Ecosystems
Meeting // Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus Task Force under the Water Convention
The sixth meeting Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus will take place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 22nd and 23rd of…
Session at RGS 2018 // Operationalising an Ecosystem Approach for NEXUS Governance: The Case of Natural Resources Wales
The water-energy-food-environment nexus presents a significant governance challenge; representing a Gordian knot of entangled challenges, scales,…
Session at RGS 2018 // Who is Responsible for Integration? Responsibility in WEEF Nexus Governance
Integration is a both a goal and a challenge for nexus governance. Recent research on the implementation of policy instruments governing land use in…
Session at RGS 2018 // Landscaping Ecosystem Services – A Landscape-Nexus Approach: Meaning, Narrative and Integration
This talk will present work that builds on and extends recent research arguing that landscape, both conceptually and functionally, acts as a…
SWWW 2018 Event // MENA Focus - Benefits for Ecosystems and Wetlands through the Nexus
In the Mediterranean, wetlands are among its richest ecosystems, providing exceptional value and services including water purification, flood…
SWWW 2018 Panel // Using Information Tools on Multifunctional Nature-based Solutions to Achieve SDGs
The implementation of the water- and interrelated SDGs calls for joint action by various stakeholder groups empowered by the provision of data,…
Water-Food Nexus // Course on "Wetlands, integrated water resources management and food security"
Wetlands play an essential role in supporting food security, in making water resources management sustainable and in adapting to climate change…
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…
Nexus Blog // Outcomes of the Nexus Virtual Forum Nº7 “Integration of Biodiversity in the Nexus approach: Nature Based Solutions and the fragmentation of rivers for dams"
The objective of this virtual forum focused on the presentation of the results of two studies in which biodiversity was the center of the Nexus…
Research Article // Optimization of Water-Energy-Food Nexus considering CO2 emissions from cropland: A case study in northwest Iran
By Marzieh Hasanzadeh Saray and colleagues. This study developed mitigation strategies for optimal cropping patterns and illustrates the interactions…
Autumn School // IDEA League Water, Energy, Food and Environment Nexus
In October and November 2021, the WEFE Nexus School brings together students and faculty of European and African universities for a unique learning…
Publication // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Sustainability in the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) Basin
By Allam, M. M., & Eltahir, E. A. (2019). This paper presents a framework for optimal allocation of land and water resources in the upper Blue Nile…
Book // Water Interactions – A Systemic View: Why we Need to Comprehend the Water-Climate-Energy-Food-Economics-Lifestyle Connections
By Gustaf Olsson. During the last two decades, the interrelationship between water and energy, and the couplings to food and agriculture have become…
Call for Offers // Preparation of an Assessment on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in Lebanon
Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP – Med), legally and lawfully represented by the non-profit society MEDITERRANEAN INFORMATION OFFICE FOR…
Research Article // A system dynamics model to simulate the water-energy-food nexus of resource-based regions: A case study in Daqing City, China
By Chuanlei Wen and colleagues. In this study, a feedback model for the WEF Nexus of Resource-based regions (RBRs) was developed using a System…