Nexus News // Archive 2013
IWRM Forum // Call for Communications for the 3rd Edition of the International Forum on Integrated Water Management
Taking place 7-9 May 2014 in Quebec, Canada, the third edition of the International Forum wants to contribute to a better management of transboundary waters resources whether they are surface waters or groundwaters. The Nexus is one of the Forum's themes.
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Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions // All Hands to the Pump
Nexus Lessons and Solutions from BogotÃ
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Nexus Conference 2014 // Call for NEXUS Abstracts
The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended to November 1, 2013.
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Call for Papers // Critical Thinking on the "New Security Convergence" in Energy, Food, Climate and Water: Is the Nexus Secure... and for Whom?
Water Alternatives, an interdisciplinary journal on water, politics and development, will publish a special issue on Critical Thinking On the 'New Security Convergence' in Energy, Food, Climate and Water.
// morePostharvest Loss and the Power of 3
As of late this summer, the ADM Institute is a partner of an innovative initiative called "The Power of 3: Food, Water, and Energy", with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and others. This partnership unites the strengths of industry and academia behind a science-based effort to develop cross-cutting solutions for global food security.
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As of late this summer, the ADM Institute is a partner of an innovative initiative called "The Power of 3: Food, Water, and Energy", with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and others.
// morePostharvest Loss and the Power of 3
As of late this summer, the ADM Institute is a partner of an innovative initiative called "The Power of 3: Food, Water, and Energy", with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and others.
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Student Competition // Shell Ideas360: "Even the Simplest of Ideas has the Power to Transform Lives"
Shell Ideas360 is a global competition organised by Shell International Limited for students to develop game-changing ideas for tackling Energy, Water and Food issues.
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NEXUS Interview // Nexus in Transboundary Basins - a UNECE Initiative
"Among the factors that constrain the States in addressing the nexus in a transboundary setting are missing agreements or institutions, composition or limited mandate of existing institutions, decision-making processes and weak enforcement capacity." An interview with Nick Bonvoisin, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
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Moving forward with the nexus approach
By Bernhard Zymla. The nexus approach aims to improve the use of water, energy and food resources by coordinating sectoral strategies and improving governance processes. Since the Bonn conference, hosted by the German government in 2011, GIZ on behalf of the BMZ has supported several initiatives to integrate a nexus perspective in its water, energy and agriculture programs. Two new initiatives which work at the intersection of energy, water and agriculture are profiled below.
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