Food Navigator // 'Regulations and incentives' needed to reduce trillions of tonnes of hidden water use globally
Governmental and institutional actions are needed urgently to reduce the estimated 1.8 million tonnes of water — per person - used in food production…
Saudi Gazette // Investors keen on growing Saudi water, power needs
Rapidly growing population growth and a sustained development boom in Saudi Arabia have resulted in unprecedented demand for effective and efficient…
Smart Cities Council // Is your city ready to tackle the challenge of the century?
Christian Anderson contends that how we manage the energy/water nexus will define this century.
The World Bank // Blog // Mapping Water Efficiency and Climate Resilience in South Asia
In South Asia, about 1.5 billion people are affected by water stress and scarcity, due to increasing demand for water resources; as the climate…
Slides // Dammed or damned: the role of hydropower in the water and energy nexus
by Andrea Castelletti, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), at the E4D ETH Winter School 2015 on Global Water Challenges
A North Dakota City shows how to get smart on water infrastructure
Water infrastructure and management play a key role in the development of smart citites, and smart cities of the future must intelligently address…
// Press Release // IWS to explore energy-efficient desal methods
Expert on desalination technologies calls IWS a "strong platform to spark innovation".
Article // Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Questions of Accountability and Autonomy
By Linda Gonçalves Veiga (Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE), Universidade do Minho), Mathew Kurian. — This chapter addresses…
Article // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity to Complex Global Challenges
By Christopher A. Scott (Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, and School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona), Mathew Kurian,…
Article // The Nexus Approach to Governance of Environmental Resources Considering Global Change
By Mathew Kurian (Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources, United Nations University), Reza Ardakanian. — Global…
Article // Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Infrastructure Projects
By V. Ratna Reddy, Mathew Kurian. — This paper reviews the existing research work on the application of Life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) with an…
Article // The Nexus Approach to Managing Water, Soil and Waste under Changing Climate and Growing Demands on Natural Resources
By Rattan Lal (Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University). — The human population has increased more than a thousand…
Article // Applications of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in Water and Wastewater Projects: Lessons from European Experience
By Georg Schiller (Leibniz-Institut of Ecological Urban and Regional Development), Stefan Dirlich. — Experiences of applying the life cycle costing…
Article // Results-Based Financing and Its Potential Role in Advancing the Nexus Approach
By Mario Suardi (International Development Consultant), Mathew Kurian. The need to improve the effectiveness of development financing provided by…
Article // Policy Is Policy and Science Is Science: Shall the Twain Ever Meet?
By Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian. — The comparative advantage of the United Nations University (UNU) system lies in its ability to design, execute…