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Policy Brief // Policy Brief 4: Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
This is the fourth in a series of policy briefs on post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management; it draws upon findings from Water and…
Policy Brief // Cross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals: a nexus approach
This brief proposes ways to use the water-energy-food nexus framework to facilitate cross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals…
Policy Brief // thirsty energy: Will Water Constrain Our Energy Future?
The world's water and energy systems are inextricably linked. Significant amounts of water are needed in almost all energy generation processes, from…
Report // The Global Resource Nexus: The Struggles for Land, Energy, Food, Water, and Minerals
by Geoffrey Kemp, Corey Johnson, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Philip Andrews-Speed, Tim Boersma, Raimund Bleischwitz. Unless the transatlantic community takes…
Initiative // Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Water Association (IWA) offer a space for the linkages across water,…
Policy Paper // Biofuels - Opportunities and risks for developing countries
The Strategy Paper of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Policy Brief // Concretizing vagueness: new momentum for development through sustainable development goals?
One possible new impetus for development is the idea of so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which has emerged in the run-up to the Rio+20…
Policy Paper // The Green Economy - The New Magic Bullet?
In June 2012, heads of state will gather at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil to explore the theme "The Future We Want." The focus of the…
Policy Brief // The Oil Palm Sector: Community Grievances and Water Governance in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
This policy brief examines local impacts of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia, drawing on a participatory action research pilot study in one of the…
Strategic Analysis Paper // The Food, Energy and Water Nexus (FEW) and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
The complex interplay of food, energy, and water demand and supply poses numerous policy challenges, especially in the context of expanding…
Messages for Rio // New Drivers for Sustainable Urban Development - Key Messages on Green Urban Economy from Bonn to Rio
Three focal areas need to be addressed for a transition to a Green Urban Economy, which promotes environmental well-being and improved quality of…
Communiqué // Business Leaders to Heads of Governments attending Rio+20 Summit: "Make Water Sustainability A Priority!"
As you gather for crucial deliberations on the occasion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development ("Rio+20 "), we wish to urge you to…
Policy Brief // FAO Support to Decision-Making for Sustainable Bioenergy - Making Bioenergy Work for Climate, Energy and Food Security
The rapid development of bioenergy, and in particular liquid biofuels, has generated considerable debate regarding their sustainability, and in…
Policy Brief // The Case for Energy-Smart Food Systems
The food sector accounts for around 30 percent of the world's total energy consumption, with more than 70 percent occurring beyond the farm gate;…
Issue Paper // Energy-Smart Food for People and Climate
Lack of access to modern energy services in many parts of the world is a fundamental barrier to reducing hunger and ensuring that the world can…
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