Expertism // The Confederacy of Experts: The Crushing Nexus of Silos, Systems, Arrogance and Irrational Certainty
By Gary Lawrence. The problems of our time, belief in the value of specialization over generalization and the history of educational praxis inspire…
Resilience // The Nexus in Small Island Developing States
By Liz Thompson. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the benefi t and possible approaches of a strategic formulation and implementation of…
Analysis // From Bonn 2011 Nexus to Chapel Hill via Rio+20
By Albert Butare. In this foreword to a collection of nexus articles, edited by Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram, the author summarises the development…
WEF Nexus and Climate // World Bank Steps Up Climate Funding in Arab World
The World Bank Group announced today a new plan to ramp up support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to confront the…
Business Insider // These solar panels can literally pull clean drinking water out of thin air
Our atmosphere contains approximately 3,100 cubic miles of water — enough to cover the entire planet in one inch of water. That water surrounds us in…
MENA // The Middle East Water-Energy Food Nexus
Roundtable discussion organised by the Hollings Center for International Dialogue
COP22 Side Event// GIZ Sustainable together: the Water Energy Food Nexus
The side event will try to disseminate GIZ experience and learn from particularly interesting projects and initiatives also outside of GIZ. The…
Project // BRIDGE: Building Resilience In a Dynamic Global Economy - Complexity across Scales in Brazil
The BRIDGE project is a UK-BRAZIL collaboration funded by the Newton Funds, comprising of the ESRC and FAPESC. It supports researchers in the…
Project // SIM4NEXUS
SIM4NEXUS envisions the Nexus concept as an integral part of the transition towards a resource-efficient and low-carbon economy. In order to boost…
Networking // Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Urban Areas
With Ewa Bloch, Urban Living Programme Lead at Innovate UK. The evening will be dedicated to discussing Innovate’s urban living sector priorities and…
COP22 Side Event// Energy Access and Climate Change through Food-Water-Energy Nexus
The side event will emphasize putting ideas into action – moving forward on policy and practice to address the interconnected systems…
BRINK News // The Thirst for Power: Hydroelectricity in a Water Crisis World
The Earth’s thirst for power is teetering toward crisis in an era of increasing water scarcity where nine of its largest operating power plants are…
UNECE 4th Task Force Meeting on the Water-Food-Energy Ecoysystems Nexus
The fourth meeting Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus will take place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 8 December 2016 back…
UNECE Global Workshop on the Water-Food-Energy Ecosystems Nexus
The global stock-taking workshop on assessments of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus and response measures in transboundary basins will take…
PhD Scholarship // Mapping the Water-Energy Nexus and Urban Metabolism
Opportunities exist for one or more PhD students to contribute to a set of exciting projects at the School of Chemical Engineering/University of…