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Publication // The water footprint of food
By Professor Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Twente Water Centre, University of Twente, the Netherlands. This book chapter describes how the international trade…
Publication // Energy Use in Organic Food Systems
By Jodi Ziesemer. Based on existing research, this paper from the FAO considers the environmental efficiency of energy use in organic and non-organic…
Publication // The consumptive water footprint of electricity and heat: a global assessment
By Mesfin M. Mekonnen, P. W. Gerbens-Leenes and Arjen Y. Hoekstra. This study assesses the consumptive water footprint (WF) of electricity and heat…
Publication // Virtual water: its implications on agriculture and trade
By Chittaranjan Ray, David McInnes and Matthew Sanderson. This article considers questions of gaps in knowledge, why sustainability matters, and the…
Publication // Embedding the United Nations sustainable development goals into energy systems analysis: expanding the food–energy–water nexus
By Taco Niet, Nastaran Arianpoo, Kamaria Kuling & Andrew S. Wright. The paper shows that the nexus of climate, land, energy and water needs to be…
Publication // Water-food-energy nexus: A quick scan
By Stijn Reinhard, Jan Verhagen, Wouter Wolters and Ruerd Ruben. The objective of this quick scan is the answer to the following question: Is the…
Publication // A Bibliometric Analysis of Food–Energy–Water Nexus: Progress and Prospects
By Jing Zhu, Shenghong Kang, Wenwu Zhao, Qiujie Li, Xinyuan Xie and Xiangping Hu. This study uses co-citation analysis and aims to map the knowledge…
Publication // A revised draft People-first Public-Private Partnerships Evaluation Methodology for the Sustainable Development Goals
This document contains a draft People-first Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Evaluation Methodology for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Publication // Background Study on Funding and Financing of Transboundary Water Cooperation and Basin Development
In November 2020 the UNECE published a background study analyzing the key opportunities and challenges related to the financing of transboundary…
Master Thesis // Water, Energy, and Food Nexus in the Amu-Darya River Basin: Analysis of Water Demand and Supply Management Infrastructure Development at Transboundary Level
By Aminjon Abdulloev, Oregon State University. This paper proposes a Nexus sustainability assessment approach for the Amu-Darya River Basin. The…
Publication // COVID-19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania
By Oludare Sunday Durodola, Victo Nabunya, Margaret Sima Kironde, Chinedu Miracle Nevo, Joash Bwambale. This study aims to assess the impacts of…
Publication // Supporting stakeholders to anticipate and respond to risks in a Mekong River water-energy-food nexus
By Louise Gallagher, Birgit Kopainsky, Andrea M. Bassi, Andrea Betancourt, Chanmeta Buth, Puthearath Chan, Simon Costanzo, Sarah St. George Freeman,…
Publication // Implementing International Watercourses Law through the WEF Nexus and SDGs: an Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambezi River Basin
By Zeray Yihdego and Julie Gibson. The authors present how policy frameworks, like the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEF) and the global development…
Publication // Decision-making tools for sustainable planning and conceptual framework for the energy–water–food nexus
Enrique Rosales-Asensio, Álvaro de la Puente-Gil, Francisco-José García-Moya, Jorge Blanes-Peiró and Miguel de Simón-Martín present a proposed…
Publication // Ecosystem services in the Swedish water-energy-food-land-climate nexus: Anthropogenic pressures and physical interactions
By Lotte van den Heuvel, Malgorzata Blicharska, Sara Masia, Janez Sušnik and Claudia Teutschbein. In this study, literature and expert assessment are…
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