SDGs
Publication // The Development of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Framework for Achieving Resource Security: A Review
By Gareth B. Simpson and Graham P. W. Jewitt. This paper presents a study of the evolution of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus since its rise to…
Policy Brief // Introducing Societal Metabolism Analysis via ‘MuSIASEM'
By Kerry A. Waylen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Keith B. Matthews, Mario Giampietro. This paper introduces the Societal Metabolism Analysis, which is at…
Policy Brief // Sharing societal metabolism insights with European Policymakers: Main messages for policy makers
Blackstock KL, Matthews KB, Waylen KA, Juarez-Bourke A, Miller DG, Wardell-Johnson D, Guimarães-Pereira A, Cadillo-Benalcazar J, Kovacic Z, Renner A,…
Policy Brief // Europe’s contribution to the SDGs via Sustainable Agriculture
Kerry A. Waylen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Keith B. Matthews, Alba Juarez-Bourke (The James Hutton Institute). This policy brief highlights how actions…
Nexus Workshop // Water, Energy and Food: EU Delegations trained to apply ‘Nexus Thinking’
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH organised in cooperation with the EU International Cooperation and Development…
Nexus Workshop // Outcomes of the Cairo Water Week 2019 Side Event: Promoting Urban Nexus in the MENA Region
This article summarizes the main outcomes and discussion points of the workshop "Promoting Urban Nexus in the MENA Region - A Side Event at Cairo…
Publication // Review of transdisciplinary Approaches to Food-Water-Energy Nexus: A Guide towards Sustainable Development
By Maryam Ghodsvali, Sukanya Krishnamurthy, Bauke de Vries. This paper provides a systematic literature review to debate the current concepts and…
WEFE Nexus Publication // European Commission Position Paper on the WEFE Nexus and the SDGs
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) and European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) have recently…
WEF Nexus and SDGs // Toward an Understanding of Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Water, Energy, and Food SDG Targets
By Marianela Fader, Colleen Cranmer, Richard Lawford and Jill Engel-Cox. This paper introduces the results of an assessment, which identified the…
Nexus Blog // Resource Nexus Approaches Can Inform Policy Choices
By Stacy D. VanDeveer, Raimund Bleischwitz and Catalina Spataru. The unabated growth of natural resource consumption raises risks that we will…
Nexus and SDGs // Resource Nexus Perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
By Raimund Bleischwitz, Catalina Spataru, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael Obersteiner, Ester van der Voet, Corey Johnson, Philip Andrews-Speed, Tim…
SDG's // Nexus Approaches to Global Sustainable Development
By Jianguo Liu et al. Many global challenges, though interconnected, have been addressed singly, at times reducing one problem while exacerbating…
Science Forum 2018 Plenary Session // Grappling with Complex Systems: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Experience
This document summarises the findings of two background papers that were commissioned to guide the discussions in the "Grappling With Complex…
Science Forum 2018 Background Paper // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Interactions and Agriculture Research for Development
By Dr. Mathew Kurian. The impact of Agriculture Research for Development (ARD) is key to justifying investments in technologies and management models…
Science Forum 2018 Background Paper // The Climate-Land-Energy and Water Nexus: Implications for Agricultural Research
By Vignesh Sridharan, Mark Howells, Eunice Pereira Ramos, Caroline Sundin, Youssef Almulla, Francesco Fuso-Nerini. This paper was commissioned by the…