The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Stuttgart seeks a highly motivated PhD student providing a substantial contribution to close existing research gaps in the coupled energy and water analysis. New methods and models have to be developed for the planning of integrated energy-water systems with high geographical and spatial […]
A graduate student internship position is available in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL; U.S. Department of Energy) Strategic Energy Analysis Center. NREL is the primary laboratory for research, development, and deployment of renewable energy technologies in the United States. For more information and to apply click here Job Description A graduate student internship position […]
Let’s Talk Trees A podcast series created by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) which aim to address the science of forestry, agroforestry and landscapes through stories, real-life experiences and the lives of people communities around the world. The aim is to make knowledge and information more human, […]
UNU-FLORES is currently accepting applications for a Student Assistant (research) position focused on addressing sustainable development from a WEF nexus approach. Applications due by June 30th 2020 About UNU-FLORES The mission of UNU-FLORES is to contribute, through research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge, to the resolution of pressing challenges in the area of sustainable […]
Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Grand Challenges Africa Round 11 Transition to Scale Innovation Call 2 Call opens: 22nd May 2020 at 17.00 East Africa Time Call closes: 30th June 2020 at 23:00 East Africa Time Grand Challenges Africa is honored to extend an invitation to ALL groups that meet the eligibility criteria and have proof of concept results for science-based innovations to participate in the Transition to Scale grants call for proposals. Grand Challenges Africa (GC Africa) is a program of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). This call […]
BID call for proposals: Sub-Saharan Africa 2020 The Biodiversity Information for Development programme aims to enhance capacity for effective data mobilization and use for sustainable development: DEADLINE: 27 AUGUST 2020 GBIF is pleased to invite the submission of concept notes for project funding from sub-Saharan Africa through Biodiversity Information for Development (BID), a programme funded by the Directorate-General for […]
From Climate Change to Covid19: How the Nexus Approach can enhance Sustainable Development The Water, Energy, & Food Security Resource Platform recently interviewed Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), on her experiences while working in the Nexus field as well as the […]
DAFNE Project: Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food Nexus in complex transboundary water resource systems of fast developing countries. The following presentation was shared at the online Dresden Nexus Conference which took place June 3-5, 2020. Presentation Title: A decision-analytic framework & multi-perspective visualization for participatory WEF nexus analysis for policy making View Full […]
About At the 2008 World Future Energy Summit, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, announced the launch of the Zayed Future Energy Prize – a tribute to his father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his sustainability […]
About The FREXUS project is aimed to improve security and climate resilience in a fragile context of the Sahel region through the Water-Energy and Food Security Nexus (Frexus), in Mali, Niger and Chad. The objective is to increase peace and stability in areas where resource conflict is exacerbated by climate change. The Sahel region has […]