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Research // NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants
The US National Science Foundation supports research into how to provide food, energy and water security for Earth's increasing population.
Tools // World’s first holistic tool to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions from urban water services launched
The Energy Performance and Carbon Emissions Assessment and Monitoring (ECAM) tool enables water utilities to measure and manage their greenhouse gas…
Job Vacancy // Water resource planning consultant for a multi-purpose dam in the Cochabamba Departamental Administration, Bolivia
The Nexus project in Bolivia aims at introducing a coordination mechanism of the three sectors of water, energy and food security in order to…
Green Economy // The WEF Nexus and Green Growth
By Robert C. Brears. In a green economy – an economy that values and enhances natural capital while simultaneously promoting economic growth and…
Call for Submissions // Nexus 2018: Water, Food, Energy and Climate
For the 2nd Chapel Hill Nexus Conference, taking place on 16-18 Apr 2018, researchers, policy makers and practitioners are invited to submit their…
Water-Food Nexus // Call for Papers: Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture under Global Change
For the forthcoming special issue of "Water", the editors Maria Blanco and Pilar Martínez invite scholars to submit papers on the critical question…
Water-Energy Nexus // Turkey tests first floating 260 kW solar power plant in Istanbul
Turkey got its first floating solar plant on August 4 when a solar array of 250 kW became operational on lake Buyukcekmece lake outside Istanbul as a…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Niger Basin // New section of NEXUS Platform now starting
The Niger River Basin covers an area of 2.13 million km2 and is home to over 130 million people in nine countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,…
tagesschau // 160,000 solar panels on the water (German)
In Huainan, China, a very special solar power plant has been put into operation. Where only a few farmers lived a few years ago, some 160,000 solar…
PhD Programme // Integrated Management of Water, Soil and Waste
UNU-FLORES and Technische Universität Dresden are now accepting applications from graduates in engineering, social sciences, and natural sciences for…
Vacancy // Research Assistant at UN University/UNU-FLORES, incl. Nexus Observatory project
The UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) is hiring a research assistant for its Capacity…
BBC // Food trade drains global water sources at 'alarming' rates
By Matt McGrath. The global market for foodstuffs is depleting water sources in many parts of the world quicker than they can naturally be refilled.…
Call for Papers // Special Issue on “Food-Energy-Water Nexus”
This special issue of "Resources, Conservation and Recycling" will provide an opportunity for knowledge exchange to advance our understanding of…
Nexus in Southern Africa // SADC countries attending the Sadc Water, Energy Ministers meeting in Swazi
Swaziland PM opens 36th Joint Meeting of SADC Ministers of Energy and Water, ahead of Resource Mobilisation and Energy Investment Forum, on 11 July…
BBC // Welsh Water invests £250m to produce green energy
Welsh Water is investing £250m to help produce its own energy needs and cut its £44m annual utility bill.
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