News // Water and (in-)security in Afghanistan as the Taliban take over
By the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) team The takeover by the Taliban not only affects people’s immediate lives and security, but will also have…
News // How water shortages are brewing wars
By Sandy Milne. Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream…
Virtual event // UN Food Systems Summit
The United Nations Food Systems Summit will be a completely virtual event during the UN General Assembly High-level week. Through this people’s…
Online Training Series // Innovative Governance of Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Cities
The Understanding Innovative Governance for Food, Water, and Energy Nexus in Cities (IFWEN) project has been developing innovative governance tools…
Research article // Water, energy and food nexus of Indus Water Treaty: Water governance
By Ali Raza Kalair, Naeem Abas, Qadeer Ul Hasan, Esmat Kalair, Anam Kalair and Nasrullah Khan. In this paper, the authors report global water…
Online Conference // 6th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference
The 6th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference will take place on the theme “Accelerating Adaptation Action and Knowledge to Support…
Vacancy // Intern (m/f/d) for the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, GIZ, Germany
The Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme at GIZ is looking for a full-time intern at its Eschborn office for three months, starting October 13, 2021.…
Research article // Cooling water use in thermoelectric power generation and its associated challenges for addressing water-energy nexus
By Shu-Yuan Pan, Seth W. Snyder, Aaron I. Packman, Yupo J. Lin and Pen-Chi Chiang. In this review, the authors provide an overview of the…
Nexus Blog // Empowering local people to engineer their own futures: a new infrastructure planning approach
By MÓNICA A. ALTAMIRANO. How can we make sure, our investments to stimulate economies don’t lock us into the present, but enable us to leapfrog to a…
Call for entries // WE4F West Africa innovation call
Water and Energy For Food (WE4F) are looking for committed entrepreneurs and innovations that promote environmental protection, sustainable use of…
Research article // Energy, environment, water, and land-use nexus based evaluation of the global green building standards
By Nima Norouzi and Mona Soori. This paper intends to investigate different building assessment standards in the world. The evaluative methods and…
Research article // Wastewater resources management for energy recovery from circular economy perspective
By Mohanna Zarei. This article provides an overview of wastewater treatment and management for energy production from a circular economy point of…
News // GWPSA supports Southern Africa’s first WEF-Nexus Masterclass
The first Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Masterclass designed specifically for Southern Africa took place 27-29 July 2021, with support from Global…
Call for Papers // ‘The Soil-Water-Atmosphere Nexus’ Thematic Issue in Environmental Earth Sciences
United Nations University-FLORES guest editors are looking for manuscripts to contribute to the thematic issue in Springer Nature's Environmental…
Research article // Critical review on improving irrigation water use efficiency: Advances, challenges, and opportunities in the Ethiopia context
By Daniel G., Eshete, Berhanu G., Sinshaw, Kassaye G. Legese. The objective of this paper is to review and put together issues related to advances,…