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American Water // Corporate Responsibility // Addressing Climate Variability
Water companies themselves experience the effects of a variable climate but also contribute to greenhouse gas emissions as large users of energy.
breakingenergy.com // Landmark Report from DOE Highlights New Challenges, Opportunities for the Energy-Water Nexus
A recent report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), The Water-Energy Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities, attempts to plan for this…
Nexus Tools // The Water Risk Filter by WWF
The Water Risk Filter - developed by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) in collaboration with German development bank Deutsche…
Abu Dhabi City Guide // Masdar Institute To Highlight Opportunities In Future Energy For Talented UAE Nationals At Najah 2014
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable…
Seminar Series // Water, energy and food security towards Expo 2015. The challenge of large-scale land acquisitions
The purpose of the seminar series is to discuss the identified issues by attracting contributions from leading international scientists active in…
Independent European Daily Express // We Must Think of Security in New Ways
Security is a multi-faceted domain that operates at the nexus of human development and sustainable management of water, energy and food resources.
The Economist // Odd one out
If rivers run dry or we pollute them, it's not just wildlife that suffers; water companies, farmers and power utilities are affected too. This is why…
Engineering News // PFS confirms viability of Monont'sa pumped storage power plant
A 12-month prefeasibility study (PFS) by consulting firm GIBB to investigate the viability of the Monont'sa pumped-storage power plant, in Lesotho,…
World Economic Forum // Blog // How can we adapt farming to climate change?
According to UN projections, the world's population could reach 9.15 billion by 2050, creating a 60% increase in demand for food.
IUCN // Blog // Tackling the Water-energy-food Nexus Without Reinventing the Wheel
Does a shift in global policy debates toward the 'water-energy-food security nexus' - that is, looking at competition over natural resources to…
MENAFN.com // Energy water food issues cannot be dealt separately: Experts
By 2030 there will be more than eight billion people in the world; by that time the consumption of energy water and food will also rise by 40 to 50…
News1130 // Changing rainfall common problem for entire globe, says UN-sponsored book
Siberian wildfires so intense they melted the permafrost beneath them. Flooding in Alberta that paralyzed a major city. Toxic algae blooms in Lake…
University at Buffalo News Center // Press Release // RENEW provides seed funding to four environment-oriented research projects
Four research projects have received funding under RENEW, the University at Buffalo's new interdisciplinary environmental research initiative.
Zawya // Press Release // Shell and Masdar host conference on global energy, water and food scarcity challenges
The critical, interrelated relationship between energy, water and food was highlighted today at the "Powering Progress Together" conference, jointly…
Sustainable Development Policy & Practise // EMG Reports on Green Economy Knowledge Products
The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) has published a 'Stocktaking Report on Green Economy Knowledge Products by UN Agencies and Partners.
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