Past Events
Nexus Seminar // Tackling Key Challenges to Global Water Sustainability at the Center for Advanced Water Research
The Center for Advanced Water Research (CAWR) brings together the water competences of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ and the Technische Universität…
Keynote at FICWTM 2017 // "New Frontiers in Water-Energy Nexus"
Prof. Gustaf Olsson, Lund University, will give a nexus keynote at the Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment, organised with support of the IWA.
Session at DNC 2017 // Monitoring and assessment of resource use in multi-functional land-use systems
Multifunctional land-use systems overcome the strict separation between specialised land-use types such as crop cultivation, livestock grazing and area designated for nature…
Session at DNC 2017 // Building-up monitoring and reporting on SDGs based on sub-national and national efforts
As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourages member states to “conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at…
Session at DNC 2017 // A systematic approach to map SDG interactions for practical decision-making
The session will discuss new results of projects and activities (lead by ICSU, German Committee Future Earth, SDSN and Future Earth) developed together with the scientific…
Session at DNC 2017 // Tools, data and Instruments for Management of Environmental Resources
As the Nexus Approach presents itself as an alternative to better manage resources, its realisation requires a holistic understanding of the interlinkage of all related…
Seminar // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Balancing our (in)securities
Annual seminar by CIWEM. Water, energy and food are inextricably linked. Water is an input for producing agricultural goods in the fields and along the entire agro-food…
Session at DNC 2017 // Resource Recovery and Reuse in Multifunctional Land-Use Systems
This session is focused on multifunctional land-use systems in dry areas of the world where freshwater scarcity, water quality deterioration, and land degradation may…
Session at DNC 2017 // New and refined approaches supporting the implementation of a Nexus Approach
The need for and the (potential) benefits of implementing integrated resources management seems rather straightforward from a scientific perspective, but implementation…
Session at DNC 2017 // Roles of Multifunctional Reservoirs in the SDG Agenda
Addressing water scarcity through the lens of climate change brings up the need for more water storage. Water reservoirs are celebrated as a clean and renewable source of…
Session at DNC 2017 // Knowledge management and transfer for adoption of a nexus approach and achieving SDGs
The complexity of the nexus and of the full range of SDGs poses challenges for science and implementation. A critical step is the effective knowledge transfer to/between…
Session at DNC 2017 // Wastewater Reuse in Nexus Perspective: Environmental, Economic, and Societal Opportunities
The seminar will explore the opportunities of using wastewater within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops. In this approach the…
Session at DNC 2017 // Water and Soil Related Ecosystem Services provided by Forests And Agroforestry Systems
Growing demands to feed more than 7 billion people and provide energy, water, wood and other services, under the threat of climate change, are among the greatest challenges…
Dresden Nexus Conference // SDGs and Nexus Approach - Monitoring and Implementation
The Dresden Nexus Conference is a platform developed to advance the sustainable development agenda by bringing actors together who apply a Nexus Approach to resource…
Side Event DNC 2017 // Nexus Observatory meets Nexus Resource Platform
The launch event is a side event of the Dresden Nexus Conference 2017, 17 until 19 May 2017.