Urban Nexus // How Can Cities Reduce Water-Energy Nexus Pressures?
By Robert C. Brears. Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s…
Policy Brief // Assessing Policy Coherence in Brazil, Colombia and Peru using a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach
By David Sabogal, Helen Bellfield and Simone Bauch. The Amazonia Security Agenda focuses not only on national security in a traditional sense, but…
COP22 Side Event // Informing NDC Implementation through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Framework: Lessons from Amazonia and South East Asia
There is a wide community of actors applying WEF Nexus frameworks (e.g. FAO, IUCN, CEPAL, OECD, SEI) in a range of countries and ecosystems, using…
Webinar // Water, Energy, Food Security in the Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities (Spanish)
In this webinar experiences will be shared in the implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus framework through an analysis of transverse and…
The Road to Resilience // Managing the Risks of the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
This report focuses understanding how the energy sector can better manage impacts on land and water whilst still aiming to balance the Energy…
Resilience // The Hidden Risk in the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
By Christoph Frei. As the infrastructure for energy supply and demand continues to develop around the world, it will be critical to strengthen its…
Research // National Science Foundation (NSF) invests $72 million in innovations at nexus of food, energy and water systems
To help secure the future of food, energy, and water systems while maintaining vital ecosystem services, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has…
Water and Climate Diplomacy // Integrative Approaches for Adaptive Action in Transboundary River Basins
By Sabine Blumstein, Benjamin Pohl and Dennis Tänzler. This report outlines key water governance instruments that support climate change adaptation…
Water-Climate Nexus // Calming the Waters: Why We Need to Better Integrate Climate and Water Policy
By Sabine Blumstein. According to a new report from adelphi, launching at the 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm, transboundary river basins need…
Nexus Job Vacancy // PhD Position in EU Research Project on Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) is offering one PhD position to work in a…
The Guardian // Africa's portable solar revolution is thwarting thieves
More secure supplies of electricity are helping to spawn new industries in rural Africa by enabling reliable refrigeration and irrigation
Virtualisation // Virtual water - the water, food, and trade nexus. Useful concept or misleading metaphor?
By J.A. (Tony) Allen. The purpose of this contribution is first, to respond to the request for clarification of the term virtual water by Stephen…
Water-Food Nexus // Increasing Water Productivity in Agriculture
By Katrien Descheemaeker, Stuart W. Bunting, Prem Bindraban, Catherine Muthuri, David Molden, Malcolm Beveridge, Martin van Brakel, Mario Herrero,…
Book // The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an Agenda for Action
Ed. by Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram. Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are…
World Water Week 2016 // A Nexus for the future
For the past five years, development sector professionals have been looking with increased interest at the way various issues facing the world…