Seminar Series // Water, energy and food security towards Expo 2015. The challenge of large-scale land acquisitions
The purpose of the seminar series is to discuss the identified issues by attracting contributions from leading international scientists active in…
Engineering News // PFS confirms viability of Monont'sa pumped storage power plant
A 12-month prefeasibility study (PFS) by consulting firm GIBB to investigate the viability of the Monont'sa pumped-storage power plant, in Lesotho,…
World Economic Forum // Blog // How can we adapt farming to climate change?
According to UN projections, the world's population could reach 9.15 billion by 2050, creating a 60% increase in demand for food.
IUCN // Blog // Tackling the Water-energy-food Nexus Without Reinventing the Wheel
Does a shift in global policy debates toward the 'water-energy-food security nexus' - that is, looking at competition over natural resources to…
News1130 // Changing rainfall common problem for entire globe, says UN-sponsored book
Siberian wildfires so intense they melted the permafrost beneath them. Flooding in Alberta that paralyzed a major city. Toxic algae blooms in Lake…
Publication // Global Agenda 2013: Water, Energy, and the Arab Awakening
Published by the Interaction Coucil. With contributions by: AndreÌs Pastrana, Former President of Colombia; Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman,…
MENAFN.com // Energy water food issues cannot be dealt separately: Experts
By 2030 there will be more than eight billion people in the world; by that time the consumption of energy water and food will also rise by 40 to 50…
University at Buffalo News Center // Press Release // RENEW provides seed funding to four environment-oriented research projects
Four research projects have received funding under RENEW, the University at Buffalo's new interdisciplinary environmental research initiative.
Zawya // Press Release // Shell and Masdar host conference on global energy, water and food scarcity challenges
The critical, interrelated relationship between energy, water and food was highlighted today at the "Powering Progress Together" conference, jointly…
Report // Green Economy Knowledge Products by UN Agencies and Partners
Stocktaking Report prepared by the United Nations Environment Management Group
Sustainable Development Policy & Practise // EMG Reports on Green Economy Knowledge Products
The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) has published a 'Stocktaking Report on Green Economy Knowledge Products by UN Agencies and Partners.
Water-Energy Nexus // Benefits of Clean Power Plan Are Measureable - Drop for Drop
What if I told you that with the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls the power grid for roughly…
Water-Food Nexus // Thirsty Food Story: Grasping the Invisible Ingredient
Every food item we eat needs water for its production, but different foods require different amount of water. What do you think consumes more water:…
Paper // Food, water, and energy security in South Asia: A nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
Using secondary data from diverse sources, this paper explores the food, water, and energy nexus from a regional dimension, emphasizing the role of…
E2Designlab Blog // Blog // Hungry 'burbs': Could urban agriculture be the answer to the energy-food-water nexus?
The urban fringe is perhaps the best place to start to make the big moves, overlapping urban and rural functions instead of keeping them apart.