Nexus in Mountains // Understanding the Changing Water-Energy-Food Nexus Along an Altitude Gradient in Nepal
A student project at the University of Leeds is to collect and analyse Nexus data for Nepal to create a case study for the specific situation in…
Water, Land and Ecosystems // Water-energy-food weave a tangled web. Here’s how we can navigate it
By Jennie Barron. Ethiopia is currently building one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams on the Blue Nile River close to its Sudanese border.…
WASAG // The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
WASAG has been designed to bring together key players across the globe and across sectors to tackle the collective challenge of using water better in…
Thirsty Energy Case Study // Modeling the Water-Energy Nexus in China
By Diego Juan Rodriguez, Morgan Bazilian, Anna Delgado Martin and Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm. China is increasingly aware of the complex…
Water-Migration Nexus Side Event at UNFCC // Water Stress and Human Mobility: Freshwater Solutions for Resilience and Peacebuilding
The side event aims at contributing to and presenting the work of the Task Force on Displacement created at COP21 to develop recommendations for…
WEAP Tool // Release of Major New Version of SEI's Powerful "Water Evaluation And Planning" Software
Freshwater management challenges are increasingly common. Allocation of limited water resources between agricultural, municipal and environmental…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus // Climate Change Impacts in the MENA Region
By Lydia Anne Scherr. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is known for being one of the hottest places on Earth, and highly vulnerable to climate…
Conference Report // The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus
Results of the 4th IDSAsr International Seminar of the Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, 8-10 Feb 2013.
Water Resources Research // High‐Resolution Water Footprints of Production of the United States
By: Yufei Ao Megan Konar Mesfin M. Mekonnen Arjen Y. Hoekstra. This study broadly contributes to the understanding of water in the U.S. economy,…
Medium // Embracing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By: Cameron Brown. As we race toward the middle of the century, and the global population grows to around 9 billion, there will continue to be…
Science Trends // Large-Scale Farmland Investments And The Land-Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By: Giuseppina Siciliano. In response to energy policies and resource scarcity, many countries have become interested in finalizing farmland…
Raconteur // Life-and-death struggle for energy efficiency
By: Jim Mcclelland. In the tangled relationship with water resources and food production, energy efficiency is saving livelihoods and lives. If we…
Resource Accounting for Sustainability Assessment // The Nexus Between Energy, Food, Water and Land Use
By Mario Giampietro, Richard J. Aspinall, Jesus Ramos-Martin, Sandra G. F. Bukkens. The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural…
Interview // Quentin Grafton on Insights from the Global Food and Water Nexus
Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian…
The Food-Water-Energy Nexus // Using Gravity Drainage to Intensify Production Systems in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
By: Manoranjan Mondal and Sudhir Yadav. Sustained economic growth, the quality of life, and the social stability of a rapidly growing Bangladesh…