FEW Nexus Innovation Think
“FEW Nexus Innovation Think” is a unique initiative that curates contemporary food-energy-water(FEW) nexus innovation thinking from a spectrum of sources in research and academia, leading newswires, reputable blogs and more in order that a wide range of stakeholders will likely find value and save time on the topical FEW nexus innovation searches and analysis. The expected outcome of the initiative is to support the appreciation of the emerging multiple perspectives on the complex nexus innovation thinking and its inter linkages and to catalyze a systematic move towards the emergence of a richer repository of innovative responses to global climate induced food, water and energy security challenges.
Ceres2030’s new research reveals that donor governments must spend an additional USD 14 billion a year on average until 2030 to end hunger, double the incomes of 545 million small-scale farmers, and limit agricultural emissions in line with the Paris climate...
read moreWater and Energy for Food (WE4F) Portal
https://energypedia.info/wiki/Portal:Water_and_Energy_for_FoodThe Water and Energy for Food Portal aims to provide an overview of information related to clean energy technologies as well as increased energy efficiency to enhance agricultural production and value. The portal presents comprehensive coverage of content covering...
read moreNexus Assessment : Thematic assessment of the inter linkages among biodiversity, water, food and health in the context of climate change The IPBES Plenary, at IPBES 7 (April/May 2019, Paris), adopted a new work programme (2019-2030), following up on the first IPBES...
read moreThere is strong inter dependency between the use of food, energy and water resources and it is closely linked to environmental challenges, such as climate change and loss of biodiversity. These linkages are expected to become even more important with an increasing...
read moreA growing body of scientific research and real-world applications at the water-food-energy nexus is revealing that solar panels and photovoltaic (PV) energy systems on farm and ranch lands can not only produce emissions- and pollution-free energy but create a...
read moreThe Nexus Game offers a unique opportunity to explore the challenges of water management for energy and food production. Participants are put into the roles of key ministries of two countries sharing the same river. From this perspective, they may brainstorm and...
read moreThe WEF Nexus Tool 2.0© is a holistic platform developed by TAMU Water-Energy-Food Research Group to support decision-makers in identifying sustainable and FEW nexus informed resource management strategies . The scenario-based tool attempts to explicitly quantify the...
read moreThe overarching goal of National Science Foundation (NSF) funded INFEWS initiative is to catalyze well-integrated interdisciplinary and convergent research to transform scientific understanding of the FEW nexus (integrating all three components rather than addressing...
read moreEEFIG Underwriting Toolkit : Value and Risk Appraisal for Energy Efficiency Financing
https://valueandrisk.eefig.eu/introductionThis Toolkit is designed to assist financial institutions to scale up their deployment of capital into energy efficiency. According to the authors,it was compiled with several objectives in mind namely to - better appraise the value and the risks in energy efficiency...
read moreRE Explorer provides renewable energy data, analytical tools, and technical assistance to developers, policymakers, and decision makers in developing countries. It enables them to make meaningful decisions that support low-emission development and ultimately reduce...
read moreFern-leaf Inspires Electrode for High Density Solar Energy Storage
http://newatlas.com/fern-fractal-solar-energy-system/48737/A new electrode design, inspired by the fractal pattern of veins in a fern leaf, could boost the energy capacity of supercapacitors 30 times over. Compared to conventional batteries, supercapacitors can be thinner, more durable and output power much faster, meaning...
read moreMeasuring Global Water Security towards Sustainable Development Goals
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124015Water plays an important role in underpinning equitable, stable and productive societies and ecosystems. Hence, United Nations recognized ensuring water security as one (Goal 6) of the seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs). Many international river basins are...
read moreAustralian solar technology could significantly boost agricultural water-use efficiency, and help address future global food insecurity and water shortages. Scientists from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have helped develop a world-first 'Intelligent Glass' solar...
read moreTwenty Years of India at Night : Beautiful Satellite Visualisation Reveals Rural India’s Electrification
http://india.nightlights.io/#/about"...For twenty years, a group of satellites has taken pictures of India every night. Researchers at the University of Michigan extracted nightly light readings for 600,000 villages. The resulting 4.4 billion data points hold stories of electrification in rural India....
read moreApplying the Circular Economy Lens to Water
http://circulatenews.org/2017/01/applying-the-circular-economy-lens-to-water/"...Moving to a circular economy of water is about synchronising with and then optimising natural water cycles rather than a shifting to new paradigm. Nature already circulates water effectively and has processes that regulate flow, maintain high quality and insure...
read more25 leading global companies join together to accelerate transformational change in global food systems
http://www.wbcsd.org/Projects/FReSH/News/25-leading-global-companies-join-together-to-accelerate-transformational-change-in-global-food-systemsThe companies have joined together to launch FReSH- the Food Reform for Sustainability and Health program- under the leadership of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the EAT Foundation (EAT). The program is open for more companies to...
read moreCognitive Systems to manage the food-water-energy nexus
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/internet-of-things/food-water-energy-nexus/"...Scientists at IBM Research – Ireland are working on managing the complexity of the food-water-energy nexus. They have developed state-of-the-art systems to forecast water usage, energy consumption, energy generation, and crop growth. These systems benefit from...
read moreThe World Bank, in partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), launched the Global Solar Atlas at an ISA event at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.The free, online tool is designed to help investors and policymakers identify potential sites for...
read moreThe Protecting Water Atlas
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/riverslakes/protecting-water.xml" Where is the greatest potential for pollution reduction through watershed conservation? Where are the areas of overlap among co-benefits of source water protection, like biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and human health and well-being? What...
read more‘BioClay’ a Ground-Breaking Discovery for World Food Security
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-bioclay-ground-breaking-discovery-world-food.html#jCpA University of Queensland team has made a discovery that could help conquer the greatest threat to global food security – pests and diseases in plants.Research leader Professor Neena Mitter said BioClay – an environmentally sustainable alternative to chemicals and...
read moreImproving banana crop production and agricultural sustainability in Colombia using sensor networks
http://bit.ly/2gHZfbfSmart farming has become a major trend in the agriculture sector. According to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), by 2050 food production may increase by 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. As Libelium has reported in its Smart Agriculture white paper, food...
read moreBreakthrough Energy Coalition launches ‘Landscape of Innovation’ Report
http://www.b-t.energy/landscape/The Coalition divides the landscape into Grand Challenges in five fields that are the biggest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. Within each of these Grand Challenges they have identified several Technical Quests, different areas where research and...
read moreSpecial Issue on FEW Nexus : JESS Volume 6, Issue I, March 2016
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-016-0389-2#CR5Editorial Source :Saundry, P.D. J Environ Stud Sci (2016) 6: 1. doi:10.1007/s13412-016-0389-2 "This issue of JESS is devoted to the food-energy-water nexus. The papers included advance thinking on the relationship between scholarly research on the effective management...
read moreAccording to the CSA Guide, Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrative approach to address these interlinked challenges of food security and climate change, that explicitly aims for three objectives: A. Sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, to...
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