World Water Week Stockholm 2012 // FAO Programme @ Stockholm 2012
This year, the overarching theme of the World Water Week in Stockholm is Water and Food Security. Feeding the world population in the future with…
Reading List // IISD: Water-Energy-Food Nexus
IISD Library has started to compile a list of resources on research on the water-energy-food nexus.
Money Morning // Economist Richard Duncan: Civilization May Not Survive "Death Spiral"
Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America's $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into…
New York Times // Corn for Food, Not Fuel
The price of corn is a critical variable in the world food equation, and food markets are on edge because American corn supplies are plummeting. The…
Publication // Climate change, water stress, conflict and migration
The presentations during the conference on climate change, water, conflict and migration, held on 21 September 2011 in The Hague, the Netherlands,…
ecoCENTRIC // Drought and the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
What a difference a year makes. Last spring, farmers along the Mississippi River watched in horror as the Army Corps of Engineers blew up levees to…
Messages for Rio // New Drivers for Sustainable Urban Development - Key Messages on Green Urban Economy from Bonn to Rio
Three focal areas need to be addressed for a transition to a Green Urban Economy, which promotes environmental well-being and improved quality of…
GrowingBlue // Blue is the new green
A survey of leaders at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos revealed that, for the first time, water-related risks are among the top 5 concerns…
The Guardian // Live blog from Oxford University: food, water and energy for all
Jo Confino blogs live from the high level Resource sustainability conference at Oxford University's Smith School, which is looking at new ways to…
Video // Investment opportunities in energy, water and food security
James Cameron of Climate Change Capital on the investment opportunities in the NEXUS
Webinar Recording // The Water-Energy Nexus
This webinar explores the interconnections and interdependencies between water and energy – a topic that is rapidly becoming a priority area of focus…
The World's Large Dams: Almost 7,000 and Counting
A map of the world's 6,862 large dams
Business Day (South Africa) // Water flows through heart of sustainability challenges
It is in the interests of big business to work with government to ensure the best use of water in an increasingly water-stressed country.
EarthSky // The Vital Link between Energy and Water
The energy-water nexus — the vital link between energy and water — is shaping up to be one of the most important issues of the 21st century. EarthSky…
Slides // "The Efficient City of the Future"
Presentation by Kala Vairavamoorthy, Patel School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida