The Water-Energy-Food in Africa Initiative is excited to share with you updates on the current news and events, ways to get involved, and upcoming items to be on the lookout for
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Member Registration and Collaborative Platform
If you have not yet done so, we highly encourage interested participants to join the WEF Nexus in Africa Initiative as a member of our website and the Collaborative Platform.
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Call for abstracts: EU-Africa Partnership for Energy Access and a Green Transition
Scholars and researchers are invited to submit abstracts for policy papers on the theme of EU-Africa Partnership for Energy Access and a Green Transition. Authors may address the theme broadly or focus on specific topics (renewable energy financing, climate adaptation, technology transfer, circular economy, etc) appropriate to the theme
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Publishing Opportunity: Global Water Forum
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The Global Water Forum publishes informed and verifiable perspectives on local, regional, and global water issues from all geographic areas, academic disciplines, and types of profession. The aim is to provide reliable, accessible, and informed insights of water issues, communicated in a way which facilitates the broadest possible understanding. In support of this aim the GWF encourages readers to share their experiences in the water sector by contributing* short, fully referenced articles to the site discussing their work or point of view
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Nexus Publication: An impact analysis of population growth on energy‐water‐food‐land nexus for ecological sustainable development in Rwanda
This research analyzed the ecological balance of human activities in Rwanda and how policymakers have increasingly emphasized on energy–water–food nexus sectors separately without integrating land usage and population growth which poses an even more critical situation if left unattended to.
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E-Learning Course: Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: The Nexus between Water, Energy and Food
The course is directed toward upper-division undergraduate and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplines (environmental sciences, engineering, agricultural sciences, social sciences) as well as professionals (NGOs, think tanks) and policy makers concerned with sustainable development in both developed and developing countries.
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6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
The 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity Development: From Capacity Development to Implementation Science
will bring together scholars, decision-makers and practitioners to discuss the current and future role of capacity development within policy, operational practice and education. As in previous years, the event will act as a catalyst to build commitment among participants, leading to future action and collaboration.
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Dresden Nexus Conference
The third Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC2020) will take place *online* 3–5 June 2020 under the theme “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”. DNC2020 aims to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy by focusing on identifying and discussing the concepts that nexus thinking offers to support the transition towards a circular economy. A Nexus Approach shares many synergies with the concept of a circular economy – a system that eliminates waste, keeps resources in use, and contributes to regenerating natural systems.
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Jobs and Internship Opportunities
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Nexus Project Cluster – Two Internship Opportunities at UNU-FLORES
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Two internship positions available: Partnerships and Liaison Officer and Biodiversity in Business Strategy and Management with the Nexus Project Cluster.
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Event changes due to COVID-19
Africa Climate Wee
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: Event Postponed – dates to be announced
Sustainable Energy for All Forum: Event Postponed - new date is 16-18 February 2021
Dresden Nexus Conference: Event now online for free
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General Notice
Please send relevant news, events, or activities to
Gracie Pekarcik
to be published to site or featured in newsletter
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Jacobson named first Global Faculty Fellow in College of Agricultural Sciences
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Michael Jacobson, professor of forest resources in the
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
, will help lead the college's Ag2Africa programming, as well as collaborate with Penn State's Office of Global Programs in its efforts to build a Water, Energy, Food Systems (WEFS) initiative in Africa.
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The Development of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Framework for Achieving Resource Security: A Review
This paper presents a study of the evolution of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus since its rise to prominence in policy and development discourses in 2011. Drawing from an extensive review of published literature, the paper presents various interpretations of the concept while also considering the novelty of the WEF nexus. The challenge of integrating and optimising the components of this multi-centric nexus is examined, with four case studies being presented. Various criticisms levelled at the WEF nexus, such as the neglect of livelihoods and the environment in assessments, are noted, together with governance considerations associated with this framework. Finally, the potential of the WEF nexus to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is reviewed.
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