Economy
Nexus Blog // UNECE launches methodology to evaluate the sustainability of infrastructure projects and guidelines on Waste-to-Energy projects for the circular economy
As countries all over the world aim at ‘building back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic, the recently-launched UNECE People-first PPP Evaluation…
Open Call for Artists // ClimArtLab Evolving Futures: Owning our Mess
The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg and the think tank artEC/Oindustry are embarking in an…
Publication // Circular economy approach to reduce water–energy–food nexus
By Adriana Del Borghi, Luca Moreschi, Michela Gallo. The purpose of the review was to discuss the circular economy approaches devoted to understand…
Nexus Blog // Connecting Food Waste and Sanitation Services can help African Farmers
By Federico Davila, Alice Mutiti Mweetwa, Dana Cordell, Frank Mnthambala, Gudina Terefe Tucho, Ruben Sakrabani. African agriculture is fundamental…
Publication // Smart Climate Resilient and Efficient Integrated Waste to Clean Energy System in a Developing Country: Industry 4.0
By Anthony Njuguna Matheri, Belaid Mohamed and Jane Catherine Ngila. In this chapter from the African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, edited…
Strategies for a Green Economy // Investing in Nature as Water Infrastructure
IUCN's Policy Brief on Water, Food, Energy Nexus and the Dimension of Nature. Clean and regular water supplies are among the most basic human needs,…
Report // Who should value nature?
Sustainable Business Initiative - Outside insights
Research Article // Energy-food nexus scarcity risk and the synergic impact of climate policy: A global production network perspective
By Yan Xia and Bingqian Yan. By combining multi-regional input-output analysis and network control analysis, this paper investigated the dependence…
Research Article // Estimating the Water and Carbon Footprints of Growing Avocados in the Munich Metropolitan Region Using Waste Heat as a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Potential
By Lukas Becker and Daphne Gondhalekar. This research aimed to identify the possibility of growing subtropical or tropical fruits, here especially…
Research Article // Co‑creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus
By Fabiano de Araújo Moreira and colleagues. This study has given attention to the local context by focusing on the activities of the "Ligue os…
Niger Basin Nexus Acceleration Programme // Article Series No.2: Meet the participants
Following the WEF Nexus start-up bootcamp that took place in June, the 5 finalists are now entering the 9-month acceleration programme. Learn more…
Programme d'accélération Nexus dans le Bassin du Niger // Série d'articles n° 2 : Présentation des participants
Suite au bootcamp de start-ups Nexus EESA qui a eu lieu en juin, les 5 finalistes entrent maintenant dans le programme d'accélération de 9 mois.…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Southern Africa // Eswatini Government Applauds Integrated Planning in Water, Energy and Food Sectors for economic recovery after Covid-19 Pandemic
The Government of Eswatini has applauded the use of an integrated approach to planning and implementation of projects in the water, energy and food…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Southern Africa // 10th SADC Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue opens with clarion call for integrated investments in water, energy and food security
The Southern African Development Community-SADC-Member States have been urged use of an integrated approach to solving water, energy and food…
Research Article // Evaluation of Water—Energy—Food—Economy Coupling Efficiency Based on Three-Dimensional Network Data Envelopment Analysis Model
By Zhiyu Zhang and Yejun Xu. This paper establishes a three-dimensional network structure to describe the water–energy–food–economy (WEF-Eco) system…