Water
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…
Nexus Blog // Faire face aux risques complexes - sur la “ROAD” de la planification durable des ressources en Afrique de l'Ouest
Début mai, un webinaire a été organisé à l'intention des partenaires des projets ‘Dialogue régional Nexus dans le bassin du Niger’, ‘Améliorer la…
Research article // Evaluation and Scenario Prediction of the Water-Energy-Food System Security in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Based on the RF-Haken Model
By Yan Chen and Lifan Xu. Based on the actual situation of Yangtze River Economic Belt, this paper constructed a water-energy-food evaluation index…
Call for Innovations // Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region - Water and Energy for Food (WE4F)
Are you a MENA-based innovator with a proven solution tackling water and/or energy issues in urban or rural food production? This Call for…
Blog // Water Dialogues to accelerate cross-sectoral implementation of the 2030 Agenda
By Marie Grabka and Matthias Goerres. This article introcudes the upcoming highl-level conference Water Dialogues for Results on July 1, 2021 in…
Water-Energy Nexus // Water for the Millions: Focus Saudi Arabia
By Dornadula Chandrasekharam. This paper investigates how Saudi Arabia can overcome its water and food security problem through using its potential…
Nexus Blog // Outcomes of the Nexus Virtual Forum Nº7 “Integration of Biodiversity in the Nexus approach: Nature Based Solutions and the fragmentation of rivers for dams"
The objective of this virtual forum focused on the presentation of the results of two studies in which biodiversity was the center of the Nexus…
Nexus Blog // Addressing complex risks - on the ROAD to sustainable resource planning in West Africa
At the beginning of May, a webinar took place for members of the two projects Nexus Regional Dialogue in the Niger Basin and Improving Climate…
Vacancy // Autumn Internship: Water, Food, Ecosystems for the SDGs at Global Water Partnership
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is offering an internship for three to six months, starting in September. The intern will be part of the GWP…
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 // The Nile Water-Food-Energy Nexus under Uncertainty: Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
By Hamdy Elsayed; Slobodan Djordjević; Dragan A. Savić, M.ASCE; Ioannis Tsoukalas; and Christos Makropoulos. A system dynamics model was developed…
Publication // The water footprint of food
By Professor Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Twente Water Centre, University of Twente, the Netherlands. This book chapter describes how the international trade…
Vacancy // PhD on the Global Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus under Climate Extremes
The Faculty of Geoscience at Utrecht University is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher interested in global-scale hydrology and water resources…
Article // Thinking Hydrologically - An Interview with Oyture Anarbekov, IWMI Country Manager – Uzbekistan
By Clara Colton Symmes, Princeton in Asia Fellow, IWMI. Water is running out in Central Asia. New approaches to water regulation, energy production,…
Publication // The water-energy-food nexus at home: New opportunities for policy
By Foden, M., Browne, A. L., Evans, D. M., Sharp, L., & Watson, M. (2019). This paper introduces the “Nexus at Home” as a starting point for…