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SUMMARY:Africa Climate Week
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Event Postponed – dates to be announced\nAbout\nAfrica Climate Week 2020 will convene under the theme\, ‘Partnering for Transformation towards a Low-carbon Climate-resilient and Prosperous Africa: Managing Risks\, Seizing Opportunities’. The event aims to mobilize and enhance partnerships and collaborative approaches\, including to respond to the urgent need to understand the risks and impacts of climate change and integrate this knowledge in planning at all levels and in all sectors. \nAfrica Climate Week 2020 will bring together representatives from the public and private sectors to exchange ideas and identify synergies in discussions\, meetings and exhibitions on a diverse set of themes related to climate action and sustainable development. Taking place in 2020\, the year when countries are expected to increase the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change\, the event will seek to facilitate NDC implementation and help deliver on the SDGs. The event will be steered by an inter-ministerial committee\, led by the Prime Minister of Uganda. \nAfrica Climate Week is an opportunity to move forward on crucial climate action work at a national and regional level\, taking regional priorities into consideration. \nFocus Areas\nThe Africa Climate Week aims to enhance the engagement of the private sector in implementation and delivery of national climate action plans under the Paris Agreement (Nationally Determined Contributions\, or NDCs). The Africa Climate Week aims to achieve this across three core tracks \n\nPartnering for whole society engagement in implementation This track will demystify the various provisions of the UNFCCC and turning them into tangible/actionable items for actors in the regions. This track will also enable an assessment of the best practice in society-wide and economy-wide approaches to cutting greenhouse gases and building resilience. These events will also generate groundswell momentum for timely implementation of the commitments made under the UNFCCC processes\, including the provisions of the enhanced transparency framework.\nManaging climate risks This track will allow deeper collaboration between all actors on scoping the extent of the climate risks faced in Africa across the dimensions of hazards faced\, sectors impacted and a levels of governance involved. Events will focus on the development of solutions for and enhanced partnerships related to these risks. For Africa Climate Week 2020 this track will focus on water and food security and in this context address topics related to ecosystems and nature-based solutions and resilient infrastructure development.\nSeizing transformation opportunities This track will provide a platform explore solutions to deliver climate action and support at a scale that puts the region on a low-emission development pathway. Related events under this focus area will provide a basis for partnership\, engagement and capacity development on best practice policy\, resource mobilization and technology development and deployment with a focus on energy\, infrastructure and mobility.\n\nDetails\nLocation: Kampala\, Uganda; Speke Resort and Conference Centre \nRegistration Deadline: April 19\, 2020 \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/africa-climate-week/
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:E-Learning Course: RE-Thinking Access to Energy Business Models: Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk
DESCRIPTION:RE-Thinking Access to Energy Business Models: Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk\nBackground\nThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\, Africa Office Energy Unit and the Ecosystem Division (Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities) in collaboration with the Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa (RES4Africa) are joining forces to organize a series of online webinar trainings on the WEF Nexus. The first training will take place on Thursday\, 26 March 2020\, from 2:00-3:30 PM (EAT). It will mainly focus on the contribution of renewable energy towards the implementation of the Water\, Food\, and Energy (WEF) Nexus. \nYou are invited to participate in this first online webinar training whose emphasis will be given to re-thinking the access to energy business models through WEF Nexus approaches and cross-sectorial partnerships\, paving the way for Africa’s long-term sustainable economic growth. \nFurther\, a brief presentation on “Water-Energy-Nexus” with a focus on the contribution of wastewater to this nexus will be delivered. This could serve as a path for providing an introduction to the second webinar that will be focusing mainly on the contribution of water towards the implementation of WEF Nexus. \nSpeakers\n\nRoberto Vigotti (Secretary-General of RES4Africa Foundation)\nMarco Aresti (Access2Energy Programme Manager at RES4Africa Foundation)\nLuca Traini (Senior Business Development and Partnership Officer at RES4Africa Foundation)\nBirguy Lamizana (Programme Management Officer for wastewater management at UNEP)\n\nWho Can Participate?\nAnyone who is interested! \nRegistration and Access \nConcept Note\n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/e-learning-course-re-thinking-access-to-energy-business-models-ways-to-walk-the-water-energy-food-nexus-talk/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200331
