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News // Keynote seminar: Integrating water-energy-food-environment planning for climate adaptation and resilience
The speakers for this event were Julien Harou, Chair in Water Engineering, University of Manchester; Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment…
Synthesis Report // Solutions and investments in the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus: A synthesis of experiences in transboundary basins
By UNECE. The purpose of this publication is to support governments and other public and private actors in designing and implementing nexus solutions…
Nexus Blog // Des risques aux retours: Le Nexus à la Semaine mondiale de l'eau 2021
Comment le financement des projets intégrés des ressources naturelles peut-il être optimisé ? Et l'approche Nexus peut-elle faciliter l'accès aux…
Nexus Blog // De riesgos a beneficios: El nexo en la Semana Mundial del Agua 2021
¿Cómo se puede aprovechar la financiación para proyectos integrados de recursos naturales? ¿Y puede el enfoque del nexo del agua, energía y la…
Nexus Blog // From risks to returns: The WEF Nexus at World Water Week 2021
How can funding for integrated natural resources projects be leveraged? And can the WEF Nexus approach facilitate access to much-needed investment in…
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…
Report // Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes
By Dilys Roe, Beth Turner, Alexandre Chausson, Emma Hemmerle and Nathalie Seddon. This project report shows how interventions that protect, manage,…
Policy brief // Enhanced water security and energy access: Key investments for Sub Saharan Africa
By C. Ringler, A. M. Alqarawy, W. Brent, G. Collins, P. Orengoh, B. Scanlon, L. Yaseen. The Think20 task force on Sustainable Energy, Food, and…
News // South Africa aims to mobilise US$10mn from GCF to address climate change and land degradation
The process to develop a Concept Note for South Africa to mobilise US$10 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) kicked-off on June7, 2021, led by…
Report // Water-Energy Nexus of Water and Wastewater Service in Lebanon
The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) and Oxfam in Lebanon published a series of reports under the “Water…
Publication // Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Sustainable management and conservation of land, water and biodiversity
By F. Miralles-Wilhelm. This literature review from the FAO and the Nature Conservancy incorporates the application of NbS in agricultural landscapes…
Publication // Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Project design for securing investment
By E. Hallstein and T. Iseman. The FAO and the Nature Conservancy have published this paper to assess the environmental and business cases for…
White Paper // Impact Investing for Water - Innovative Finance for Scaling-up “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene” (WASH) Market-based Solutions
This white paper by Waterpreneurs aims at being a tool for: Impact investors who want to improve their understanding of the current state of the…
Nexus Blog // Reunión virtual de expertos sobre políticas del Nexo Agua-Alimentos-Energía-Ecosistemas y proyectos de relevancia transfronteriza en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC)
La Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para Europa (CEPE), la Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)…
Nexus Blog // Virtual meeting of experts on policies of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus and projects of transboundary relevance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the…