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Circle of Blue // America’s Oil Boom Can Not Happen Without Groundwater
By Keith Schneider. Unleashing billions of barrels of oil locked in beds of shale 10,000 feet deep is only possible if the oil industry — and state…
Water-Energy Nexus // Hong Kong’s Futuristic Waste-to-Energy Facility
By Robert C. Brears. Each day Hong Kong produces nearly 3 million cubic meters of sewage which equates to over 1,200 tons of sludge. Rather than…
PhD Opportunity // Modelling and Optimisation of Spatio-temporal Patterns of flows in the Urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Developing sustainable future cities depends on the opportunities to optimally integrate and mobilize food, water and energy resources in a…
Central Asia // First Meeting of the Regional Working Group on the Nexus Project in Tashkent
On 13 March 2018 the Regional Working Group held its first meeting. The main topic of discussion was multi-sectoral cooperation in the context of the…
Nexus Interview // Water Cooperation in Central Asia
Interview with Benjamin Pohl: "The costs of the status quo of water management in Central Asia are very significant, but we can currently observe a…
Human Capacity Building // The Major Pillar within the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme
By Ruth Erlbeck, Ralph Trosse, Nisreen Lahham and Maarit Thiem. Capacity Building has been identified as a major driver for advancing the…
Taller // Toolbox en Sistemas de Irrigación con Energía Solar (SPIS) en Santiago de Chile
El Programa Diálogo Regional Nexo BMZ/UE en colaboración con la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y con el apoyo del…
Workshop // Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) in Santiago, Chile
The BMZ / EU Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and with the…
SIM4Nexus and DAFNE // Key Results from the Knowledge Exchange Workshop of Nexus Projects
By Floor Brouwer, Phoebe Koundouri, Tamara Avellán, Jasminko Novak, Rachel Ahrens, Chrysi Laspidou and Guido J. Schmidt. A Nexus workshop with more…
Fraunhofer Chile presentó beneficios de combinar energía solar y agricultura
Tres plantas fotovoltaicas se instalaron sobre cultivos agrícolas de la Región Metropolitana, con el propósito de contribuir al uso eficiente del…
Yale News // Using solar power to bring clean drinking water to remote areas
By William Weir. Using solar energy and nanoparticles to make saltwater drinkable, researchers from Yale and Rice University have developed a system…
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…
Commentary // Energy Has a Role to Play in Achieving Universal Access to Clean Water and Sanitation
By Molly A. Walton. The linkages between water and energy are increasingly recognised across businesses, governments and the public – and have been a…
الوكالة الوطبية للإعلام // أبي خليل خلال مؤتمر الترابط بين المياه والغذاء والطاقة: الوزارة تسعى إلى تأمين موارد اضافية
Lebanese Minister of Energy & Water Cesar Abi Khalil’s remarks during “Water, Food & Energy Nexus in the Face of Global Changes: Sustainability or…
Communicating about the Nexus
By Olivier Cogels. Securing sufficient access to water, energy and food in order to permit what will soon be 10 billion people living together on the…
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