How Davos power brokers can start tackling major environmental risks
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report in the run up to its annual meeting in Davos.
Waste to Energy Agreement Between Masdar and Bee’ah in UAE
An agreement to work on a development platform for future waste to energy projects has been signed
The Future Nexus of the Brahmaputra River Basin // Climate, Water, Energy and Food Trajectories
Advance knowledge of conflicting trajectories of water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is highly relevant for water policy and planning, especially for…
How to innovate out of a drought
Despite El Niño showers, California is still facing a potential fifth year in one of the worst droughts on record.
Tool // WEF Nexus Tool 2.0
The tool allows the user to create different scenarios with varying food self-sufficiencies, water sources, energy sources, and countries of import.…
Training // Powering Agriculture — Sustainable Energy for Food
The 8-week course, which will take place from 1 Feb to 27 Mar 2016, will introduce participants to the Energy-Agriculture Nexus and approaches for…
Policy Paper // Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Baseline Report and Assessment
By World Watch Institute, GIZ and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Despite the availability of tremendous domestic renewable energy resources,…
Symposium // ITT-Symposium "Research for the Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus", Cologne
Conference // "Managing Water, Energy, & Food in an Uncertain World", Santa Fe
by the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
Re-framing silos to accelerate development pathways
The water-energy-food nexus helps to identify and overcome sectoral "silos"
Toolkit Launch // "Water, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Development: Lessons for Practitioners", Washington DC
Launch of USAID's Water and Conflict Toolkit for Programming, a document designed to help development practitioners gain a deeper understanding of…
Seminar // Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus - its relevance for water and wastewater utilities
The seminar explores the nexus between water and energy in water and waste water utilities.
Forum // 3rd Mekong Forum on Water Food and Energy, Hanoi/Vietnam
The Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is a major networking, dialoguing and research event that focuses on water, food and energy developments…
Discussion // "The Nexus of Energy and Water for US Sustainability and National Security", Washington DC/USA
Discussion with US Senator Lisa Murkowski on the release of a white paper in coordination with The Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability…