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SUMMARY:Food\, Nature\, People
DESCRIPTION:A CIFOR-ICRAF event with the Global Landscapes Forum supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests Trees and Agroforestry. \nFood\, nature\, and people are the three essential elements of our food system. When these elements are in balance\, our food system provides nutritious food and livelihoods and supports natural systems like biodiversity\, nutrient and water cycles\, and a stable climate. Unfortunately\, our food system is out of balance\, threatening people and communities around the world. To reverse this dangerous trend\, we need to implement solutions at scale\, quickly. This half-day digital event will show the way forward\, by providing actionable scientific evidence to build sustainable landscapes and by connecting with people on the ground to share knowledge and experience and fundamentally transform agriculture and land management. By rebuilding resilient food systems\, supporting sustainable use of forests\, trees\, and other healthy landscapes\, we can adapt to the crises we have created. Join this virtual event on September 2\, 2021\, to become part of the solution. \nCheck out the detailed program agenda along with the list of panelists.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/food-nature-people/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210902T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210902T170000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and Sustainable Energy
DESCRIPTION:About the workshop \n“How can the African-European cooperation in climate change and sustainable energy be strengthened and where are the chances\, constraints\, and needs?” \nThe R&I partnership ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Energy’ of the AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science\, Technology\, and Innovation (HLPD) will discuss with the workshop´s participants in four break-out sessions the necessary actions and responsibilities to be tackled \n\nKnowledge & research\nTechnology development and demonstration & innovative markets\nCapacity building\, social sciences\, humanities & resilience behavior\nGood governance and policies\n\nThe workshop is considered a follow-up of the first CCSE workshop which took place in February 2021 and focused on climate change and sustainable energy in relation to COVID-19 recovery and resilience packages as well as the health-energy climate nexus. \nThe event will involve research and international institutions\, academia\, funding agencies\, the private sector\, and policymakers to provide guidance for future cooperation. \nPlease find the agenda here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/climate-change-and-sustainable-energy/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211011
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
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SUMMARY:AGRF Summit 2021: Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:The eleventh Annual Summit of the AGRF\, which brings together thousands of delegates from governments\, the civil society\, the private sector\, research community\, and development partners will be held virtually from 6-10 September 2021 and will be co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the AGRF Partners Group. Events begin on Monday\, September 6. \n2021 is a critical year for recovery and food system transformation. This year’s AGRF Summit will explore the pathways and actions needed to accelerate this process and steer the continent towards food systems that: deliver sufficient and nutritious food\, do not impact the environment negatively and create sustainable\, dignified jobs\, and shared prosperity for Africa. \nThe Summit aims to deliver the following outcomes: \n\nArticulate an African vision on inclusive agricultural transformation\nReflect on emerging coalitions\nIdentify priority country-level areas for support and intervention\nComplement public commitments with commitments from other stakeholders\nCatalyze an action agenda towards the UN Food Systems Summit\n\nClick here for further information and registration requirements.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/agrf-summit-2021-pathways-to-recovery-and-resilient-food-systems/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210907T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210907T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210901T145756Z
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SUMMARY:The Nexus of Law and Water: Recent developments in the rights of nature and ecocide
