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SDGs // Sustainable Development in the European Union — A Statistical Glance from the Viewpoint of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This new publication builds on Eurostat’s long experience in monitoring the EU Sustainable Development Strategy. It provides a statistical glance at…
IEA World Energy Outlook 2016 // A delicate balance between water demand and the low-carbon energy transition
Energy and water have always been closely intertwined. Water is essential for all phases of energy production, from fossil fuels to biofuels and…
Call for Papers // Special Issue of "Applied Energy" on Energy-Water-Food Nexus
This special issue of "Applied Energy" will provide a platform for presenting the latest research results on the E-W-F nexus issues and identifying…
WEF Nexus and Climate // World Bank Steps Up Climate Funding in Arab World
The World Bank Group announced today a new plan to ramp up support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to confront the…
Business Insider // These solar panels can literally pull clean drinking water out of thin air
Our atmosphere contains approximately 3,100 cubic miles of water — enough to cover the entire planet in one inch of water. That water surrounds us in…
BRINK News // The Thirst for Power: Hydroelectricity in a Water Crisis World
The Earth’s thirst for power is teetering toward crisis in an era of increasing water scarcity where nine of its largest operating power plants are…
PhD Scholarship // Mapping the Water-Energy Nexus and Urban Metabolism
Opportunities exist for one or more PhD students to contribute to a set of exciting projects at the School of Chemical Engineering/University of…
Resilience // Building resilience in the energy-food-water nexus
By Jeremy Wakeford. In an increasingly resource-constrained world, the energy-food-water ‘nexus’ – defined as the interconnections among these three…
Nexus2020 // Science and Business Collaborate on Setting Nexus Research Agenda
By Caspar Trimmer. A new paper describes the outcomes of the Nexus2020 project, which saw business leaders and scientists come together to identify…
AlJazeera // Growing food with seawater and solar power
By Ryan Rifai. World's first mass-scale facility that grows tomatoes without soil, fresh water, or fossil fuels launches in Australia.
Job Vacancy // Graduate Research Assistantship in Sustainability Modeling at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus at Washington State University
WSU seeks a PhD student interested in environmental sustainability and coupled human-natural systems modeling to pursue their graduate education in…
Job Vacancy // Research Associate focusing on the analysis of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Brazil at University of Cambridge
The Department of Land Economy invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Professor Jorge E. Vinuales at the Cambridge…
India // Protecting food, energy, and livelihoods in Punjab through water-efficient agriculture
By Mary O'Neill. The state of Punjab spearheaded the Green Revolution that has transformed Indian agriculture. Encouraged by price guarantees,…
My Statesman // New book explores relationship between water and energy
Water needs energy; energy needs water. That simple fact is at the heart of a new book by University of Texas mechanical engineering associate…
nature // Scientific buzzwords obscure meaning
‘Nexus’ is enjoying new-found popularity. But what does it actually mean? Perhaps, like the most distant stars, the nexus is best viewed only with…
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