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Oman Daily Observer // Symposium // SQU, Sydney varsity tie-up explored
A one-day symposium by the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences (CAMS) at the Sultan Quaboos University (SQU) and the University of Sydney,…
Nexus at the Africa Utility Week // "A Nexus debate specifically about Africa and for Africa"
"We should galvanize the interest the nexus debate is generating by operationalizing commitments into concrete programmes by building strategic…
The Pakistan Observer // Opinion // Water, water, everywhere: To green our deserts
In this opinion piece, Hazel Henderson recommends to focus on those resources that are abundant as salt water to address the water-energy-food…
The Christian Science Monitor // Interview // IEA chief: Only a decade left in US shale oil boom
In this interview, Maria van der Hoeven of IEA points out that the US's shale gas solution can't be "copy-and-pasted" to other countries and why she…
Nexus Conference // "Nexus Conference" Daily Wrap-ups
Summary of the sessions at the "Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference", 5-8 Mar 2014, Chapel Hill/USA, provided by Campus…
The Gulf Intelligence // Opinion // Resolving Water, Food, Energy Nexus for up to 10 Billion People to Define 21st Century
Wim Thomas of Shell points out that if energy crisis was the defining feature of the 1970ies, then the water-energy-food stress nexus is the defining…
Campus Blue Print // Conference Report // Nexus Conference Day 1, Part 1:Tools for the Nexus Generation
Policy makers can only make well-informed decisions, if they are aware of scientists' latest findings. A new tool will help them to get better when…
IdeaCom Inc. // Blog // From Analysis to Action - How to Address the Food, Water, Energy Nexus in Africa
Jean AbiNader blogs in this piece on the Atlantic Council's conference. He focusses on all the nexus challenges for policy makers with a special…
New Security Beat Blog // Podcast // Nat Geo's Dennis Dimick on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus, Coal, and the Year Ahead
Dennis Dimick of National Geographic explains in this podcast the connection between political unrests, food price, and energy investments. All of…
Rappler // Infographic // The Stress Nexus
This infographic visualizes the connection between energy, water, and food, known as the nexus
Gearing up for the future
This article explains Shell's motivation to host the stress-nexus forum: Global population growth will put increasing stress on vital natural…
Call for Articles // "Towards productive landscapes" - Increasing Food and Water Security
How can landscape approaches make a difference? Can they lead — as is being assumed - to fair deals between stakeholders, to resilient and…
Rappler // Forum news // Powering Progress Together: A global forum
In this report the key positions of the global shell Forum in Manila, The Philippines, are summarized. Additionally, footage from the different…
Hydropower // First compilation of world's small hydropower data launched
A new web-based knowledge sharing portal on small hydropower that features best practices from different regions of the world has been launched by…
Research and Technology // Large-scale Aquaponics Project - Optimized Food and Water Management
This project which is funded by the European Union aims to bring emission-free plant and fish breeding from research to market.
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