DESCRIPTION:Holistic legal definitions for environmental concerns have proven elusive – but recent developments have pushed forward the acceptance of the Rights of Nature and a shared and accepted definition of Ecocide. These changes are driven by many factors including an escalation of litigation related to climate change in jurisdictions around the world and grassroots activist movements. As a result\, we are witnessing a growing recognition at the national and international scale. The Right to Healthy Environment has been enshrined in a growing number of countries and cited in court filings and rulings. In June 2021 an independent expert panel led to a consensus on a core text of a definition of ecocide as an international crime. \nThis webinar\, organized by the IWRA Water Security Taskforce\, will address both the developments and the influences that the Right to a Healthy Environment and the definition of Ecocide have on each other and what it entails for the future. Our panel will consider the drivers for this movement and provide a clearer understanding as to what these developments mean for our rivers\, mountains\, forests\, and the health of our planet at large. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopics \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Evolution of Environmental Rights\nReshaping the human relationship with water: what happens when a river becomes a person\nRights of Rivers and Beyond\nRe-mainstreaming rivers through advocacy (activism\, media\, and legal fight). Case Study- Turagh river\nClimate Litigation in Brazil: is it enough?\n\nPanelists: \nJohn H. Knox – Professor\, Wake Forest University\, USA \nDr. Erin O’Donnell – Fellow\, University of Melbourne\, Australia \nShrishtee Bajpai – Founder\, Rights of Rivers South Asia Alliance\, India \nMohammad Azaz – Chairman\, River\, and Delta Research Centre (RDRC)\, Bangladesh \nGuilherme Pratti – PH.D. Student\, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa\, Italy \nModerated by: Dr. Amrisha Pandey\, Assistant Professor of Law\, Gujarat Maritime University. \nClick here to register for the webinar. \nOriginally posted.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/the-nexus-of-law-and-water-recent-developments-in-the-rights-of-nature-and-ecocide/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210909T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210909T093000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210903T142433Z
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SUMMARY:Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
DESCRIPTION:This webinar aims to discuss the matters of heavy metal contamination\, microplastics\, and nutrients with reference to wastewater. It will focus on case studies\, projects\, and examples that will present the current trends and ways to tackle these issues. \nRegistration is required. Click here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/wastewater-and-emerging-pollutants-unfolding-a-toxic-story/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210909T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210909T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
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SUMMARY:Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
DESCRIPTION:Background: \nEmerging pollutants is a term used by water quality professionals to describe contaminants that have been detected in water bodies. These may cause harm to human health and the ecological systems and are typically not governed under the current environmental laws\, posing as a greater risk to our livelihood. \nHeavy metal contamination is an issue of utmost importance as it has harmful effects on both\, the environment and on humans. Some of these negative impacts include the death of aquatic life\, algal blooms\, habitat destruction from sedimentation\, debris\, increased water flow\, other short and long-term toxicity from chemical contaminants. The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated\, for example\, with exposure to lead\, cadmium\, mercury\, and arsenic. Most of the plastic produced in the world is not recycled but ends up in landfills or open dumps which makes it more likely to reach rivers\, lakes\, and eventually oceans. Microplastics (MPs)\, defined as less than 5 mm in diameter\, can be directly released in the water or formed by the degradation of bigger pieces. Many issues are linked to the presence of MPs in water\, such as damage to airways and stomachs of animals\, blocking canals and sewers\, and creating breeding habitats for mosquitoes. Excessive nutrient loading is a major threat to aquatic ecosystems worldwide that leads to profound changes in aquatic biodiversity and biogeochemical processes. Nutrients in excess can come from various sources. They can occur naturally\, however\, human-related inputs are much greater than natural inputs. \nThis webinar aims to discuss these matters with reference to wastewater and will focus on case studies\, projects\, and examples that will present the current trends and ways to tackle these issues. \nJoin the webinar on Thursday\, 9 September 2021\, from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Nairobi time (EAT). Please register using this link. \nOrganizer: \nThe Global Wastewater Initiative (GW²I) is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together UN agencies\, international organizations\, governments\, scientists\, the private sector\, and non-profit organizations with the goal of information-sharing and cooperation for an effective and comprehensive response to the challenges posed by wastewater management. \nThe GW²I is chaired by Turkey and hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Together with its partners and through the Global Wastewater Initiative\, UNEP seeks to enhance the understanding of wastewater as a resource and works on various issues related to sustainable wastewater management including policy guidelines\, technology\, knowledge generation\, capacity building\, and awareness-raising that contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goal 6\, target 