Nexus Blog // Solar Fields of Green: Researchers Find Symbiosis at the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
By Andrew Burger. Researchers around the world are discovering a variety of benefits resulting from installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy…
Nexus Blog // Resource Nexus Approaches Can Inform Policy Choices
By Stacy D. VanDeveer, Raimund Bleischwitz and Catalina Spataru. The unabated growth of natural resource consumption raises risks that we will…
Nexus and SDGs // Resource Nexus Perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
By Raimund Bleischwitz, Catalina Spataru, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael Obersteiner, Ester van der Voet, Corey Johnson, Philip Andrews-Speed, Tim…
Nexus Blog // The Internet of Things as a Key Enabler for Quantifying the Water, Energy and Food Nexus
By Harris Moysiadis. This article explores how the Internet of Things concept could facilitate the implementation of the water, energy and food…
Yale Postdoc Opportunity // Urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus
The Urbanization and Global Change Lab at Yale has an opening for a one-year postdoc to work on a multi-institutional project on Urban…
Modelling Tool // An Alternative to Market-Oriented Energy Models: Nexus Patterns across hierarchical Levels
By Louisa Jane Di Felice, Maddalena Ripa and Mario Giampietro. Energy is entangled with nexus elements, including water, land, emissions and labour.…
IWA Conference //IWA EFFICIENT 2019, Water Efficiency - Driving Sustainable Development
The International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group for Efficient Urban Water Management will bring the 10th IWA Efficient Conference to…
Nexus Blog // Interdisciplinary Research Proves Essential when Working on Food-Energy-Water
By Kevin Sliman and Grace Lifsted. Penn State researchers from all disciplines are getting involved in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus. Considering…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Literature Review // A Review of Nexus Literature and ongoing Nexus Initiatives for Policymakers
This literature review provides an overview of key Nexus concepts and tools that can be applied in policy and practice. It aims to be a resource for…
Profil Nexus // Bassin du Niger
Le bassin du fleuve Niger en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centre Afrique couvre une superficie totale de 2,13 millions de km² et plus de 130 millions de…
Interdisciplinary Demand Modelling // Envisioning Surprises: How Social Sciences could help Models represent ‘Deep Uncertainty’ in Future Energy and Water Demand
By Maria Sharmina, Dana Abi Ghanem, Alison L. Browne, Sarah Marie Hall, Josephine Mylan, Saska Petrova, Ruth Wood. This paper explores how future…
Energy-Water Nexus // Viability of Wind Turbine to Desalinate Water for Drinking
By Ngwamah Hyelda Moses. This study aims at assessing the viability of wind energy in Burutu, Nigeria, to desalinate water through reverse osmosis…
Urban Nexus Metabolism // Urban Metabolic Analysis of a Food-Water-Energy System for Sustainable Resources Management
By Ming-Che Hu, Chihhao Fan, Tailin Huang, Chi-Fang Wang and Yu-Hui Chen. Urban metabolism analyzes the supply and consumption of nutrition,…
Nexus Profile // Niger Basin
The Niger River Basin (NRB) in West and Central Africa covers a total area of 2.13 million km2 and its active basin is home to over 130 million…
Nexus Country Profile // Peru
Peru is located from 0°S to 18°S in western South America; it borders Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the…