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SUMMARY:7th Climate Change Online Conference (CLIMATE2020)
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe Research and Transfer Centre ‘Sustainability and Climate Change Management’ (FTZ-NK) of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences\, Germany\, will convene the seventh Climate Change Online Conference (CLIMATE2020). Taking place exclusively on the internet\, CLIMATE2020 is guided by and will contribute to SDG 13 (climate action). Specific themes to be addressed include: \n\nResilience and Capacity Building;\nIntelligent Climate Policy and Governance;\nEducation\, Awareness and Adaptation;\nClimate Finance and Access to Funding;\nIntelligent Climate Planning\, Small Islands and Developing Countries; and\nClimate Change as a Threat to Biodiversity.\n\nEvent Information\n\n\nYou will have with free unlimited access to all kinds of high-quality scientific articles\, climate projects and further learning opportunities 24 hours a day\, 7 days a week. \n\n\nGet involved in international dialogues and the exchange of ideas with experts from the academic\, political\, economic and social sectors and the rest of the community. \n\n\nCLIMATE2020 is guided by and will contribute to the Sustainable Development goal 13 (Climate Action). \n\n\nThe objective of the on-line conference is to convey the most recent research results on climate change and its impacts\, as well as to provide especially early career researchers from all over the world with the opportunity to present their findings at a global level. This event fills a knowledge gap in respect of thematic discussions on climate change mitigation and adaptation\, which will be performed both in an integrative and interactive way. The conference also offers you insights on numerous climate projects\, initiatives and strategies\, which are currently being implemented on the five continents and considered to be latest examples of worldwide climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. \nREGISTER HERE \nMore information on website
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/7th-climate-change-online-conference-climate2020/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200319
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SUMMARY:AGEP Winter School: An interdisciplinary perspective on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Event Cancelled \n“Following the recommendations concerning health precautions\, the Nexus Winter School is canceled for now. We very much regret the situation and hope to be able to offer the event again in the course of the year.” \nInterdisciplinary Workshop for students\, DAAD Scholarship Holders and young researchers. \nOverall topic of the workshop is the scientific coverage of the so-called water\, energy and food nexus by an interdisciplinary approach. With this interdisciplinary approach the interlinkages\, similarities but also differences of the mentioned three sectors\, new insights and different perspectives will be achieved and a deeper understanding will be created. Another focus lies on the network benefits of this workshop\, which arise when students\, scholars and interested people will collaborate in such a cross-cutting scientific topic and will take into consideration the different perspectives of the “global north” and the “global south”.\nExperts of different research areas from the GIZ\, DIE-GDI\, UNU\, TH-Köln\, Uni Darmstadt\, Uni Bonn\, and GSI will present latest research findings on the focus areas water\, energy\, soil and food. Additionally the participants will work in various working groups on the lecture inputs using the Open Space method.\nThe detailed program for the workshop will be available by mid-February. \nParticipation and registration:\nAttendance fee is 40\,- € (60\,- € for participants who want to be accommodated for 2 nights at the conference center).
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/agep-winter-school-an-interdisciplinary-perspective-on-the-water-energy-food-nexus/
LOCATION:Gustav-Stresemann-Institut\, Langer Grabenweg 68\, Bonn\, 53175\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Food Loss and Waste – Can we end it by 2030?
