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The Guardian // Is using less water the secret to cutting our greenhouse gas emissions?
California, which uses 20% of its electricity in supplying water, just passed a law to collect emissions data from water utilities
ReliefWeb // The Nexus of Climate Change and Conflict in the Arab Region
By Kishan Khoday. Climate change amplifies competition for resources in communities and transboundary disputes between countries. This is even more…
New Nexus Country Profile for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan
TH Cologne - University of Applied Sciences has developped a new fact sheet format with nexus information for African countries of the Eastern Nile…
Circle of Blue // Marriage Of Coal And Water In Arizona Renews Vows
By Brett Walton. A five-decade-old bond in Arizona between coal power and the delivery of Colorado River water to cities, tribes, and farms may last…
MIT Technology Review // A Desert Full of Tomatoes, Thanks to Solar Power and Seawater
By Michael Reilly and Jamie Condliffe. Sundrop Farms has used a clever system to grow food using unlikely ingredients — but is the idea likely to…
Circle of Blue // U.S. Hydropower Grows By Going Small
By Brett Walton. Hydropower in the United States is primed for a shakeup. On one hand, utilities and governments are tearing down old dams with…
GreenTechMedia // How Batteries Can Make the Water System More Grid-Friendly
By Jeff St. John. Advanced Microgrid Solutions is using Tesla batteries to turn Irvine’s water treatment plants and pumps into energy assets.
Urban Nexus // How Can Cities Reduce Water-Energy Nexus Pressures?
By Robert C. Brears. Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s…
Resilience // The Hidden Risk in the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
By Christoph Frei. As the infrastructure for energy supply and demand continues to develop around the world, it will be critical to strengthen its…
Research // National Science Foundation (NSF) invests $72 million in innovations at nexus of food, energy and water systems
To help secure the future of food, energy, and water systems while maintaining vital ecosystem services, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has…
Water-Climate Nexus // Calming the Waters: Why We Need to Better Integrate Climate and Water Policy
By Sabine Blumstein. According to a new report from adelphi, launching at the 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm, transboundary river basins need…
Nexus Job Vacancy // PhD Position in EU Research Project on Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) is offering one PhD position to work in a…
The Guardian // Africa's portable solar revolution is thwarting thieves
More secure supplies of electricity are helping to spawn new industries in rural Africa by enabling reliable refrigeration and irrigation
World Water Week 2016 // A Nexus for the future
For the past five years, development sector professionals have been looking with increased interest at the way various issues facing the world…
Forbes // Water, Energy, Food - Increasingly, Everything Is Connected
People often think of scientists as solitary types, working alone in our labs, focused on a narrow topic. But if that was ever true, it’s not now.…
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