Just Means // The Role of Business in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Canadian Water Summit Comes to Calgary
The interconnectedness of energy, water and food has been the prime focus of international discussions this year. In March, the UN's Food and…
Messages for Rio // The Food Future We Want
Fairfood International has released "The Food Future We Want", a set of documents outlining our demands of the food and beverage industry…
People's Daily Online // Interview: Integrated water management pivotal to sustainable development: UNESCO official
Management of water resources needs "substantial improvement and actual reform in many countries," and an integrated management is significant for…
Report // Building Alliances for People, Food, and Nature
An unconventional approach that involves building alliances between groups competing for limited land and water resources has the potential to…
Messages for Rio // A Climate-Safe "Green Economy" Protects Rivers, Rejects Destructive Dams
The twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, comes at a time when human-caused emissions have pushed our…
World Economic Forum // Water: managing the world's most precious resource
The world's demand for fresh water is growing so fast that, by 2030, agriculture, industry and expanding cities will face such scarce supplies that…
Messages for Rio // CGIAR Call to Action
CGIAR calls for a focus on the entire agricultural landscape as an integrated system, which recognizes that isolated solutions will not reduce risks…
Publication // Contribution of Himalayan Ecosystems to Water, Energy, and Food Security in South Asia: A nexus approach
In the face of climatic and other socioeconomic changes, most South Asian countries having large and growing population, limited land resources, and…
Europe's World // There is an urgent need for policy cohesion on water and energy that does not exist today
If Europe is serious about reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels and reaching its target for renewable energy (20% of supplies by 2020),…
Messages for Rio // Water cluster three priorities for Rio+20
On 8 June, FAN Global submitted three top priorities on behalf of the WASH cluster to the NGO Major Group which will be compiled into a compendium…
SABMiller Blog // Rio+20: Green growth requires a rethink
One of the themes of Rio+20 is 'green growth'. The first and most obvious question will be 'Can there be such a thing as green growth?' and for me…
businessGreen // Spelman on Rio: Time to "nail the myth" you can't be green and growing
Environment secretary says it's time to shatter the myth that you can't be green and growing The clouds may be gathering around the Rio +20 Earth…
BBC News // Rio+20 deal weakens on energy and water pledges
Governments are set to weaken pledges on boosting access to water and energy after a new draft negotiating text was issued at the Rio+20 meeting. The…
AllAfrica // Africa: Rio+20 Conference - "World Cannot Grow At the Expense of Poor People"
Recommendations by CARE International for Rio+20 According to the CARE report launched today entitled "One Planet - One Future: Equity and…
In Preparation of Rio+20 // One Planet - One Future: Equity and resilience for sustainable development
Twenty years after the first sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, the planet and its inhabitants are under increasing pressure. By…