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New York Times // Corn for Food, Not Fuel
The price of corn is a critical variable in the world food equation, and food markets are on edge because American corn supplies are plummeting. The…
ecoCENTRIC // Drought and the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
What a difference a year makes. Last spring, farmers along the Mississippi River watched in horror as the Army Corps of Engineers blew up levees to…
GrowingBlue // Blue is the new green
A survey of leaders at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos revealed that, for the first time, water-related risks are among the top 5 concerns…
The Guardian // Live blog from Oxford University: food, water and energy for all
Jo Confino blogs live from the high level Resource sustainability conference at Oxford University's Smith School, which is looking at new ways to…
Business Day (South Africa) // Water flows through heart of sustainability challenges
It is in the interests of big business to work with government to ensure the best use of water in an increasingly water-stressed country.
EarthSky // The Vital Link between Energy and Water
The energy-water nexus — the vital link between energy and water — is shaping up to be one of the most important issues of the 21st century. EarthSky…
Aspen Ideas Festival (AIF) // Video // The Earth in 2050: What Is the Stress Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water?
By the year 2050, Earth will be home to more than nine billion people – an increase of more than two billion over today's current population.…
EurActiv // Advanced biofuels: Separating the wheat from the chaff
Biofuels will be the biggest contributor to the EU's target of providing 10% of transport fuel from renewable energy by 2020, but consumers at the…
Nexus at Rio+20 // "The Nexus is already at the forefront of political and scientific debate."
A voice from the ground, Edward Byers, PhD student from Newcastle/UK, gives his view of the NEXUS event at the German Pavilion in Rio.
iisd // SEI Calls for Integrating the Water-Land-Energy Nexus in the SDGs
Researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have published an article, titled "Managing the Water-Land-Energy Nexus for Sustainable…
NEXUS Interview // The Nexus at Rio+20: way forward?
An interview with Albert Butare, Co-Chair of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference and NEXUS Ambassador
AlertNet // Sustainable agriculture needs integrated solutions
In its RIO+20 Call-to-action, CGIAR called for "adopting cross-sectoral approaches which facilitate broader partnerships, coordinated regulatory…
UN Chronicle // Managing the Water-Land-Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development
We live in the Anthropocene in which humans have become a major force shaping the environment. Rising incomes and reduced poverty have coincided with…
CSR Wire // Circle of Blue Founder J. Carl Ganter Receives Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award
The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that J. Carl Ganter, director and co-founder of Circle of Blue, a team of leading journalists and…
The Guardian // Rio+20: Big businesses club together to demand water is given fair value
Forty five influential CEOs commit to lobbying for political change to stave off water crisis It's not often that you get 45 of the world's most…
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