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Water Online // Water 'Footprinting' May Play Role In Energy-Water Nexus
A practice known as "water footprinting" is being touted as an important tool for conserving not just water but also energy resources. This…
Bloomberg // Mesh Rising Energy Demand With World Water Needs, UN Envoy Says
Earth's energy demands must mesh more seamlessly with the water and sanitation needs of an increasingly water-stressed globe, a United Nations…
Foodtank Blog // The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus Provides Multisectoral Solutions to Resource Scarcity
The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus is an approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of water security, energy security, and food…
University of Kwazulu-Natal News // National Science Week Lecture at University of Kwazulu-Natal // "Combining water, energy and food thinking"
Combining water, energy and food thinking will address some of the shortcomings of the eight single issue millennium development goals set in 2000…
SFGate // Yosemite fire shows water resources at risk
Rarely has the connection between rural natural resources, water security and urban prosperity been so abundantly clear. We must substantially…
Water Blog // A key to understanding the World Water Week: the water energy food nexus
Over the past few years, a new concept which encourages us to examine the interdependencies between the consumption of water, energy and food has…
Circle of Blue // Choke Point: U.S. Water, Energy and the Ohio River Valley's New Course
Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than this…
Coast Week (Nairobi/Mombasa) // African drylands could be the next frontier for green revolution
Africa's expansive dry lands if harnessed sustainably could offer lasting solution to food, water and energy crises in the continent, the UN Dry…
The Malaysian Insider // The rising challenge of our fragile food security
A 2011 study reported that the world consumed more than it had produced for seven out of the past eight years. These concerns will lead to growing…
Felix Dodds Blog // Nexus 2014 Update with Agenda by Felix Dodds
Felix Dodds gives an update on the agenda of the forthcoming "Nexus 2014: Climate-Water-Food-Energy" Conference taking place 3-7 Mar 2014 in Chapel…
Circle of Blue // China Takes a Keen Interest in Water-Energy Connections
it is surprising, how intently researchers from Chinese science academies, and their colleagues in academia, are now evaluating the nexus between…
Jakarta Post // Indonesia at the crossroads: Addressing food security
Indonesia faces a silent but imminent crisis in food, energy and water supplies. There are several indicators that point to food scarcity in which…
Laboratory Equipment // National Sustainability Policy, Federal Collaboration Needed
The U.S. should establish a National Sustainability Policy and take additional steps to encourage federal agencies to collaborate on sustainability…
The Broker // From Complex to Simple: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Since the MDGs were established, the world has become less economically, socially and environmentally secure. Meanwhile, the global population…
Economist // Blog: What do climate change, water and energy have in common? - And the role of renewables in solving the conundrum
What do climate change, water and energy have in common? These seem to be three different concepts. Yet these increasingly hot button issues are, in…
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