Tackling complexity: Understanding the food-energy-environment nexus in Ethiopia's Lake Tana sub-basin
To achieve Ethipoia's goal to become a middle-income country by 2025, an agricultural development led industrialization strategy is being implemented.
New Publication // Time to redirect the focus of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
The water-energy-food nexus is the "new kid on the block" in development thinking since 2008, and is a key concept within the UN post-2015…
The rise and implications of the water-energy-food nexus in Southeast Asia through an environmental justice lens
This article maps the rise of the water-energy-food 'nexus' as a research, policy and project agenda in mainland Southeast Asia.
Technical Veil, Hidden Politics: Interrogating the Power Linkages behind the Nexus
By Jeremy Allouche, Carl Middleton, Dipak Gyawali. The nexus is still very much an immature concept. Although it is difficult to disagree with a…
Node and Regime: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Water - Energy - Food Nexus in the Mekong Region
Understanding complex phenomena such as the water-energy-food nexus (resource nexus) requires a more holistic, interdisciplinary inquiry.
The 'nexus' as one step on the road to a more coherent water resource management paradigm
The interrelationships between water resources, food production and energy security have influenced policy for many decades so the emergence of the…
Nexus Research // US National Science Foundation to spend 75 million USD on the Nexus
As a part of the 2016 budget, NSF plans to invest heavily in research on the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS). This is an NSF-wide…
Renewable Energy for SIDS // Blog // IRENA Report Examines Renewables' Potential to Solve Water, Food and Energy Challenges
A report titled 'Renewable Energy in the Water, Energy and Food Nexus' finds that renewable energy has the potential to generate significant water…
The Nexus Network // Participants needed for South Africa workshop, 24 and 25 February 2015
ESRC would like to invite leading UK academic and non-academics to be selected for a two-day workshop in Cape Town to develop the scope of the…
Water Resources and Economics // Call for papers // Special Issue on Economics of River Restoration
Submission deadline for articles: 29 May 2015.
Climate Control News // Veolia wins Barangaroo contract
Lend Lease has awarded Veolia a long term contract to operate and maintain one of Australia's largest district energy, cooling and water treatment…
blue&green tomorrow // Report: achieving renewable energy targets could address water challenges
Meeting renewable energy targets could significantly cut the amount of water used for generating electricity as water scarcity becomes a bigger risk,…
IWA Publishing // ABU DHABI: Study shows renewable energy saves significant water (29/01/15)
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) claims that realising the renewable energy plans of the Gulf Cooperation Council…
WaterWorld // GCC could cut water demand with renewable energy
Realising the renewable energy plans of the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) will result in a 20% reduction in water withdrawals in the power…