continues to develop around the world, it will be critical to strengthen its…
Research // National Science Foundation (NSF) invests $72 million in innovations at nexus of food, energy and water systems
To help secure the future of food, energy, and water systems while maintaining vital ecosystem services, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has…
Water and Climate Diplomacy // Integrative Approaches for Adaptive Action in Transboundary River Basins
By Sabine Blumstein, Benjamin Pohl and Dennis Tänzler. This report outlines key water governance instruments that support climate change adaptation…
Water-Climate Nexus // Calming the Waters: Why We Need to Better Integrate Climate and Water Policy
By Sabine Blumstein. According to a new report from adelphi, launching at the 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm, transboundary river basins need…
Nexus Job Vacancy // PhD Position in EU Research Project on Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) is offering one PhD position to work in a…