Research // Energy-water Nexus: Energy Use in the Municipal, Industrial, and Agricultural Water Sectors
Industrial processes rely on water for cooling, chemical solvents, cleaning, just to name a few. Forty percent of the worlds' food is produced from…
Slides // Rethinking Food Security: New Dynamics of Green Growth, Food-Water-Energy Nexus, Public-Private-Partnerships and the Changing Role of Rice
by Dr Larry C.Y. Wong, Program Director, TIES, held at the National Convention on Food Security in Malaysia, 15-16 Oct 2012, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Web Chat Transcript // Addressing the Energy-Water-Food challenge
Summary of the webchat hosted by Dick Benschop, President Director Shell Netherlands and Jeremy Bentham, Vice President Global Business Environment,…
Research // Hydroclimatic shifts driven by human water use for food and energy production
Hydrological change is a central part of global change. Its drivers in the past need to be understood and quantified for accurate projection of…
Research // A Thirst for Power: A Global Analysis of Water Consumption for Energy Production
Award-winning research by Edward Spang, The Center for Water-Energy Efficiency (CWEE), University of California, Davis - Water and energy resource…
Business Fights Poverty Blog // The Water Food Energy Nexus
Water, food and energy are interconnected. Agriculture accounts for about 70% of global freshwater use and can pollute freshwater supplies if…
Video from Panel // Energy-Water-Food Nexus at the Singapore Energy Summit
Dato' Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Energy, Green Technology And Water, Malaysia, and Ruth Cairnie, Executive Vice-President Strategy and…
Standard Digital (Kenya) // Food, Energy, Water threaten Development
Water, energy and food are three crucial resources needed to sustain life on earth. Yet, every year 1.1 billion people go without clean drinking…
GrowingBlue // How Important Is the Nexus between Water and the Economy? The Case of Ecosystem Services
There's an old Western phrase, "Whiskey's for drinking; water's for war." The quip captures the significance of water - water is essential to…
ScienceNews // Global groundwater use outpaces supply - Measure reveals unsustainable use of world's aquifers
A handful of thirsty countries are guzzling their groundwater reserves much faster than those resources can be renewed. India, Pakistan, Saudi…
Foreign Affairs // No Wars for Water - Why Climate Change Has Not Led to Conflict
In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions over water usage can still exacerbate other existing regional…
Website // Land Matrix
The Land Matrix is an online public database that permits all users to contribute to and improve data on land deals, and for this data to be…
The Guardian // New international land deals database reveals rush to buy up Africa
World's largest public database lifts lid on the extent and secretive nature of the global demand for land: Almost 5% of Africa's agricultural land…
The Hindu // "Drain it, lose it," says new wetlands economics report
A major report that will help countries understand the economic value of inland wetlands, which cover a vast area of the earth's land surface and…
NEPAD // Africa: Pumps, Policies and Private Investment
As World Water Week draws to a close, a new report highlights the promise of small-scale irrigation schemes. "Water for Wealth and Food Security"…