Past Events
The Gold Standard Foundation 2014 // "The Future of Results Based Finance: Measuring Environmental and Social Impacts Beyond Carbon", Zurich/Switzerland
The Gold Standard Foundation 2014 Conference is striving to shed light on the most critical developments in climate and development policy and finance. The water-energy-food…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Landscape Management Approaches to Integrate Water, Food, and Energy: Scaling up through the Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature Initiative
Convened by EcoAgriculture Partners. This side event will introduce participants to the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative (LPFN). This global Initiative, led…
Workshop // Workshop on the proposed projects on the effects of climate, land use and urbanization on water resources - Maputo, Mozambique
The city of Beira is considered to be heavily hit by climate change. In fact the worst hit city in Africa, therefore it was picked for a project on the effects of climate,…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire
Convened by The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. This side event at the Nexus Conference at Chapel Hill will present the recently launched five-year project…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Tool: Strengthening the Interface between Science and Policy Communities
Convened by Texas A&M University and Qatar National Food Security Program. With global population growing over 7 billion, accompanied by escalating economic crises,…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // Land and Soil at the Nexus: The need for targets embedded in the SDGs
Convened by UNCCD and IASS. Soil and land degradation poses a great challenge for sustainable development. The world is losing approximately 24 billion tons of fertile top…
Conference // "Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference", Chapel Hill/USA
The conference is hosted by the Water Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and collaborators and will take place from 3 until 7 March 2014. The…
Side Event at the Nexus Conference // The Role of Ecosystems in Optimizing Water, Energy and Food Infrastructure
Convened by IUCN, IWA and UNEP. The ecosystem services provided by natural infrastructure underpin water, energy and food security. The services provided by forests, wetlands…
Workshop // Workshop on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus Assessment in the Sava River Basin
This workshop, financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Environment and Security Initiative, focusses on cross sectoral challenges on…
Symposium // "Water-Plant-Energy-Food Nexus in Two Arid Tropical Regions: Australian and Omani Experience", Oman
Organised by the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University and the University of Sydney.
International Conference // Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
The conference is going to examine the thoughts and actions related to a nexus approach
Commitment // "No Impact Week" at ADB 2014
ADB is holding its 2nd No Impact Week from 22 February to 2 March to encourage personnel to transform their work and personal lifestyles to lessen their impact on the planet…
Toolkit Launch // "Water, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Development: Lessons for Practitioners", Washington DC
Launch of USAID's Water and Conflict Toolkit for Programming, a document designed to help development practitioners gain a deeper understanding of the forces driving violence…
Debate // "Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda", New York/USA
This thematic debate is part of a series of three high-level events and three thematic debates convened by the President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The events are…
"Addressing the Food, Water, and Energy Nexus"
A high-level group of policymakers, scholars, business and civil society representatives, and other key stakeholders has been convened by the Council's Africa Center, Energy…