G-Science Acadmies Statement 2012 // Energy and Water Linkage: Challenge to a Sustainable Future
Needs for affordable and clean energy, for water in adequate quantity and quality, and for food security will increasingly be the central challenges…
National Geographic // Solar Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa
It's long been established doctrine in international development circles that diesel engines are the most cost-effective tools for pumping water and…
Improving the water and energy efficiency for food production through drip irrigation in India
by Jains Irrigation India
BBC News // Eight radical solutions for the water shortage
With population rising, how can a water crisis be averted? After two unusually dry winters - which have left reservoirs, aquifers and rivers below…
AlertNet // Solutions for a Hungry World <<-->> AlertNet Special Coverage
Explore Solutions through AlertNet's animations and videos, such as "Greening The Ghetto", "What is Food Insecurity?", "The Rice Story", "Land…
Issue Brief // The end to cheap oil: a threat to food security and an incentive to reduce fossil fuels in agriculture
Global Environment Alert Service (GEAS) of UNEP produces bulletin on peak oil and food security: While we already face a situation of food insecurity…
National Journal (USA) // The Nexus Between Biofuels, Energy, and Agriculture
What role should biofuels fill in U.S. energy policy? And how would that role impact agricultural demands? What considerations, including those of…
SmartGridNews // Energy, water, food: The 3-headed monster we simply can't ignore
But this energy/water nexus, as it's often referred to, is not tomorrow's problem. Water scarcity is already a desperate situation in many parts of…
IPS news // U.S. Lifestyle Is Not Up for Negotiation
Just before the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, some of the industrial nations, and specifically the United States, were lambasted for their…
The Formation of the Machángara River Basin Council (Ecuador)
by Ministry of Environment (Ecudaor), Universidad de Cuenca, ETAPA Telecommunications, Empresa Electro Generadora del Austro, Junta General de…
Yale E360 // China's Looming Conflict Between Energy and Water
In its quest to find new sources of energy, China is increasingly looking to its western provinces. But the nation's push to develop fossil fuel and…
Cambodia Herald // Water, food and energy sectors should talk to each other more
An international conference convened by the Mekong River Commission has concluded that the water, food and energy sectors need to talk to each other…
Economist // Opening the floodgates <<-->> A giant dam is about to be built. Protests are about to erupt
In December the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an intergovernmental body made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, called again for approval…
Issue Brief // Economics of Land Degradation <<-->> The Costs of Action versus Inaction
In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value…
Transboundary Approach // Mekong2Rio Conference ends in Thailand
Water, energy and food security nexus high on the agenda