Water-Energy Nexus // No water, no energy. No energy, no water.
The interrelationship between water and energy goes around and around. Increasing demands on water from the private and public sectors are impacting…
Policy Paper // Deliverables by UN-Water
for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Economist // How to feed a planet
Why the world needs an agricultural revolution in Africa The Economist's Daily Chart
Rio+20 // The Last Push for Rio
The Rio+20 Summit is less than a month away. Policymakers and civil society representatives have been advocating for the inclusion of the nexus…
SciDev.NET // Innovation "must consider water, energy and land jointly"
More technological innovation is needed to fight growing resource scarcity, but it will only be successful in achieving sustainable development if it…
Economist // How to feed a planet, continued
Today's Daily chart, using data provided by Cargill, is the nearest thing to a snapshot of everything you need to know about feeding the world. It…
Publication // 2012 UN-Water Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management (Executive Summary)
This report, based on an analysis of data from more than 130 countries, looks at the issues that pertain to the management, development and use of…
Huffington Post // The Water-Energy-Food Security Challenge: America As The Global Savior?
Can the world support the aspirations for food and energy of the 7 billion people that now inhabit it? Will we meet the needs of the additional 2…
Statement // Water in a Green Economy
This statement reflects a collective opinion of the UN-Water Members and comprises recommendations to the participants of the UNCSD 2012 as well as a…
Slides // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Presentation by Prof Susan Bolton PhD, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington (USA)
Parliament.UK // Lords debate Food Security Policy
"Agriculture is at the nexus of three of the greatest challenges of the 21st century-achieving food security, adapting to climate change, and…
GMF Blog // The Geopolitics of Overconsumption, Where Less is More
People around the world observe North American and European consumption habits and desire to emulate them. But if everyone were to consume like a…
Publication // The Global Resource Nexus: The Struggles for Land, Energy, Food, Water, and Minerals
Unless the transatlantic community takes the lead in addressing the challenges arising from the unprecedented global demand for land, energy, food,…
Responding to Climate Change (RTCC) // UNCCD calls for agriculture to be central to Rio+20
Agriculture and a focus on land and soil should be central to both this year's UNFCCC climate talks and the Earth Summit in June.
Tagesspiegel (Berlin) // Tomaten aus der 13. Etage
The world population keeps growing, and with it the demand for food. Students of Urban Ecology at the Technical University Berlin have developed…