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Research Brief Collection // The Water-Energy-Land-Climate Nexus (Project Summary)
From Payment for Ecosystem services to Transboundary River Basin Organisations: The interdependencies in the use of resources and the safe provision…
Research Brief // Cooperative Agreements between the Water and the Agricultural Sector
By Carmen Richerzhagen and Waltina Scheumann. The agricultural and drinking water sectors are closely interconnected. By increasing production…
Research Brief // Payments for Ecosystem Services and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are an established instrument for addressing externality problems among…
Research Brief // Sewage Systems and Energy: Focus on Urban India
By Babette Never. Sewage treatment plants use vast amounts of energy; in many places, they account for the lion’s share of municipal energy…
Research Brief // Governing the Nexus between Water, Energy and Food: Instruments, Incentives and Mechanisms
By Ines Dombrowsky, Waltina Scheumann and Babette Never. Isolated sector policies competing with one another for resources do not offer any viable…
Research Brief // Regional Organisations Promote Nexus Governance for Hydropower Along International Rivers
By Ines Dombrowsky and Waltina Scheumann. Many African and Asian countries are currently investing in hydropower in order to contribute to a…
Research Brief // Coordinating Planning in the Agricultural and Water Sectors: Zambia
By Waltina Scheumann. Zambia’s agricultural sector has so far fallen short of its development potential. Just 10 percent or so of water and land…
Transboundary Basins // Reconciling Resource Uses in Transboundary Basins: Assessment of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in the Syr Darya River Basin
By UNECE. The Syr Darya Basin, shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, represents a classic example for exploring the…
Infographic Virtual Water // "Hidden water - How much water is in chocolate?"
You cannot see how much water is required to produce what we eat every day. More than 15,000 l of water are needed to produce 1 kg of beef, 2,000 l…
Modelling & Assessment // The development of the energy, water and food nexus systems model
By Tareq Al-Ansari. The objective of this thesis is to present the details and function of the EWF Nexus environmental assessment tool, and…
Session Input // “Managing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus” at the Regional Dialogue on Extractive Industry Governance and Infrastructure, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile
Key input by Francisco J. Meza, Director Centro de Cambio Global, Universidad Católica de Chile, audio recording and presentation.
Sewage // Urban sewage in Brazil: drivers of and obstacles to wastewater treatment and reuse; governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Series
By Katharina M.K. Stepping. The case study analyses the factors that drive or hinder wastewater collection and treatment in urban Brazil and…
Research // The water-energy-food nexus: Is the increasing attention warranted, from either a research or policy perspective?
By Dennis Wichelns. In recent years, the notion of a nexus involving water, energy, and food has been gaining attention in the scholarly literature…
Water-Energy Nexus // Saving Water and Energy Together: Helping Utilities Build Better Programs
By Rachel Young. The water-energy linkage means that efficiency programs that save water will also save energy and vice versa. If utilities recognize…
Research // Water Food Energy Nexus: Changing Scenarios in India during recent Decades
By Beas Barik, Subimal Ghosh, A. Saheer Sahana, Amey Pathak and Muddu Sekhar. Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated…
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