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GESR 3rd Incubation Cycle // Startup-grants for Water, Energy, Food
The GESR 3rd Incubation Cycle will support the go-to-market journeys of 8 startups having a promising technology, functional prototype, viable…
Greenpeace Blog // Biological Restoration of Water and Land
By Rex Weyler. According to the 2015 World Economic Forum Global Risks 2015 Report, the water crisis is the world’s #1 risk. The problem is not only…
BORGEN Magazine // Food-Energy-Water Trilemma in Sri Lanka 0
By Blake Cox. Water has quickly become a limited fund for resource managers throughout the world. Consequently, this has created a nexus known as the…
MENA // Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Arab Countries
By Waleed Khalil Zubari. Addressing water scarcity, both natural and human-induced, in the Arab region is considered one of the major and most…
Water-Energy Nexus // Solar Energy in Oman
By Asima Kaleem. Solar energy is a vital and strategic solution for the provision of electric power in the Sultanate of Oman. Given the vast unused…
The Guardian // Three wicked problems of the commons
By Dominic Waughray. We urgently need to manage the inter-related challenges of energy, water and agriculture in a changing climate
Master Thesis Grant // For a Student in Natural Sciences, Process Engineering or similar, working on "Water management: modeling and system integration"
By Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Centre)/Stuttgart. The work to be awarded is to be developed within the scope of an EU…
Research to Help Mitigate Future Shocks to California’s Water, Food and Energy Supplies
By Anthony King. The California drought may be unofficially over, but that doesn’t mean it won’t return. Policymakers, businesses and the agriculture…
Water-Food Nexus // Agriculture holds the key to tackling water scarcity
By Rimma Dankova. Agriculture is both a victim and a cause of water scarcity. Water of appropriate quality and quantity is essential for the…
Call for Papers // UK Government's Strategic Trends Programme: "Future Operating Environment 2035"
For the 6th edition of Global Strategic Trends, the UK's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is undertaking studies in the several areas…
Egypt today // Egypt’s Growing Population Brings Environmental Woes
By Richard Hoath. Egypt’s growing population is putting increased pressure on water and energy – and action needs to be taken now.
Call for Participants // Workshop "Energy-Water-Climate Change Nexus (EWCN) in a Transitional Economy: Sustainability and Resilience"
How can our energy and water systems be more sustainable? How resilient are they against natural and social risks and potential disruptions? And how…
DuPont // Relentless Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water
By Krynsta Harde. In his opening remarks at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of WEF, called for…
The New Times (Rwanda) // The Nile: A source of energy, food and water for all
By Sam Cheptoris, Chairman of the Nile Council of Ministers, and Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda. River Nile is a transboundary resource…
Australian Associated Press // Water could power Australia's future
By Katina Curtis/Australian Associated Press. The federal government wants to use taxpayer funds to support new pumped hydro electricity generation…
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