SDGs
Publication // The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Insights into resilient development
By SAB Miller and WWF (World Wildlife Fund). This collaborative report looks at 16 countries or states, comparing the ways in which their development…
Publication // The Development of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Framework for Achieving Resource Security: A Review
By Gareth B. Simpson and Graham P. W. Jewitt. This paper presents a study of the evolution of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus since its rise to…
Research Article // Integrated assessment of the sustainable water-energy-food nexus in China: Case studies on multi-regional sustainability and multi-sectoral synergy
By Lijie Sun and colleagues. This paper introduced the current status of WEF nexus in China and constructed a comprehensive indicator system for…
NEXUS Interview // The Nexus at Rio+20: way forward?
An interview with Albert Butare, Co-Chair of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference and NEXUS Ambassador
Policy Brief // Introducing Societal Metabolism Analysis via ‘MuSIASEM'
By Kerry A. Waylen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Keith B. Matthews, Mario Giampietro. This paper introduces the Societal Metabolism Analysis, which is at…
Policy Brief // Sharing societal metabolism insights with European Policymakers: Main messages for policy makers
Blackstock KL, Matthews KB, Waylen KA, Juarez-Bourke A, Miller DG, Wardell-Johnson D, Guimarães-Pereira A, Cadillo-Benalcazar J, Kovacic Z, Renner A,…
Policy Brief // Europe’s contribution to the SDGs via Sustainable Agriculture
Kerry A. Waylen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Keith B. Matthews, Alba Juarez-Bourke (The James Hutton Institute). This policy brief highlights how actions…
Research // The Nexus across Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF): Potential for Improved Resource Use Efficiency?
By Claudia Ringler, Anik Bhaduri and Richard Lawford. Water, land and energy resources are all crucial contributors to food security. As a result of…
Transboundary Rivers // Fostering Cooperation on Transboundary Waters: Success Stories from SDC’s Transboundary Waters Program
By Annika Kramer, Lukas Rüttinger and Paola Adriázola. The Global Programme Water (GPW) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)…
UN ESCWA // The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region
Constructing an analytical framework for examining the water-energy-food (WEF) security nexus in the Arab region requires a common vision based on…
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…
Science Forum 2018 Plenary Session // Grappling with Complex Systems: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Experience
This document summarises the findings of two background papers that were commissioned to guide the discussions in the "Grappling With Complex…
SDG's // Nexus Approaches to Global Sustainable Development
By Jianguo Liu et al. Many global challenges, though interconnected, have been addressed singly, at times reducing one problem while exacerbating…
Science Forum 2018 Background Paper // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Interactions and Agriculture Research for Development
By Dr. Mathew Kurian. The impact of Agriculture Research for Development (ARD) is key to justifying investments in technologies and management models…
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…