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A blog by Felix Dodds // Trends on Energy, Food and Water Nexus
Felix Dodds, as Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, took an active part in the preparation of the Bonn2011 Conference.…
ecoCENTRIC // Going Green? - 12 Ways to Reduce Your Impact on the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
In the US and around the world, our food, water and energy systems are under tremendous strain (e.g. drought and its impact on all three) and are…
SPIEGEL online // Global Agriculture: Groundwater levels are sinking rapidly
The world population is growing - and with it the demand for food. However, intense agricultural use of land leads to groundwater levels sinking…
TIME // Desert Dreams: Can the Middle Eastern Country of Qatar Learn to Feed Itself?
From seeding clouds with rain-inducing particles to erecting a wall of trees against the advancing Sahara Desert, scientists have long sought to…
NEXUS Interview // "We have much more to gain from increasing the collaboration"
An interview with Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director of SIWI, summarising the outcomes of the World Water Week 2012
Earth Summit 2012 // Energy, Food and Water Nexus
A blog by Felix Dodds: "One of the vital meetings that input to the Rio+20 Conference was the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference. The conference goals were…
ecoCENTRIC // Superstorm Sandy Demands We Pay Attention to Climate Change - and the Nexus
While most of the news has focused on New York City, hurricanes impact rural areas too, and many of the issues that concern us, including the overuse…
Security // The New Security Agenda in Water, Energy and Food
On 26 October 2012 the STEPS Centre and SOAS ran a joint event to discuss the connections made between water, energy, food and climate, and the…
Financial Express (Dhaka) // Food Security versus Bio-fuel
Bio-fuels can help reduce global warming by curbing greenhouse gas emission and create employment opportunity and increased income for the rural poor…
Singapore International Energy Week // The Energy-Water-Food Conundrum
Do we really understand - or think sufficiently about - the "Energy-Water-Food Nexus"? That was the concern shared during a searching Singapore…
The Straits Times (Singapore) // Businesses urged to work with govt on managing food, water, energy use
ENERGY, water and food - three cornerstones of the world - are deeply intertwined, and will be demanded in ever larger quantities in the future. To…
cleantech Blog // "The water-energy nexus is more than ever appropriately the water-energy-food nexus"
New white paper showcases learnings from Water Innovation Summit. The report touches on the utility perspective on innovation, smart water networks,…
// UK Parliament Has Begun Inquiry on Post-2015 Agenda
UN officials and other high-level representatives participated in the UK Parliament's Commons Select Committee first oral evidence session for its…
Business Fights Poverty Blog // The Water Food Energy Nexus
Water, food and energy are interconnected. Agriculture accounts for about 70% of global freshwater use and can pollute freshwater supplies if…
Standard Digital (Kenya) // Food, Energy, Water threaten Development
Water, energy and food are three crucial resources needed to sustain life on earth. Yet, every year 1.1 billion people go without clean drinking…
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