IBPSA-USA Event & Webinar // The Water-Energy Nexus and Carbon-Emission Based Building Systems Design
This event is the October webinar of the International Building Performance Simulation Association USA. It will focus on the water-energy Nexus and…
Urban Nexus // Innovative Municipal Solid Waste Management Training on Maximum Yield Technology (MYT)
By Ruth Erlbeck, Ralph Trosse and Rashane Sala Ngarm (The Urban Nexus Project). When it comes to solid waste treatment, most cities in Asia face…
Getting Credit for Solar // Partnering up to launch finance for smallholder irrigation
By Samwel Tobiko of Juhudi Kilimo, and Genia Sokolova. In Kenya, 80 percent of the population derive their livelihoods from agriculture, yet the…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Towards the Circularization of Hydroelectricity using the Existing Hydraulic Infrastructure
Synergistic approaches to respond to both food and energy needs and an integrated management of water are essential to respond to the WEF Nexus, in…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Bridging Conservation and Development through Stakeholder Inclusive Transboundary Water Governance
Bridging Conservation and Development through Stakeholder Inclusive Transboundary Water Governance: How do the imperatives of water-related ecosystem…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Donors’ Water Strategies under the 2030 Agenda
The rising importance of water in the development agenda is proven by a dedicated SDG on water as well as by the fact that water is integrated into…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Asia Focus - Tackling the Water-Energy-Ecosystems-Food Nexus
This session examined all four aspects of the Nexus and attempted to uncover the complex nature of the Water, Energy, Ecosystems, Food Nexus. Each…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Creating Peace through the Water-Energy-Food and Security Nexus Perspective
In many regions, dwindling water and land resources endanger the livelihoods of the population. Often, poor land and water governance and management…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // Understanding the Forest-Water Nexus: Redefining the Narrative?
This event discussed the prevailing narratives surrounding forests and water: the myths, the complex truths and the implications our understanding…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes // MENA Focus: Benefits for Ecosystems and Wetlands Through the Nexus
In the Mediterranean, wetlands are among its richest ecosystems, providing exceptional value and services including water purification, flood…
Water Convention // Methodology for Assessing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in Transboundary Basins and Experiences from its Application: Synthesis
This Synthesis publication covers lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on…
Water Convention // A Nexus Approach to Transboundary Cooperation: The Experience of the Water Convention
This brochure summarizes lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on protecting…
Water Convention // Synthesis Document on Assesssing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in Transboundary Basins
This synthesis report by the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) has…
SWWW 2018 Outcomes// Pollution-driven Water Scarcity for Ecosystems and Human Uses Worldwide
To meet the SDGs, we need to understand regional hotspots of water scarcity, both in terms of water quantity and quality. This session focused on the…
Poster // The Water Security Nexus
The poster gives an overview of the water nexus relations. In addition to the "traditional" resource fields, it also includes the water-industry…