Private Sector // Principles for the Integration of the Nexus within Business
By Felix Dodds and Cole Simons. In the context of this article, the Nexus refers to four areas: water, food, energy and the impacts of climate…
Research // Sustainable Development Goals and Policy Integration in the Nexus
By David Le Blanc. This article tries to shed light on the question of whether the SDGs can provide a conducive framework for policy integration in…
Urban Nexus // Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Increasing the Productivity of Cities and Urbanized Nations
By Kathrine Brekke and Jeb Brugmann. In 2014, GIZ and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability published a report, Operationalizing the Urban…
Research // The Water, Energy And Food Nexus and Ecosystems: The Political Economy of Food and Non-food Supply Chains
By Tony Allan and Nathanial Matthews. In this article, the authors argue that the Nexus concept must incorporate a strong ecosystem stewardship…
Expertism // The Confederacy of Experts: The Crushing Nexus of Silos, Systems, Arrogance and Irrational Certainty
By Gary Lawrence. The problems of our time, belief in the value of specialization over generalization and the history of educational praxis inspire…
Resilience // The Nexus in Small Island Developing States
By Liz Thompson. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the benefi t and possible approaches of a strategic formulation and implementation of…
Analysis // From Bonn 2011 Nexus to Chapel Hill via Rio+20
By Albert Butare. In this foreword to a collection of nexus articles, edited by Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram, the author summarises the development…
WEF Nexus and Climate // World Bank Steps Up Climate Funding in Arab World
The World Bank Group announced today a new plan to ramp up support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to confront the…
Business Insider // These solar panels can literally pull clean drinking water out of thin air
Our atmosphere contains approximately 3,100 cubic miles of water — enough to cover the entire planet in one inch of water. That water surrounds us in…
MENA // The Middle East Water-Energy Food Nexus
Roundtable discussion organised by the Hollings Center for International Dialogue
COP22 Side Event// GIZ Sustainable together: the Water Energy Food Nexus
The side event will try to disseminate GIZ experience and learn from particularly interesting projects and initiatives also outside of GIZ. The…
Project // BRIDGE: Building Resilience In a Dynamic Global Economy - Complexity across Scales in Brazil
The BRIDGE project is a UK-BRAZIL collaboration funded by the Newton Funds, comprising of the ESRC and FAPESC. It supports researchers in the…
Project // SIM4NEXUS
SIM4NEXUS envisions the Nexus concept as an integral part of the transition towards a resource-efficient and low-carbon economy. In order to boost…
Networking // Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Urban Areas
With Ewa Bloch, Urban Living Programme Lead at Innovate UK. The evening will be dedicated to discussing Innovate’s urban living sector priorities and…
COP22 Side Event// Energy Access and Climate Change through Food-Water-Energy Nexus
The side event will emphasize putting ideas into action – moving forward on policy and practice to address the interconnected systems…