Circular economy
Nexus Blog // UNECE launches methodology to evaluate the sustainability of infrastructure projects and guidelines on Waste-to-Energy projects for the circular economy
As countries all over the world aim at ‘building back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic, the recently-launched UNECE People-first PPP Evaluation…
Research Article // Infrastructure Shaming and Consequences for Management of Urban WEF Security Nexus in China and India
By Daphne Gondhalekar and Jörg E. Drewes. This study demonstrates that even when water stress and awareness are high as in Shaxi and Leh, it is not a…
Research Article // An Overview of Agro-Waste Management in Light of the Water-Energy-Waste Nexus
By Hassan El-Ramady and colleagues. This review focuses on agro-wastes and their management as sources for bioactive compounds, biofertilizers,…
Open Call for Artists // ClimArtLab Evolving Futures: Owning our Mess
The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg and the think tank artEC/Oindustry are embarking in an…
Call for Abstracts // Circular Economy: Addressing the novel concept of water-food-energy Nexus for the sustainable future
FrontiersIn is accepting abstracts for the research topic 'Circular Economy: Addressing the novel concept of water-food-energy Nexus for the…
Research Article // Combining the Water–Energy–Food and Food Waste–Food Loss–Food Security Nexuses to Reduce Resource Waste
By Eulalia Skawińska and Romuald I. Zalewski. One-third of the total food produced globally results in food loss and waste (FL and FW), which also…
Research Article // Quantifying the water-energy-food Nexus in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao regions
By Pan Zhan and colleagues. This study quantified the WEF Nexus in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao by constructing an environmentally extended…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Southern Africa // Regional SADC workshop: water, energy and food security
With the objective of fostering Water-Energy-Food security, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Oceanic States workshop was conducted…
Blog // Stakeholders explore opportunities to finance Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus projects in the Western Balkans
What are the necessary conditions that will pave the way for the implementation of impactful Nexus solutions and investments in the Drin and…
Publication // Circular economy approach to reduce water–energy–food nexus
By Adriana Del Borghi, Luca Moreschi, Michela Gallo. The purpose of the review was to discuss the circular economy approaches devoted to understand…
Research Article // Farm-scale water-energy-food-waste nexus analysis for a closed-loop dairy system
By Jordan D. Muell and colleagues. Largely due to manure management, intensive livestock production is known to negatively impact air, water, and…
Nexus Blog // Connecting Food Waste and Sanitation Services can help African Farmers
By Federico Davila, Alice Mutiti Mweetwa, Dana Cordell, Frank Mnthambala, Gudina Terefe Tucho, Ruben Sakrabani. African agriculture is fundamental…
Research Article // Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Life Cycle Thinking: A New Approach to Environmental and Nutritional Assessment of Potato Chips
By Fernández-Ríos Ana and colleagues. This study addresses the water–energy–food Nexus issues by analyzing the environmental impacts and nutritional…
Nexus Dialogue in the Niger Basin // EU-Niger Business Forum 2023
The first edition of the EU-Niger Business Forum was held on February 7 and 8, 2023 in Niamey, with the aim of stimulating the economic expansion of…