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A North Dakota City shows how to get smart on water infrastructure
Water infrastructure and management play a key role in the development of smart citites, and smart cities of the future must intelligently address…
Smart Cities Council // Is your city ready to tackle the challenge of the century?
Christian Anderson contends that how we manage the energy/water nexus will define this century.
The World Bank // Blog // Mapping Water Efficiency and Climate Resilience in South Asia
In South Asia, about 1.5 billion people are affected by water stress and scarcity, due to increasing demand for water resources; as the climate…
// Press Release // IWS to explore energy-efficient desal methods
Expert on desalination technologies calls IWS a "strong platform to spark innovation".
Ecosystem Marketplace // Blog // 2014: The Year For Nature-Based Solutions?
As the constraint on natural resources increases, the public and private sector are becoming more receptive to holistic nature-based solutions to…
AllAfrica // Blog // Morocco: Resetting South-South Cooperation
King Mohammed VI's energizing vision of Morocco's role as a platform for business development in central, west, and Atlantic Coast Africa resulted in…
Abu Dhabi City Guide // International Water Summit: Premier Global Forum To Drive Actionable Water Security Solutions
Global water leaders representing private industry, the public sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will convene in Abu Dhabi In January…
Chapel Hill Nexus Conference // Planned Outcomes and Side Events for 2015 Nexus Conference
The forthcoming "Nexus Conference on Water, Food, Climate and Energy", taking place in Chapel Hill/USA on 15-17 March 2015 is now accepting side…
TradeArabia // Experts to share new water technologies at IWS
Global water leaders will share the latest innovations in water management and learn about the growing commercial opportunities in the Mena region at…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Blog // Interview // Understanding the Energy-Food-Water Nexus is Crucial for Business Success
Hugh Welsh, President, DSM North America, a global science based company active in health nutrition and minerals, talks about the company's…
Water-Energy Nexus // Is Water the New Bottom Line for the Private Sector?
The business world is quickly beginning to understand the intersection of the water sector and the energy sector and the significant impact they have…
Live Science // To Cool a Warming Planet, Give Developing Countries a Voice (Op-Ed)
The cornerstone for all negotiations at COP21 in Paris next year remains helping nations cut carbon emissions, but other factors can easily derail…
SEI // Creating a Buzz about the Nexus
The development sector is no stranger to buzzwords; it might even be one of the biggest producers of them. Once a buzzword catches on, it tends to…
New Security Beat Blog // Fossil Fuel Boom Rewiring North America's Energy Infrastructure
As awareness grows after a series of spectacular and deadly spills over the last four years, activists are demanding the 61-year-old steel oil…
The Ecologist // The food-water-energy nexus defeated the Romans. It could defeat us too
The Romans discovered the food-water-energy nexus - and not in a good way. We need to heed the warnings from Roman history.
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