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Bizcommunity.com // Opinion // Social innovation in action: collaboration, shared value and a new business model
A recent report from Chatham House, the international affairs think tank, noted the vital importance of cities to the global economy, calling them…
The Conversation // Blog // How can we prevent the UN's Sustainable Development Goals from failing?
The UN's Open Working Group has been crafting a comprehensive package of goals and targets that can drive global efforts towards a sustainable and…
// Blog // Deflecting the scarcity trajectory: Innovation at the water, energy, and food nexus
Shortfalls of water, energy, and food can sabotage economic and business growth as well as compromise social well-being. Fortunately, there are signs…
Blog // A World of Extremes: New Thinking Needed to Reconcile Food-Water Choke Points
Food and water are tied to one another fundamentally. But in addition to their biophysical relationship, human systems intervene, whether through…
Initiative // SEI Initiative on the Water, Energy and Food Nexus
This initiative investigates cross-sector linkages to enable those who govern and manage these systems to work together to meet human aspirations…
NewEnergyNews // Blog // How New Energy Is Crucial For World Water Supplies
The interlinkage between the water, energy and food supply systems - the nexus - is a major consideration in countries' sustainable development…
High Country News // The water-energy nexus could become a collision in a warming world
If you thought fracking was a water-guzzling and violent way to get the oil and gas flowing from shale, then you should check out oil shale retorting.
The Straits Times (Singapore) // Undergrads organise summit on food, energy and water
Goh Seng Chiy rounded up eight fellow USP students to organise the first- ever Asian Undergraduate Summit, focusing on food, energy, and water.
// Podcast // Deflecting the scarcity trajectory
Innovation at the water, energy, and food nexus
A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks (Report Launch)
As momentum builds towards the negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals and UN climate change summit later this year, the G7 countries have…
Job Vacancy // Postdoctoral Position: Resilience and vulnerability at the urban nexus of food, water, energy and the environment
A postdoctoral candidate with strong social science background and proven training and research interests in urban studies, social practices or…
Energy Efficiency Markets.com // Award // Siemens Stiftung Offers Cash Awards for Innovations that Help Impoverished Areas
Siemens Stiftung has launched a competition that offers awards for innovations that help impoverished areas with basic supplies, including energy.
Social Story // Award // "empowering people. Award" to identify tech-based social solutions is looking for nominations
The Award is on the lookout for solutions in the categories of Water & Waste Water, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Waste Management, Healthcare,…
Down to earth // Blog // Putting Society Back Into The Nexus
'Nexus' is a buzzword in academia and development at the moment. It essentially just means interconnectedness.
Foreign Affairs // International experts to discuss potential future scenarios for water, energy, agriculture, and mining in Latin America
This event will include several sector-based scenarios, which could affect four strategic sectors for Latin America and Caribbean economies in the…
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