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The Guardian // 'Energy for Water' May Have Greater Impact on the Nexus
In The Guardian's series on the water-food-energy nexus, Tim Smedley looks at the amount of energy we use to pump, clean and transport water. The US…
National Geographic // The Perils of Ignoring the Water-Energy Nexus
It's one of the most inconvenient truths of modern times that it takes increasing amounts of finite water to supply energy and increasing amounts of…
Water Challenge Blog // We will fail to feed the world until we fix the water crisis
"The world is walking towards a crisis that it barely recognises. In scale and significance, it dwarfs all the others it is intricately connected…
Huffington Post // What is the Water-Food-Energy Nexus?
Andy Wales, Senior Vice President Sustainable Development for SABMiller, explains what the water-food-energy Nexus is and why it is so important.
Improvement of Energy Efficiency of the Water Authority of Jordan (IEE)
A project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for…
Reuters // UNDP's Helen Clark: Balancing Water, Food, Energy Key to Post-2015 Goals
"Global development goals due to replace current anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015 could be unified by a…
Nexus Interview // A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Tool
"This tool provides a common space and a platform for different decision making entities to create various scenarios and predict their resource…
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water Sector in the MENA Region (ACCWaM)
A project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for…
ecoCENTRIC // 9 Things to Know About the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
Recent extreme weather events, oil spills and increasing food prices tell us that we can no longer view our food, water and energy systems in…
The Energycollective // The Water-Food-Energy Nexus
SABMiller's Andy Wales on how to manage the inevitable trade-offs between scarce resources.
WRI Insights // 4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water
This article by Manish Bapna discusses the four grand challenges to overcoming resource scarcity, as pointed out in the Global Trends 2030 report…
IUCN // Call to action for Water, Energy, and Food Security
UCN and the International Water Association (IWA) launched the Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions.The goal is to building partnerships…
Green Prospects Asia // The Global Scramble for Water, Energy and Food Resources
"Rising interdependence of water, energy, food resources raises security concerns while resource problems that cross boundaries have scaled up in…
Step at a Time Blog // The "Middle" of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus
On 6 February 2013, the Guardian teamed up with SAB Miller to host an afternoon of live online debates on how to achieve 'interconnected action on…
Eurasia Review // Water Energy And Food Security Nexus Meet To Be Held In Amritsar
Three-day international seminar on the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus from 8 to 10 February 2013 in Amritsar, India.
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