WEF-Nexus Graduate Research Assistantship // University of California Merced
The Mountain Hydrology Research Group at the University of California Merced seeks applications for a highly qualified applicant who is committed to…
The Reuse Opportunity // Cities Seizing the Reuse Opportunity in a Circular Economy
This report argues that decisive, urgent and large-scale action is needed to dramatically increase wastewater treatment, reuse and recycling. The…
Upper River Basin Watersheds // Sustainable, Equitable and Profitable Interventions
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) has conducted innovative research in the upper watersheds of the Ganges, Mekong, Red…
Australian Water Association // Blockchain tech brings industry closer to water-energy nexus
Industry may be one step closer to realising the water-energy nexus thanks to a two-year project that aims to deliver renewable energy and…
River Management // Sensitivity of Regulated Flow Regimes to Climate Change in the Western United States
By Tian Zhou, Nathalie Voisin, Guoyong Lenga, Maoyi Huang, and Ian Kraucunas. Water management activities modify water fluxes at the land surface and…
Water-Energy Nexus // The Energy Reality behind Cape Town's Water Crisis – and why the U.S. Should Care
By Kate Zerrenner. In Cape Town, South Africa, the countdown is on for Day Zero when water taps in the city of 4 million people are expected to run…
Sustainability in the Food-Water-Ecosystem Nexus // The Role of Land Use and Land Cover Change for Water Resources and Ecosystems in the Kilombero Wetland, Tanzania
By Constanze Leemhuis, Frank Thonfeld, Kristian Näschen, Stefanie Steinbach, Javier Muro, Adrian Strauch, Ander López, Giuseppe Daconto, Ian Games…
U.S. News // US Utilities Find Water Pollution at Coal Ash Dumps
By Matthew Brown and Sarah Rankin, via AP. Major utilities are finding evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the…
Water-Food Nexus // How to Stimulate the Water and Agriculture Nexus?
By Rob van der Veeren, Diederik van der Molen and Siep Groen. This paper highlights steps needed to improve cooperation between these two policy…
China and the Energy-Food-Water Nexus
By Niall Duggan. China’s energy-food-water nexus raises a number of human security issues. The nexus will slow Chinese growth and create instability.…
Project // Climate Services for the Water-Energy-Land Nexus (CLISWELN)
CLISWELN aims at building a long-lasting bridge between regional stakeholders and providers of regional climate scenario data (EURO-CORDEX) by using…
Identifying trade-offs and reconciling competing demands for water // Integrating agriculture into a robust decision-making framework
By J.W. Fox, D. Haro-Monteagudo, T.M. Hess and J. Morris. This paper describes an empirical application of a mixed methods approach to integrate…
"A WEF perspective is essential for developing effective strategies for the sustainable use of essential resources"
By Jauad El Kharraz. With a water-energy-food nexus workshop held in Morocco in December, the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) and…
The State of U.S. Urban Water // Data and the Energy-Water Nexus
By Christopher M. Chini and Ashlynn S. Stillwell. In this study, the authors evaluate the energy-for-water component of the energy-water nexus by…
Call for Papers // Special Edition of Energy, Ecology and Environment: "Water Security"
Edited by Robert Brears. Global demand for water is projected to outstrip supply by 40% in 2030 and 55% in 2050 as a result of climate change, rising…