Past Events
Building a Resilient, Smart & Sustainable City // The Energy-Water Nexus
By Cleantech San Diego, Itron, and Cisco. Energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, yet their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often…
Side Event at the UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development // UN-Water Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation (SDG 6)
To provide input to Member States on SDG 6, UN-Water produces the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation to be launched in June 2018. This side event at the ECE…
Lecture // Water-food interlinkages and the Nexus
Lecture by Dr Floor Brouwer, Wageningen University & Research at Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, introducing the SIM4NEXUS project, a research and innovation…
Call for Papers // Special Edition of Energy, Ecology and Environment: "Water Security"
Edited by Robert Brears. Global demand for water is projected to outstrip supply by 40% in 2030 and 55% in 2050 as a result of climate change, rising population and economic…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme // Training Workshop: "Urban Nexus in the MENA Region"
The Nexus Regional Dialogue in the MENA Region as part of the Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme conduced the training in in collaboration with the MENA Region Initiative as a…
5th Anniversary Symposium // From Isolation to Integration: Five Years of Research on the Water-Waste-Soil Nexus
Five years after its founding, UNU-FLORES in Dresden invite guests to look at the current state of affairs of research on the Nexus Approach and what UNU-FLORES’s role will…
Climate Justice // The Nexus of International Leadership, Climate Change, Food, Water and Poverty
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, presents a talk on the complexities and components of climate change.
Water for Food International Forum // Farmer-led irrigated agriculture: Seeds of opportunity
Smallholder agriculture is the predominant form of farming in much of the developing world, yet production falls far short of potential due to a lack of access and rights to…
Workshop // WEF NEXUS-SDGs Position Paper
This workshop is part of the framework “EC Nexus Dialogues – Phase I (2016-2018)”. The main objectives of the workshop will be to validate the draft document compiling all…
HLPF 2018 // Expert Group Meeting on Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Interlinkages and Common Themes at the HLPF 2018
UN-DESA organized an expert group meeting entitled "Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Interlinkages and Common Themes at the HLPF 2018" to look specifically at the interconnections…
Nexus Seminar // Responsive Water Governance in Context of Semi-Arid Environments and Developing Countries
Lecture by Prof. Dr Muna Mirghani, visiting professor, TU Berlin. The topic of the presentation is linked to the broader discourse on sustainable water resources management.…
Workshop // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Implementation in the Maghreb
The WEF nexus framework is particularly suited to the Maghreb region given the stressors, constraints and strong interdependencies between sectors. This international…
Planetary Security Conference 2017 // Water-Energy-Food Security in the MENA Region (C1)
How do you manage critical resources in a region facing heightened tensions, long-term conflict and climate change impacts? This event will explore this question by bringing…
Workshop // The Nexus Approach and Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture, Tunis
Through carefully designed wastewater irrigation schemes, Tunisia has played a pivotal role in the region in promoting the safe use of wastewater in agriculture (SUWA).…
3rd Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation // Nexus Session "Promoting Circular Economy through Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities"
Session to discuss the nexus approach to sustainable urban development through optimised resource utilisation in cities and regions.