Opinion // Putting nature in the equation
Nature is the missing, fourth dimension of the water-food-energy security nexus, says Dr Mark Smith, Director of IUCN's Water Programme.
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Director's Blog // World Water Day Message: Integrated thinking to address water and food security challenges
"The WFE nexus is an approach to balance development priorities in a more integrated manner. The approach supports a transition to sustainability, by…
Initiative // Great Lakes Energy-Water Nexus (GLEW) Initiative
The Great Lakes Energy-Water Nexus (GLEW) Initiative developed new metrics to measure aquatic resource impacts from water used for power generation…
WWF // South Africa's water future in a crowded, connected and complex world
"Water quality and availability underpins both food and energy production, leading us to what is fast becoming recognised as the defining challenge…
Campaign // "Ripples on Water": A global water campaign
The "Ripples on Water" campaign aims to bring more attention to water issues through a creative combination of art, science and development. A…
Publication // Dams and Development <<-->> A New Framework for Decision-making <<-->> 2000 WDC Report
"At the heart of the dams debate are issues of equity, governance, justice and power — issues that underlie the many intractable problems faced by…
Forbes // EDF's Wolf Calls For Three Sectors, Water-Energy-Food, To Be Governed By One Policy
"Clearly at the end of the day if you want to provide water, energy and food to a household, the nexus between them is evident."
Opinion // IDS Summary of the World Water Forum 2012
"Trendy concepts such as the green economy and the water-energy-food nexus were floating around. There was a widespread belief that we need to…
World Water Day 2012: Water and food security
Press release by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
UNCCD News // Water, energy and food security: from silo thinking to systemic approaches
Every single global environmental challenge encompasses a high level of complexity. Land degradation and desertification are no exception. Their…
Water-Energy Nexus // "We need to shift from energy-climate to energy-water"
World Energy Council and World Water Council join forces to encourage public policy to address the "water-energy nexus"
SABMiller Blog // A World Water Day question: How do we do more with less?, asks Andy Wales of SABMiller
The theme of this year's World Water Day is Water and Food Security, and its aim is to encourage us all to be more aware of the amount of water we…
Video // The Water-Food-Energy Nexus - Why Everything you Consume is Connected
Andy Wales, Global Head of Sustainable Development at SABMiller, speaks about the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus: "We need new campaigns, new…
State of the Planet <<-->> Earth Institute Blog // Millennium Villages shed light on water security on World Water Day
Lessons from the Millennium Villages Project can lead the way forward. Based in the poorest and most challenging environments in sub-Saharan Africa,…
Planet under Pressure - Conference Blog // Green Economy: Roadmaps, Routes and Destinations
We need green economy roadmaps with "concrete goals and benchmarks of progress" and we need them fast, according to the zero draft of the outcome…