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alfi Talks // Video Interview // Energy efficiency and water sectors outperform global equity markets
The Association of the Luxembourg Funds Industry talks to David Harris, Director for Responsible Investment at the FTSE Group, London about…
OOSKA News // UN Guidelines Address "Land-Grabs"
The United Nations has issued the first-ever set of guidelines that addresses the displacement of people or their livelihoods in deals made by their…
NEXUS Interview // Translating Nexus Research into Nexus Policy-making
The SEI's work on the water, energy and food security nexus an interview with Holger Hoff
OOSKA News // Conflicts Escalate in Brazil as Drought Drags On
In the first four months of 2012, Brazil has seen 14 murders of rural leaders, farmers and indigenous people in disputes over the growth of…
Rio+twenties // Sustainable Development Goals for the New Generation
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a contentious proposal among Member States that are currently negotiating the outcome document…
National Geographic // Quiz: What You Don't Know About Food, Water, and Energy
How much energy and water go into the food you eat?
Economist // How to feed a planet
Why the world needs an agricultural revolution in Africa The Economist's Daily Chart
Rio+20 // The Last Push for Rio
The Rio+20 Summit is less than a month away. Policymakers and civil society representatives have been advocating for the inclusion of the nexus…
SciDev.NET // Innovation "must consider water, energy and land jointly"
More technological innovation is needed to fight growing resource scarcity, but it will only be successful in achieving sustainable development if it…
Economist // How to feed a planet, continued
Today's Daily chart, using data provided by Cargill, is the nearest thing to a snapshot of everything you need to know about feeding the world. It…
Huffington Post // The Water-Energy-Food Security Challenge: America As The Global Savior?
Can the world support the aspirations for food and energy of the 7 billion people that now inhabit it? Will we meet the needs of the additional 2…
Parliament.UK // Lords debate Food Security Policy
"Agriculture is at the nexus of three of the greatest challenges of the 21st century-achieving food security, adapting to climate change, and…
GMF Blog // The Geopolitics of Overconsumption, Where Less is More
People around the world observe North American and European consumption habits and desire to emulate them. But if everyone were to consume like a…
Responding to Climate Change (RTCC) // UNCCD calls for agriculture to be central to Rio+20
Agriculture and a focus on land and soil should be central to both this year's UNFCCC climate talks and the Earth Summit in June.
Sustainable Development Goals // World Bank suggests a "set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) for energy, food, and water"
World Bank Group identifies six key issues and key messages for Rio+20
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