Publication // "The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Insights for the Business Community"
Through a thorough review of 54 documents (vetted by government, industry, and NGO experts), this document, published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce…
Policy Brief // A Safe Space for Humanity: The Nexus of Food, Water, Energy, and Climate
By Peter Rogers and Samuel Daines. The 20th Century saw major human triggered transitions that cumulatively are threatening the safety of the habitat…
Philippine Daily Inquirer // Resilience, Partnership in the Face of Tragedy
Last November, the devastating Super Typhoon "Yolanda" (Haiyan) slashed across the Eastern Visayas region, impacting the lives of hundreds of…
Sustainable Energy Policy & Practise // Workshop Addresses Earth Observations and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted the Workshop on Earth Observations (EO) and the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. Participants…
UN Jobs // Fellowship // Summer Fellow, Global Water-Food-Energy Nexus, Washington
This fellowship, which was created and funded by WRI's founder, Gus Speth, provides funding for a student from the Yale University School of Forestry…
Call for Papers // TriNex Best Paper Award on the Nexus
The TriNex Consortium calls for papers focusing on the themes of education-research-innovation (knowledge-triangle) in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus…
EES Blog // Articles // Water and energy
Here are assembled some of the research and transformative reviews related to water and energy — focussing on the relevance of water in dealing with…
Scientific American // Making Sustainable Beer
As global population continues to grow, managing the relationships between water, food and energy is becoming increasingly critical. Businesses need…
Event Summary // Choke Point: China
The water-energy-food choke point is forcing a new 21st century reckoning. Three colliding trends — declining freshwater reserves, booming energy…
TriplePundit // Water-Energy Nexus: Utah Approves Largest Solar Power Park
Scatec Solar on April 1 received final approvals from the Utah Public Service Commission and Iron County Community Development and Renewal Agency to…
Forum // CEF Director Jennifer Turner Gave a Talk at University of California San Diego
China's energy and environmental security is threatened as the country hits these choke points. How China deals with these confrontations has…
// Blog // Identifying the Global Coal Industry's Water Risks
Water is essential for energy production–when water risks arise, energy producers around the world feel the impacts. A massive flood in Australia in…
Thompson Reuters Foundation // 'Intelligent' power rationing eases Indian state's irrigation woes
A scheme to separate agricultural and domestic power supplies in Gujarat has been recognised by the United Nations for making irrigation more…
Slides // Strategic studies to support hydropower planning in Lower Mekong Basin to optimize hydropower development opportunities and minimize uncertainty and risks associated with them
Presentation by Voradeth Phonekeo, Mekong River Commission, held on April 3rd, 2014, at the conference "Cooperation for Water, Energy, and Food…
Acclimatise // The water-energy nexus under discussion at US Water Week
Hundreds of professionals in the water sector came together to take part in US Water Week. Taking place on Capitol Hill, participants discussed the…