Energy
Publication // Decision-making tools for sustainable planning and conceptual framework for the energy–water–food nexus
Enrique Rosales-Asensio, Álvaro de la Puente-Gil, Francisco-José García-Moya, Jorge Blanes-Peiró and Miguel de Simón-Martín present a proposed…
Tool // Climate, Land (Food), Energy and Water Systems Approach (CLEWs)
The Climate, Land (Food), Energy and Water systems approach (CLEWs) focuses on assessing interlinkages between resource systems in order to…
Biofuels and Implications for Agricultural Water Use // Blue Impacts of Green Energy
By Charlotte de Fraiture, Mark Giordano and Yongsong Liao. This paper explores the land and water implications of increased biofuel production…
Vacancy // National Researcher - Renewable Energy, Water and Climate Change
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is looking for a highly motivated national researcher to support projects related to renewable…
Partnership to Promote Water and Energy Sustainability // Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions
The Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions is a partnership by the United Nation's Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the…
Master Thesis // Water, Energy, and Food Nexus in the Amu-Darya River Basin: Analysis of Water Demand and Supply Management Infrastructure Development at Transboundary Level
By Aminjon Abdulloev, Oregon State University. This paper proposes a Nexus sustainability assessment approach for the Amu-Darya River Basin. The…
Pro-poor // Implications of India's Biofuel Policies for Food, Water and the Poor
By Deepak Rajagopal. Increasing consensus about the end of cheap oil, the consequences of global warming and the need for rural development are…
Publication // Assessing River Basin Development Given Water-Energy-Food-Environment Interdependencies
By Robel Geressu, Christian Siderius, Julien J. Harou, Japhet Kashaigili, Laetitia Pettinotti and Declan Conway. The authors apply a multisector…
Irrigation versus Hydropower // Sectoral Conflicts in Southern Sri Lanka
By François Molle, Priyantha Jayakody, Ranjith Ariyaratne and H. S. Somatilake. Although hydropower does not directly consume water, its generation…
Publication // The consumptive water footprint of electricity and heat: a global assessment
By Mesfin M. Mekonnen, P. W. Gerbens-Leenes and Arjen Y. Hoekstra. This study assesses the consumptive water footprint (WF) of electricity and heat…
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean // Priority Interconnections
By Antonio Embid Irujo and Liber Martin. This paper analyses the water-energy-food (WEF) Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean. By briefly…
Efficiency Type Index // Analysis of the current World Biofuel Production under a Water–Food–Energy Nexus Perspective
By Emanuele Moioli, Federico Salvati, Marco Chiesa, Rosa T. Siecha, Flavio Manenti, Francesco Laio, Maria Cristina Rulli. This paper assesses the…
Publication // Towards sustainable renewable energy investment and deployment; Trade-offs and opportunities with water resources and the environment
By United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). This report offers a non-comprehensive “toolkit” to enable policy-makers to identify,…
Hydropower // The Water-Energy Nexus in Chile: A Description of the Regulatory Framework for Hydroelectricity
This article offers a general description of hydropower regulations in Chile wherein two sectors that are regulated separately come to meet each…
Publication // The traded water footprint of global energy from 2010 to 2018
By Christopher M. Chini and Rebecca A. M. Peer. In this article, a new database identifying the virtual water footprints for the trade of eleven…