Climate Change and the Nexus // Climate change vulnerability in the food, energy, and water nexus: concerns for agricultural production in Arizona and its urban export supply
By Andrew Berardy and Mikhail V. Chester. Interdependent systems providing water and energy services are necessary for agriculture. Climate change…
The Sydney Morning Herald // 'Barbaric': Adani's giant coal mine granted unlimited water licence for 60 years
By Peter Hannam. The proposed Adani coal mine, which will be Australia's biggest, has been granted unlimited access to groundwater by the Queensland…
The Guardian // Climate Change: There’s another story to tell about climate change. And it starts with water
By Judith D. Schwartz. In this time of reckless US action, it’s crucial to shift the narrative beyond despair over fossil fuels and look at water as…
Conference // Making the Planetary Boundaries Concept Work
International Conference on the Practical Implications for Society, Economy and Politics, organised by the German Federal Ministry for the…
Summer School // POWERSTEP Summer School on Energy Positive Wastewater Treatment
The POWERSTEP project, in collaboration with the TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), is organising a Summer School this July in Vienna,…
Summer School // dex Summer School on Energy Positive Wastewater Treatment
The contents of the course covers: Advanced scientific background, actual knowledge, experience and practical aspects for design and operation of…
Nexus Impact // Launch of Global Impact Cluster for Energy, Resources, Food and Water
A new Global Impact Cluster for Energy, Resources, Food and Water (GIC ERFW) aimed at accelerating innovation has been launched at the University of…
Water-Food-Trade Nexus // Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade
By Carole Dalin, Yoshihide Wada, Thomas Kastner and Michael J. Puma. Recent hydrological modelling and Earth observations have located and quantified…
Research Project // Promoting Urban Food, Energy and Water Resource Resilience via the Regional Food System
Urban areas are major consumers of food, energy, and water (FEW). While the water and energy generally originate within an immediate geographic…
Rivers Basins // Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in Large Asian River Basins
Ed. by Marko Keskinen, Shokhrukh Jalilov and Olli Varis. This book looks at the water-energy-food security nexus in the context of large Asian river…
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.…
Project // "Projekt NeXus of Water, Food and Energy" at TU Munich
Project target is to develop an English Master’s degree program in the NeXus field at the TU München. With contacts and through joint Bachelor- and…
Water-Energy Nexus // Infographic: How energy and water are intrinsically linked
By GE Look ahead. It takes water to produce energy. Renewable energy sources like solar or wind are the most water efficient ways to produce…
Video Lecture // The "perfect storm revisited": food, energy and water security in the context of climate change
Some five years ago Sir John Beddington, Senior Adviser at the Oxford Martin School, raised the concept of "The Perfect Storm" in which the issues of…
Presentation // Solar irrigation in the MENA region
By International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Presented by IWMI’s Alvar Closas at the IWMI/WLE led session on "Solar irrigation in the MENA…