DESCRIPTION:Co-Organized by IFPRI\, Champions 12.3\, Embassy of Denmark in Washington\, DC\, World Resources Institute (WRI) \nMAR 12\, 2020 – 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT \nWith just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be met\, eliminating food loss and waste is increasingly urgent. \nBuilding on the 2019 inaugural event\, this special event will discuss whether\, as a global community\, we can or will end food loss and waste and presenters will share on their efforts to reach SDG 2030 targets. \nBreakfast will be available starting at 9:00am. Event begins promptly at 9:30am. \nHow to Register: \n\nEventbrite – Register for this FREE event here\nFacebook – coming soon (join IFPRI Live Group and watch livestream)\nWebsite – Find speaker list\, event details\, and register directly here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/food-loss-and-waste-can-we-end-it-by-2030/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200728
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SUMMARY:E-Learning Course: Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: The Nexus between Water\, Energy and Food
DESCRIPTION:Overview \nIn this course you will become familiar with the ideas of the water-energy-food nexus and transdisciplinary thinking. You will learn to see your community or country as a complex social-ecological system and to describe its water\, energy and food metabolism in the form of a pattern\, as well as to map the categories of social actors. We will provide you with the tools to measure the nexus elements and to analyze them in a coherent way across scales and dimensions of analysis. In this way\, your quantitative analysis will become useful for informed decision-making. You will be able to detect and quantify dependence on non-renewable resources and externalization of environmental problems to other societies and ecosystems (a popular ‘solution’ in the western world). Practical case studies\, from both developed and developing countries\, will help you evaluate the state-of-play of a given community or country and to evaluate possible solutions. Last but not least\, you will learn to see pressing social-ecological issues\, such as energy poverty\, water scarcity and inequity\, from a radically different perspective\, and to question everything you’ve been told so far. \n\nLevel: Intermediate\nCommitment: 4-6 hours/week\nLanguage of Instruction: English\nPass all graded assignments to complete the course\n\nView Syllabus Here \nEnrollment and Dates \nEnroll can be completed on the Coursera website. This course is offered a 8 weekly intervals with the upcoming enrollment and start dates: \n\n10 February 2020 (enrollment closing 15 February)\n6 April 2020 (enrollment closing 11 April)\n1 June 2020 (enrollment closing 6 June)\n27 July 2020 (enrollment closing 1 August 2020)\n\nIntended Participants \nThe 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. \nInstructors \nMario Giampietro\, ICREA Research Professor\nInstitute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) \nAndrea Saltelli\, Guest researcher\nInstitute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) \nTarik Serrano\, Post-Doc Researcher\nInstitute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) \nCourse Creator  \nThe Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is a public university located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. International in its outlook\, it is fully consolidated within its local surroundings\, and offers quality education in close association with research activity\, the transfer of scientific\, technological\, cultural and educational knowledge\, the promotion of its human potential and the responsible management of available resources. The UAB currently offers 81 degrees\, 130 official Master Programmes and 183 UAB-specific Masters Degrees. In addition\, it offers 174 lifelong learning programmes and 65 PhD Programmes\, 27 of which have been distinguished through Quality Awards. The UAB has a total of over 3\,500 teaching and research staff\, over 2\,000 administrative staff and over 40\,000 students. \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/e-learning-course-sustainability-of-social-ecological-systems-the-nexus-between-water-energy-and-food/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191115
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SUMMARY:Conference: Prevention and management of conflicts linked to the governance of natural resources in West Africa: opportunities and challenges
DESCRIPTION:About\nThe Civil Peace Service and the Frexus project\, both implemented by the GIZ\, are organizing an international conference on the theme: “Prevention and management of conflicts related to natural resource governance in West Africa: challenges and opportunities.” The conference takes place between November 12th and 14th 2019 in Niamey\, Niger. The conference aims to inform and create synergies between different actors from West Africa and elsewhere\, sharing their capacities in the prevention\, reduction and transformation of conflicts related to the management of natural resources. \nView Conference Document Here 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/conference-prevention-and-management-of-conflicts-linked-to-the-governance-of-natural-resources-in-west-africa-opportunities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Niamey\, Niger
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191010
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SUMMARY:African Climate Risks Conference
DESCRIPTION:The African Climate Risks Conference (ACRC) is an open platform for sharing the latest African climate research among researchers\, policy makers\, practitioners and development partners. The ACRC will offer a prime opportunity to promote the uptake of new data\, tools and knowledge; brokering new research collaborations and more targeted donor support. It will also stimulate increased contribution of African experts to\, and improve coverage of Africa\, in the IPCC assessment reports; and bring together development partners to deliberate on how to improve programming to support African-led climate research and service priorities. The overarching theme of the ACRC is: \nDismantling barriers to urgent climate change adaptation actions.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/african-climate-risks-conference/
