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Biofuel // Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction: trade-offs and synergies along the water-energy-food security nexus
By Alisher Mirzabaev, Dawit Guta, Jann Goedecke, Varun Gaur, Jan Börner, Detlef Virchow, Manfred Denich and Joachim von Braun. This article provides…
Private Sector // Nalco Water: Optimizing Water Use for More Efficient Power Production
By Sergio Sanchez. As demand for energy increases and fresh water becomes increasingly scarce, it is necessary for power companies to rethink water…
Private Sector // The Dow Chemical Company: The Water Imperative: Securing Sustainable Growth in a Water-Stressed World
By Snehal Desai. The efficient use of water by industry is a critical step to get the most out of every drop. Processing 15 million gallons of water…
Private Sector // From Scarcity to Abundance: Business Solutions for a Water Constrained World
By US Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The collection showcases innovative approaches to help solve the global water challenge. Companies are…
Research // Environmental sustainability issues in the food–energy–water nexus: Breakfast cereals and snack
By Harish Kumar Jeswani, Richard Burkinshaw and Adisa Azapagic. Understanding environmental impacts of complete food supply chains is important for…
EcoMENA // Water-Energy Nexus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
By Mohammed Abdallah. The United Arab Emirates has been witnessing fast-paced economic growth as well as rapid increase in population during the last…
Transboundary Rivers // The Ganges River Basin: Status and Challenges in Water, Environment and Livelihoods
Ed. by Luna Bharati, Bharat R. Sharma and Vladimir Smakhtin. The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The…
Irrigation // The impact of water users’ associations on the productivity of irrigated agriculture in Pakistani Punjab
By Dawit K. Mekonnen, Hira Channa and Claudia Ringler. This paper finds productivity-enhancing effects of watercourse-level water users’ associations…
River Basins // Application of a water–energy–food nexus framework for the Duero river basin in Spain
By Beatriz Mayor, Elena López-Gunn, Fermín I. Villarroya and Esperanza Montero. This paper proposes a framework for the identification, assessment…
Book // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa
By Martin Keulertz and Eckart Woertz. This book discusses key issues concerning water, energy and food in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
Book // The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region
Ed. by Kamel M. Amer, Zafar Adeel, Benno Böer and Walid Saleh. This book investigates the need for a more open and interdisciplinary dialogue on the…
Research // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Trade-offs, Thresholds and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Development
By Mathew Kurian. This paper reviews the results of recent research to offer tentative answers to the following questions: (a) Why is the governance…
Drylands // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Arid Regions: The Politics of Problemsheds
By Martin Keulertz, Jeannie Sowers, Eckart Woertz and Rabi Mohtar. This article analyses institutional “problemsheds” that shape the implementation…
Report // Nexus2020: The most important research questions for business sustainability
Partnerships between businesses and researchers are fundamental to generating tangible steps towards sustainability, reveals the Nexus2020: The most…
Planning // Water-energy-food (WEF) Nexus Tool 2.0: guiding integrative resource planning and decision-making
By Bassel T. Daher and Rabi H. Mohtar. The paper introduces a framework and set of methodologies that define the linkages between the interconnected…
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