Navigating Agriculture through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Dr. Rabi Mohtar along with the members of the WEF Nexus Research Group attended the Navigating Agriculture through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus…
Liquid Assets - The good news in water in 2015
This is not a top 10 list of big ideas and trends in the world of water for 2015.
Quantifying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Status and Trends
Water, energy, and food are lifelines for modern societies.
Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach
The challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050 has been defined as one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.
World Bank to report back on progress of its Thirsty Energy Initiative at African Utility Week in Cape Town in May
The water-energy nexus is complex and wide-ranging
How Davos power brokers can start tackling major environmental risks
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report in the run up to its annual meeting in Davos.
Waste to Energy Agreement Between Masdar and Bee’ah in UAE
An agreement to work on a development platform for future waste to energy projects has been signed
The Future Nexus of the Brahmaputra River Basin // Climate, Water, Energy and Food Trajectories
Advance knowledge of conflicting trajectories of water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is highly relevant for water policy and planning, especially for…
How to innovate out of a drought
Despite El Niño showers, California is still facing a potential fifth year in one of the worst droughts on record.
Tool // WEF Nexus Tool 2.0
The tool allows the user to create different scenarios with varying food self-sufficiencies, water sources, energy sources, and countries of import.…
Training // Powering Agriculture — Sustainable Energy for Food
The 8-week course, which will take place from 1 Feb to 27 Mar 2016, will introduce participants to the Energy-Agriculture Nexus and approaches for…
Policy Paper // Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Baseline Report and Assessment
By World Watch Institute, GIZ and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Despite the availability of tremendous domestic renewable energy resources,…
Symposium // ITT-Symposium "Research for the Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus", Cologne
Conference // "Managing Water, Energy, & Food in an Uncertain World", Santa Fe
by the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
Re-framing silos to accelerate development pathways
The water-energy-food nexus helps to identify and overcome sectoral "silos"