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Global Water Partnership // First India Water Week Focuses on Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Under the theme, "Water, Energy and Food Security: Call for Solutions", more than 1,000 water professionals from India and abroad…
Tagesspiegel (Berlin) // Tomaten aus der 13. Etage
The world population keeps growing, and with it the demand for food. Students of Urban Ecology at the Technical University Berlin have developed…
From Serre-Ponçon to Nam Theun 2: Back to a sustainable and multi-purpose future integrating water, energy and food needs
by EDF Group, Thai and Lao Governments
New Security Beat Blog // Bring the Water-Energy Nexus to Rio+20
Global demand for energy will increase 30 percent by 2030, according to estimates, but in regions that are experiencing rapid economic growth, the…
The Guardian // Is environmentally sustainable water, energy and land for all possible?
Lowering consumption in the developed world, renewables, ending land grabs, a price for natural resources, private sector investment — what's the…
European Report on Development 2011-2012 // Confront scarcity now or pay later
Launched in Brussels on 16 May 2012, the 2012 European Report on Development (ERD) highlights predicted increases in the scarcity of natural…
Royal Science (United Kingdom) // Science academies call for action on global challenges
National science academies of 15 countries issued joint statements today calling on world leaders about to meet at the upcoming G8 Summit and other…
Building the Sustainable Dam: The challenges of meeting energy and livelihoods objectives at the same time
by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Laos), TheunHinboun Power Company, Statkraft Oslo, Electrcité du Laos, and GMS Lao Company Ltd.
Rural 21 // Mekong2Rio <<-->> International Conference on Transboundary River Basin Management
Prior to the much anticipated Rio + 20 Conference of sustainable development; about 300 participants were invited to the River Basin Management…
Reuters // Scientists urge action on world's biggest problems
Scientists from 15 countries are calling for a better political response to the provision of water and energy to meet the challenge of feeding a…
Climate Science Watch // The U.S. Global Change Research Program's National Global Change Research Plan 2012-2021
Assessment of human-environment systems together is so important, the document stresses, because the interdependence of Earth system processes…
G-Science Acadmies Statement 2012 // Energy and Water Linkage: Challenge to a Sustainable Future
Needs for affordable and clean energy, for water in adequate quantity and quality, and for food security will increasingly be the central challenges…
National Geographic // Solar Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa
It's long been established doctrine in international development circles that diesel engines are the most cost-effective tools for pumping water and…
Improving the water and energy efficiency for food production through drip irrigation in India
by Jains Irrigation India
BBC News // Eight radical solutions for the water shortage
With population rising, how can a water crisis be averted? After two unusually dry winters - which have left reservoirs, aquifers and rivers below…
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