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Agenda Setting // UK Deputy Prime Minister launches Greenius - a national competition to drive forwards the UK's green growth agenda
The "Greenius" - or Green Genius - competition is seeking innovative solutions to questions of food, water and energy sustainability such as "How to…
Water Canada // Interview: Ben Parfitt on the Water-Energy Nexus
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance's Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar series is ramping up for another year, beginning with a session that…
Water Integrity Network blog // Building a safe world based on a sustainable water, food and integrity nexus
Our world is facing an urgent food management crisis that is leading to many continuing to go hungry whilst vast amounts of food are being wasted…
Xinhua // Countries need "water balance" concerted efforts
Developing countries need a more integrated water management or a "water balance" that should be adhered to by all stakeholders around the world to…
The Guardian // Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
Water scarcity's effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed population expected to reach 9bn by 2050. Leading water…
Deutsche Welle // Water could spark future conflicts, leaders warn
Water conflicts are bubbling in many parts of the world, from China and India to the Middle East and southern Africa. A group of former world leaders…
ecogeek.org // Wind Turbine Produces Both Electricity and Water
While we usually look at wind turbines chiefly as a cleaner, better source of electricity. But in many parts of the world, electricity is only one of…
Jakarta Globe // Asia's Water Crisis Needs Urgent Fixing
Asia's water crisis is at the heart of the world's water challenges, where the degradation of surface and subterranean water resources threatens the…
KfW // No food without water - Food security despite water scarcity
Agriculture consumes the most water worldwide: the theme of this year's World Water Week in Stockholm was "Water and Food Security". Discussions…
GigaOM // India's blackout exposes choice between water and electricity
In India, like in the United States, the power sector is the single largest user of water — more than agriculture. Presuming that India could solve…
Washington Post // Climate change challenges power plant operations
Drought and rising temperatures are forcing water managers across the country to scramble for ways to produce the same amount of power from the…
Bloomberg Businessweek // Ludgate Targets Recycling, Water in USD 300 Million Resources Fund
Ludgate Investments Ltd., a London-based private equity investor, is seeking to raise as much as $300 million to finance waste-recycling and…
Forbes // Why PepsiCo is a Global Leader in Water Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture
In a wide-ranging interview with Sanjeev Chadha, President, PepsiCo Middle East & Africa, we discussed the evolving relationship between business and…
TriplePundit // Why Water Scarcity Means Food Scarcity
The Chinese middle class is already larger than the entire population of the United States. Africa is not too far behind with a third of its…
Green Sustainable Futures // Nexus thinking: Because water, food and energy belong together
Why is it so important to look at sustainability issues related to water, food, and energy together, rather than treating each of them a potential…
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