LOCATION:Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190929
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091233Z
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SUMMARY:8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration
DESCRIPTION:We proudly invite you to Cape Town for the 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration from 24-28 September 2019\, jointly hosted by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) and the South African Water Research Commission. We are excited to bring together colleagues from across Africa and around the world in this spectacular setting to discuss and debate the many issues and challenges inherent in planning\, designing\, implementing\, and monitoring successful restoration programs in all biomes and on all continents.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/8th-world-conference-on-ecological-restoration/
LOCATION:Cape Town\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190620T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190621T190000
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SUMMARY:UNFCCC Technical Expert Meetings on Mitigation (TEM-M)
DESCRIPTION:The UNFCCC Technical Expert Meetings on Mitigation will be held at The Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 50) in Bonn\, Germany on June 20th and 21st from 11:00 to 19:00 (CEST). UNFCCC will be running a live webcast available to those not in physical attendance. \nThe meetings aim to promote sustainability of the water-energy-food nexus to address the issues related to increasing demand for food from a growing global population which\, in addition to climate change\, is placing significant pressure on agricultural production and natural resources. \nDuring the sessions\, governments and non-party stakeholders will explore high-potential mitigation policies\, practices\, and technologies with significant sustainable development co-benefits\, with the potential in increase pre-2020 climate ambition. It will be led and organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)\, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)\, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)\, and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)\, supported by the UNFCCC secretariat. \nThe event will consist of the following six sessions: \nSession 1: Decarbonizing the primary production phase of the agri- food chain \nSession 2: Decarbonizing the post harvesting phase of the agri-food chain \nSession 3: Circular economy solutions/innovations in water and energy management for the agri-food chain \nSession 4: Nature based solutions to integrate energy and water aspects into the agri-food chain \nSession 5: Making Water-Energy- Food integrated policies work for food security and the climate \nSession 6: Replicating and upscaling innovative solutions for securing clean energy and water access for the agri-food chain \nSession five in particular will focus on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus and feature Margaret Koli as a speaker. In light of the outcomes of the workshop in Nigeria and the initiation of the WEFS nexus online platform\, the session calls upon experts to address the questions below related to learning from what works and where we are regarding policy and governance solutions aimed at promoting renewable energy and smart water use in the agri-food chain and socio-economic benefits of such solutions by discussing case studies\, examples and their work experience: \n  \n\nWhat policy and governance solutions are available/used to help accelerate the scaling up of renewable energy and smart water use in the agri-food chain?\nHow  these solutions benefit the agri-food chain\, particularly in rural areas?\nWhat can Parties and non-Party stakeholders learn from these policy options and governance frameworks\, including the enablers and challenges/barriers\, to result in emission reductions and sustainable development co-benefits?\n\n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/unfccc-technical-expert-meetings-on-mitigation-tem-m/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190419
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
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SUMMARY:Penn State University African Studies Program 7th Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:“Africa on the Rise! 60 years after 1960” \nThe African Studies Program at The Pennsylvania State University\, 7th annual conference\, on April 17th-18th\, 2020\, titled “Africa on the Rise! 60 years after 1960\,” commemorates the “Year of Africa.” 1960 significantly cascades the independence of African nations\, as no less than 17 countries gained their freedom from colonial rule in that year alone. Significantly\, with the struggles for independence and decolonization\, new nation states became mired in internal ethnic clashes\, racial discrimination\, dictatorships and kleptocracy\, foreign interventions\, exploitation of natural resources\, and urban and rural environmental issues\, to name some of the challenges. On the other hand\, and more so in the last 20 years\, there has been significant growth of African economies. We see leapfrogging of technologies (i.e. cell phones\, internet\, e-commerce); resurgences and entirely new creative cultural forms particularly in the arts (literature\, music\, visual\, performance\, and digital media); women at the forefront in public leadership roles; and\, an activation of a politically minded Pan-African youth population ready to change the future. This conference aims to trace the development of Africa since 1960 through formulations such as Global Africa and Theories of the Global South. It aims to bring together humanities and social science scholarship to critically review issues with regards to the decolonization of Africa\, Pan-Africanism\, the self-reliance of national economies\, nation-building experiments\, postcolonial challenges\, creative arts and new technologies\, and the future development of the continent. \n \nFor further inquiries\, please email psuafr@gmail.com. \nREGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/penn-state-university-african-studies-program-7th-annual-conference/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania State University
CATEGORIES:Other
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