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ERD Blog // Where next for the WEL nexus? Some clues from efforts to integrate in water
Water, energy and land are headline issues in the run-up to Rio+20. The 2012 European Report on Development (ERD), which has its UK launch at DFID on…
IPS news // Will Water Dry Up at Summit on Sustainable Development?
he headline in a New York newspaper last March captured the essence of a future potential threat to political stability the world over: "U.S. Report…
Sustainability@Newcastle Blog // Water-Energy-Food nexus — what is it and how might it be approached at Rio+20?
The Water-energy-food nexus (or other permutations) is increasingly finding itself in the public discourse surrounding development and…
Ashden Blog // Kandeh Yumkella: four reasons why the world needs to act fast on climate change
Since he was tapped by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to co-lead his global energy access initiative, UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella, has…
Europe's World // Europe needs policies to decouple economic growth from water and energy consumption
What are the EU's policy options? In my view, it's a matter of getting the balance right between a range of long-term, location-specific policies…
Federal Foreign Office // Improving conflict management where resources are at stake
Important resources such as water, land, energy and minerals are becoming ever scarcer. This is due to population growth and rapid economic…
Aspen Ideas Festival (AIF) // Shell brings the NEXUS to the ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL (AIF)
"There is a growing awareness of the Energy-Water-Food Nexus, but the tendency is to consider each issue in isolation. A holistic approach to…
In Preparation of Rio+20 // Rio+20 Dialogues: "Vote for the Future You Want"
The Rio Dialogues have set up a website to vote which challenges are most urgent and which solution approaches are most promising.
IANS India // Bengal nod to extract groundwater divides experts
West Bengal has allowed more farmers to use electric pumps to draw groundwater to expand its paddy output. Six months later, like many other things…
Water for Food // Water for Food Conference Ends with Calls to "Think Big"
Humanity is in a "race against time" to produce enough food to feed itself, hampered by a false sense of comfort that set in over the last few…
SPIEGEL online // Tödlicher Fortschritt am Turkana-See
Hunderttausenden Menschen droht eine ökologische Katastrophe: Ein gigantischer äthiopischer Staudamm könnte dazu führen, dass der Turkana-See in…
Mother Jones // Switching to a Green Economy Could Mean Millions of Jobs
Tens of millions of new jobs can be created around the world in the next two decades if green policies are put in place to switch the high-carbon…
SPIEGEL online // Wassermangel könnte Stromproduktion gefährden
Der Klimawandel bedroht die Stromerzeugung in den USA und Europa, weil in heißen Sommern das Kühlwasser knapp wird. Ohne ausreichende Kühlung sind…
Side Event at the Africa Water Week // Bringing the Water-Food-Energy Security Nexus to Africa
"The nexus is an important process which has been started at the Bonn conference and needs to be continued by committed people at all levels in order…
alfi Talks // Video Interview // Energy efficiency and water sectors outperform global equity markets
The Association of the Luxembourg Funds Industry talks to David Harris, Director for Responsible Investment at the FTSE Group, London about…
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