Abstract In southern Africa, the connections between climate and the water–energy–food nexus are strong. Physical and socioeconomic exposure to climate is high in many areas and in crucial economic sectors. Spatial interdependence is also high, driven, for example, by the regional extent of many climate anomalies and river basins and aquifers that span national boundaries. […]
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Job Opportunity// Program Manager (WASH), Algeria
Oxfam in Algeria has been active in the Saharawi refugee camps since 1975. Its programme aims to mobilise local and global humanitarian interventions focusing on WASH and Food Security. Given the challenging funding environment and quality of services UNHCR commissioned Oxfam to develop a five-year strategy for extending the water-supply networks in the camps, with […]
Job Opportunity// PhD position: Changing Rivers at the Utrecht University, Netherlands
Job description As part of NWO project ‘Geometric Algorithms for Perpetually Changing Channel Networks in Rivers and Estuaries’, the Utrecht University is looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate. Do you have an interest in developing into a scientific researcher? Are you enthusiastic about working with large datasets of real rivers and clever software for the […]
Call for Abstracts// Circular Economy: Addressing the novel concept of water-food-energy nexus for the sustainable future
About this Research Topic: Today, the growing world population has resulted in a surging demand on food, water resources, energy and technological development. Projections of the future water, energy, and food demands show an exponential rising trend, while a series of the available natural resources could be significantly deteriorated via environmental degradation, pollution and climate […]
Gender Responsive Agriculture System’s Policy (GRASP) Fellowship
About the Fellowship The Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship is a career development program that targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across Africa. An initiative of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) funded by the United States Agency for […]
Call for Offers for the Final Evaluation of the Project “Promoting the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Southeastern Europe, through the use of the Nexus approach” (ADC 8337-00/2016)
Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP – Med), legally and lawfully represented by the non-profit society MEDITERRANEAN INFORMATION OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – MIO ECSDE announces the present call for the Final Evaluation of the project “Promoting the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Southeastern Europe, through the use of the Nexus […]
Call for Applications: Climate Academy 2022 – Digitalization, Energy Transition and Climate Action
Context The impacts of climate change are being increasingly felt around the globe, often more intense than what was anticipated just a few years ago. There is a growing consensus that the next few years are the last window of opportunity to steer the world in a better and safer direction and avoid the worst […]
Job Opportunity// Senior Agricultural Water Expert at Wageningen, The Netherlands
Job description FutureWater is looking for an experienced agricultural water expert for our expanding international activities, particularly in Asia and Africa, who has affinity with technical tasks but also appetite for leading and coordinating some of the projects. At FutureWater you work in a dynamic organization, independently or in a team, on both organizational and […]
WFP IGNITE Food Systems Challenge Uganda
Apply to receive up to US $50,000 in equity-free funding, mentorship and access to the world’s largest humanitarian organization. Last year, the United Nations World Food Programme launched its first regional innovation hub in Eastern Africa. Now, the hub is kicking off its flagship WFP IGNITE Food Systems Challenge in partnership with the USAID Bureau […]
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