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Nexus News // Groundbreaking but not a Universal Solution: Renewable Energy in Irrigation.
By Claudia Ringler and Zain Muhammad Akbar. Solar pumps instead of fossil fuels improve access to irrigation in remote rural areas. But they are also…
Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia // Construction Materials from the THC sediment proves their suitability for construction
The Central Asian Institute of Environmental Research (CAIER) has received confirmation from the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of the…
Call for Applications // Lebanon: NEX-LABS Commercialization Prize for researchers and university students
Applications are open for researchers and university students from Lebanon to apply to the NEX-LABS Commercialization Support Vouchers of 5,000 euros…
News // Advancing gender equality and social inclusion in sustainable water-energy-food-ecosystem management
By Haley Zaremba, Natalia Estrada Carmona and Marlene Elias. The researchers shine a spotlight on the social impacts of integrated resource…
Call for Abstracts // European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2023
The Università degli Studi di Firenze is organising a session on ‘Impacts of land use and land cover changes on water resources and water-related…
Call for Articles // Technology Innovation and Analysis at the FEW Nexus: A Critical Pathway toward Sustainability
The Journal of Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability is calling for the submission of articles for the special issue on the topic…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme // Insights from the webinar: Governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A policy-science dialogue!
The Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme (NRD) had the pleasure to host a webinar, bringing together experts on conducting research on WEF Nexus…
Call for Papers // South Asia Water Competition (SAWAC) 2022
This call for papers aims at mobilising and challenging young minds to think about water problems and solutions from national and regional…
News // The European H2020 REXUS project held its first face-to-face meeting in Albacete, Spain
The REXUS project, which investigates the relationship between water, energy and food resources, held its Second Plenary Meeting, with physical…
News // Country profile: WEF Nexus and Foreign-based Universal Basic Income (FABI) in Namibia
Together a team from Penn State, University of Freiburg, Namibia University of Science and Technology and University of Namibia are collaborating to…
Job posting // Review and Updating of the SADC Water Research Agenda
The Southern African Development Community (SADAC) is looking for individual consultants to review and update the SADC Water Research Agenda. Submit…
Call for Papers // International Workshop on “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Applications”
The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has issued a call for papers for an international workshop on the WEF Nexus. The…
News // Searching for inefficiencies in the food–energy–water nexus
The future facing humanity is one of climate change, dramatic population growth, and rapid urbanisation. This has thrust a spotlight on sustainable…
News // The secret to effective stakeholder engagement for applied Nexus solutions
Why is stakeholder engagement a crucial ingredient for the success of Horizon projects, and in particular those that focus on the Water-Energy-Food…
News // Taking Water-Energy-Food Nexus analysis to the next level: identifying long-term strategies for resilience through System Dynamics Modelling
In order to assist policymakers make the jump from Nexus Thinking to Nexus Doing, the REXUS project is developing novel tools that allow to predict…
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