Policy
Report // Include the fossil-free transition in the next Water Action Agenda
By Karina Barquet and colleagues. This report examines the need for the leaders to account climate, ecosystem, social benefits and trade-offs. These…
Report // The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water
By UNESCO. The 2023 United Nations World Water Development Report on Partnerships and Cooperation assesses the nature and role of partnerships and…
Research Article // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Beyond “Technical Quick Fix”: The Case of Hydro-Development in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
By Detlef Müller-Mahn and colleagues. The paper calls for a broadening of WEF nexus perspectives in order to better acknowledge the social complexity…
Research Article // Assessment of agricultural adaptations to climate change from a water-energy-food nexus perspective
By Lina Wu, Amin Elshorbagy and Warren Helgason. This study provides an approach to comprehensively evaluate agricultural adaptation strategies, in…
Report // The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative - Food, water, energy Nexus call
The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a call jointly established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint…
Research Article // Land suitability class and implications to Land-Water-Food Nexus: A case of rice cultivation in Thailand
By Jutaporn Keson, Thapat Silalertruksa and Shabbir H.Gheewala. The study evaluated the land suitability class implications on major and second rice…
Nexus Regional Dialogue LAC // Government entities in Chile participate in a Nexus simulation and build bridges across institutions.
On May 16, representatives from several Chilean governmental institutions built a new collaborative relationship by tackling the security challenges…
Research article // A review of interconnected challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: Urban pollution perspective towards sustainable development
By Kazem Javan and colleagues. The swift growth of cities worldwide poses significant challenges in ensuring a sufficient water, energy, and food…
Research article // Assessing to act: A water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus governance assessment for the Inkomati-Usuthu river basin in South Africa
By Eva Sievers and colleagues. This paper presents a WEFE nexus governance assessment for the Inkomati-Usuthu river basin in South Africa. The…
Webinar // Localising the WEFE nexus in cities: Translating EU policy into urban investments
The ECDPM organised a online roundtable to bring together practitioners and policymakers to discuss how EU policy can be translated into actions that…
Policy Brief // Working with the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus
This policy note provides a summary and perspectives of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus for climate-resilient sustainable development.…
Research Article // Looking at the Water-Energy-Food nexus through the lens of Ecosystem Services: a new perspective
By Beatrice Sambo and colleagues. This perspective paper argues that a truly integrated nexus approach necessitates placing ecosystem services at the…
Research Article // A Methodological Framework for Assessing the Coherence of WEFE Nexus Policies: Illustration and Application at the River Basin Level
This paper presents a novel framework to assess policy coherence across the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem nexus, highlighting how integrated governance…
NEXUS Gains // Learning resources for water–energy–food–ecosystems (WEFE) nexus capacity development
A suite of learning resources to support capacity development on the WEFE nexus for a wide range of actors. The contents focuses on technical as well…
Research article // Causal Loop Diagrams for bridging the gap between Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus thinking and Nexus doing: Evidence from two case studies
By Raffaele Giordano and colleagues. Despite its success, the actual implementation of the Nexus holistic approach is still hampered by several…