Studies // Embedded Energy in Water Studies Study 1: Statewide and Regional Water-Energy Relationship
On December 20, 2007, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized water-energy pilot projects and three studies designed to (a)…
Video // The Stress Nexus: Tackling the Growing Demand for Energy, Food & Water
The next fifty years will offer both challenge and opportunity. This video shows why this is true and presents innovative approches for tackeling the…
China Water Risk // Blog // Urban Water-Energy Strategies
Urban WEN strategies are crucial as coal-power generation is shifting westwards to water scarce regions. There are a variety of price & non-price…
World Water Week 2014 // 2014 is the Year of the Energy-Water Nexus
2014 is shaping up to be the year of the energy-water nexus. First, the United Nation's World Water Day centered on this topic. Then, the U.S.…
// News Release // REEEP: Business Often Taking Lead on Water-Energy-Food Sustainability, Report Finds; but Governments Must Catch Up or Risk Leaving Some Behind
A new report released by REEEP — the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership — shows how businesses can take the lead in creating…
// Blog // Poverty and the water-energy nexus
We all know that water is the lifeblood of our earth, but without massive inputs of energy to distribute it, clean it, and store it, modern…
Farming First // Blog // Reshaping the Water-Food-Energy Conundrum to Address Urban Agriculture
Ahead of World Water Week, which begins this Sunday, we invited Colleen L. Boodleman, an AgWater Science consultant with the San Francisco Urban…
Zawya // FAO sees Qatar's Sahara Forest Project as an example for others
The Sahara Forest Project (SFP) pilot facility in Qatar has been cited by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations as an…
Job // Texas A&M University hires on Economics of Energy, Water and Food Systems
Texas A&M University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences hires an Assistant Professor for the Economics of Energy, Water and Food Systems.…
Book // Profit from Storage
The Costs and Benefits of Water Buffering. A book by 3R initiative
Paper // The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Mekong Basin
German development cooperation provides nexus solutions. A paper by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) published in…
The Guardian // "Water efficiency should be our goal", says head of World Water Week
Torgny Holmgren explains why the 2014 theme is energy and water and what impact he hopes this year's conference will have
Working Paper // Walking the Nexus Talk: A ssessing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
in the Context of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. This is FAO's Environment and Natural Resources Working Paper 58.
EDF Blog // Blog // New Graphics from DOE Illustrate the Energy-Water-Land Nexus
The primary graphic used to illustrate the connection between these three resources is the Sankey diagram. At first glance, it may make your head…
The Guardian // Blog // Food, energy and water: the politics of the nexus
Debates about the food-energy-water nexus need to recognise that global priorities may not reflect local concerns, and resource allocations are…