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Nexus in South Asia // The Water, Food and Energy Nexus in Pakistan
By Dr Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi. The country needs a dynamic Nexus framework that attempts to equally weight sectoral objectives and provide a new paradigm…
Opinion // How to Strengthen Cooperation for a Water Secure South Asia
By Jyotiraj Patra. South Asia is witnessing unprecedented water challenges and risks. Most of these risks are multi-dimensional, dynamic, complex and…
SPIS // Kickstarting India’s Multi-billion Dollar Solar Irrigation Scheme
By Shehnab Sahin, CCAFS South Asia. A multi-stakeholder policy consultation assesses the best way forward for implementing a scheme to promote solar…
Urban Nexus // Innovative Municipal Solid Waste Management Training on Maximum Yield Technology (MYT)
By Ruth Erlbeck, Ralph Trosse and Rashane Sala Ngarm (The Urban Nexus Project). When it comes to solid waste treatment, most cities in Asia face…
Urban Nexus India // Urban Nexus Training Successfully Conducted in India
By Ruth Erlbeck and Rashane Sala-Ngarm. India is currently shifting its focus from rural to urban development as urban areas contribute to more than…
Southeast Asia // Urban Nexus Approach Presented at the ICLEI World Congress in Montreal, Canda
The Urban Nexus approach was presented by GIZ at ICLEI's 10th World Congress, an event attended by more than 1,000 participants from all over the…
Urban Nexus // Waste: Not a Burden, but an Opportunity to Make Money
By Ruth Erlbeck. Solid waste management is closely linked with water and energy and therefore an important field in which to apply the Nexus…
Consultancy in Holistic River Management // "Development and Implementation Support to the India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP)" and "Support to Ganga Rejuvenation (SGR)"
The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit is seeking the services of a team of consultants to support the EU and the IEWP/GIZ Project…
Third National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand // Strengthening Collaboration and Access to Financing to Support Integrated Resource Management in Thai Cities
Over 70 participants attended the Third National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand on 3 May 2018 in Bangkok, organised by ESCAP in partnership…
Urban Nexus // Climate Resilient Housing Technology Transfer Training Workshop for the Bicol Region, Philippines
A technology transfer and dissemination training-workshop on the Climate Change Resilient Pilot Housing (CCRPH), led by the Bicol State College of…
SPIS // Solar-powered Irrigation Can Boost Rural Development, But Also Poses Risks
By Avinash Kishore. Irrigation is one of the most effective means for boosting agricultural production, but powering the withdrawal of groundwater…
The Food-Water-Energy Nexus // Using Gravity Drainage to Intensify Production Systems in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
By: Manoranjan Mondal and Sudhir Yadav. Sustained economic growth, the quality of life, and the social stability of a rapidly growing Bangladesh…
Nationwide Implementation of Solar Farming Planned // Climate-Smart Agriculture Made in India
By Tushaar Shah. The Indian government recently announced a new multi-billion dollar scheme to implement solarisation of farm irrigation on a…
Nexus in the SAARC Region // "Be mindful of the vital synergy of the three sectors!"
On 3-5 July 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan in collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Centre, SAARC Energy Centre and…
New Security Beat // Worst Drought in 140 Years Leads to Farmer Deaths, Riots, Policy Impasse in Cauvery Delta
By Keith Schneider. The contest between dwindling freshwater reserves and steadily rising demand has been tightening for years in the Cauvery River…
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