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Biofuels // Some Insights in the Effect of Growing Bio-energy Demand on Global Food Security and Natural Resources
By Alexander Müller, Josef Schmidhuber, Jippe Hoogeveen and Pasquale Steduto. Growing crops for biofuels is often criticized because of its direct…
Pricing // Rising Energy Prices and the Economics of Water in Agriculture
By David Zilberman, Thomas Sproul, Deepak Rajagopal, Steven Sexton and Petra Hellegers. This article looks at how rising energy prices will alter…
China's Water-Energy Nexus
By Fredrich Kahrl and David Roland-Holst. As China continues to sustain high rates of economic growth, it is important to better understand patterns…
Biofuels and Implications for Agricultural Water Use // Blue Impacts of Green Energy
By Charlotte de Fraiture, Mark Giordano and Yongsong Liao. This paper explores the land and water implications of increased biofuel production…
Water-Food-Energy-Environment Synergies and Tradeoffs // Major Issues and Case Studies
By Peter G. McCornick, Seleshi B. Awulachew and Michael Abebe. Using both a brief global overview as well as a closer review of four case studies…
Irrigation versus Hydropower // Sectoral Conflicts in Southern Sri Lanka
By François Molle, Priyantha Jayakody, Ranjith Ariyaratne and H. S. Somatilake. Although hydropower does not directly consume water, its generation…
Pro-poor // Implications of India's Biofuel Policies for Food, Water and the Poor
By Deepak Rajagopal. Increasing consensus about the end of cheap oil, the consequences of global warming and the need for rural development are…
Interactions between Water, Energy, Food and Environment // Evolving Perspectives and Policy Issues
By Petra Hellegers, David Zilberman, Pasquale Steduto and Peter McCornick. This paper sets the background and context of a special issue of "Water…
Sustainable Development and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus // A Perspective on Livelihoods
By Eloise M. Biggs, Eleanor Bruce, Bryan Boruff, John M. A. Duncan, Julia Horsley, Natasha Pauli, Kellie McNeill, Andreas Neef, Floris van Ogtrop,…
Project // Globally and LOCally-sustainable food-water-energy innovation in Urban Living Labs (GLOCULL)
The GLOCULL project therefore aims to develop an Urban Living Lab approach for innovations in the FWE nexus that are locally and globally sustainable.
Video // What is the MAGIC Nexus Project?
Find out how the H2020 MAGIC Nexus Project is developing a critical appraisal of water-energy-food nexus narratives through quantitative storytelling.
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa // Scenarios for a Sustainable Future
By Edoardo Borgomeo, Anders Jagerskog, Amal Talbi, Wijnen, Marcus Talbi, Mohamad Hejazi, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm. Water, energy, and agriculture…
Advancing the Implementation of SDGs in Brazil // Integrating Water-Energy Nexus and Legal Principles for Better Governance
By Priscila Carvalho and Catalina Spataru. This study contributes to existing studies with a normative framework (sustainable development) from which…
UN ESCWA // Water-Energy Nexus Operational Toolkit: Resource Efficiency Module
ESCWA is implementing a UN Development Account (DA) Project on “Developing the Capacities of ESCWA Member Countries to Address the Water and Energy…
UN ESCWA // Water-Energy Nexus Operational Toolkit: Renewable Energy Module
This module was prepared as part of the United Nations Development Account project on developing the capacity of ESCWA Member Countries to address…
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