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Policy Brief // The need for water as energy storage for better integration of renewables
Water as energy storage, when managed in a holistic way, has to take other uses of water and of water infrastructure into consideration.
Issue Brief // Effects of Environmental Degradation on the Food, Energy and Water Nexus in Pakistan
Pakistan faces many challenges in its quest towards development and economic growth.
Project // Enhancing institutional arrangements for integrated water, energy and food security in Kenya
In Kenya, land and water are increasingly becoming scarce as industries grow.
Policy Brief // Applying the nexus - meeting Ethiopia's development goals by addressing links between water, energy and food
This policy brief reports on one of the first times that a nexus approach has been applied on the ground.
Case Study // eThekwini, South Africa. NEXUS opportunities at the Mariannhill Landfill Conservancy Plant
The Mariannhill Landfill Conservancy represents a unique case of successfully integrated synergies between seemingly incompatible and pressing…
Case Study // Tianjin, Eco-City, China. A bilateral institutional NEXUS for cutting-edge sustainable metropolitan development
The Eco-City aims not only to offer the highest social, economic and environmental quality of life to its residents, but also to serve as a hub for…
Case Study // Lille Metropole, France. Waste to fuel: biogas powered buses in Lille Metropole
A pioneer in sustainable development and renewable energies, the City has achieved seemingly unrelated policy objectives through the adoption of an…
Case Study // Medellin, Colombia. The Integral Urban Development Project: fighting crime with urban interventions
The Integral Urban Project identified strategic areas of the non-consolidated communes of the city and transformed them through an "urban…
Case Study // Nashik, India. Demonstrating the Urban NEXUS approach to optimize water, energy and land resources in peri-urban agriculture
The pilot projects focused on the management and optimized utilization of energy and groundwater to limit the impacts of constrained resources on…
Case Study // Hannover, Germany. Kronsberg District: scaling up integrated planning with KUKA
Today, the District of Kronsberg provides a unique example of how scaling up technologies and behavioral changes through consequent integrated…
Case Study // Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Demonstrating the Urban NEXUS approach to link water, energy and food resources in schools
The Urban NEXUS pilot project harnessed opportunities to link water and sanitation, energy, food and waste, solutions which would have otherwise been…
Case Study // Vancouver, Canada. Targeting NEXUS food security: Vancouver's Regional Food System Strategy
The Vancouver Regional Food System Strategy seeks to address the challenges of contemporary global food systems, through a multi-pronged strategy.
White Paper // Water Management in the Food and Drink Industry
This paper by IChemE includes case studies that highlight examples where the chemical engineering approach has been applied to improve water…
WWF Report // Living Planet Report 2014
Natural capital is a key concept of the Living Planet Report. While it may be an economic metaphor, it encapsulates the idea that our economic…
Communiqué // GWI EA National Stakeholders' Meeting Communiqué
In August 2014, CARE International in Uganda and the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), under the Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA),…
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