6.3.1\, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater discharged in our water bodies. \nDo you want to join the Initiative? Please contact riccardo.zennaro@un.org and avantika.singh@un.org. \nSpeakers: \nSarantuyaa Zandaryaa – Programme Specialist\, Division of Water Sciences\, UNESCO \nSarantuyaa Zandaryaa is a Programme Specialist for water quality in the Division of Water Sciences—the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO in Paris. Working for UNESCO since 2007\, Sarantuyaa leads IHP activities on water quality and wastewater management\, including the UNESCO Project on Emerging Pollutants in Water and Wastewater\, which aims to enhance and generate knowledge\, promoting research\, providing policy advice\, and building human capacities on emerging pollutants. Sarantuyaa has a Postdoctoral Degree in Environment and Sustainable Development Policy and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering. Before joining UNESCO\, she worked at the United Nations University in Tokyo. \nJavier Mateo-Sagasta – Senior Researcher and Coordinator on Water Quality\, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) \nJavier has 20 years of experience as an agricultural engineer and environmental scientist in programs and projects aiming at the control of water pollution\, the safe use of marginal quality water in agriculture\, integrated water resources management\, and sustainable agricultural production in both developed and developing countries. In IWMI Javier is a senior researcher and coordinates IWMI’s work on water quality across research groups. Javier is the chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Water Quality Alliance\, a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Wastewater Initiative\, and a member of the Management Team of the CGIAR Anti-Microbial Resistance Hub. He currently leads the “ReWaterMENA project\, and undertakes regional and global assessments on wastewater\, water pollution\, and resource recovery and reuse with UN partners. \nRamesh Ramachandran – Director\, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) \nAs Former Chair of Future Coasts (formerly Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone; LOICZ) from 2011 to 2015\, Prof. Dr. Ramesh implemented the LOICZ Nutrient Budget for major estuaries on the east and west coast of India among several other studies globally. For the past decade\, Ramesh Ramachandran has been involved in coupled land-ocean interface studies\, its management\, to aid policy decisions of the Ministry of Environment\, Forest & Climate Change. As the Founder Director of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management of the Ministry of Environment\, Forest & Climate Change\, several trans-disciplinary research studies spanning coastal vulnerability\, socio-economic development\, coastal/ marine conservation\, spatial planning\, land-based pollution\, island management\, integrated coastal zone management\, and climate change are being undertaken under his leadership. Currently\, he is also chairing the steering committee of Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM)-UNEP. \nThe webinar will be moderated by Riccardo Zennaro\, Associate Programme Officer\, UNEP\, and Avantika Singh\, Intern\, UNEP. \nRiccardo is an Associate Programme Officer for wastewater management at UNEP in Nairobi\, Kenya. He is passionate about wastewater management and sanitation and has experience working on environmental and water-related programmes and projects in Europe and Africa. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Technology and International Affairs. \nAvantika is supporting the wastewater management portfolio at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi\, Kenya. She has recently completed her under graduation in Genetic engineering from Chennai\, India. She has also interned with AstraZeneca in Bangalore\, India\, and has worked with wastewater during this period as well. She aims to be able to contribute effectively towards improving the current water management and sanitation scenario in developing countries and make an overall impact on the environment. Avantika looks forward to completing a Master’s degree in the associated fields to become an effective contributor. \nThe original webinar announcement is available here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/wastewater-and-emerging-pollutants-unfolding-a-toxic-story-2/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211001
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SUMMARY:Advocating For Ecosystems and WASH: A Blended Learning Course - Call for Registration
DESCRIPTION:Course Dates: September 13-30\, 2021\nNumber spaces available: 15\nCourse registration form: https://forms.gle/fjEt12LykoZrjkfs6\n\nAdvocacy plays an important role in creating and sustaining momentum for progress on conservation and human health policies. While multi-sectoral initiatives have been gaining attention in recent years\, there are still many policy platforms that fail to recognize the critical links between human and ecosystem health. This includes a comprehensive water policy that links freshwater ecosystem conservation with water\, sanitation\, and hygiene (WASH) planning and infrastructure maintenance.\n\nIn 2020\, the African Biodiversity Collaborative Group\, Conservation International\, and IRC launched the Freshwater Conservation and WASH Advocacy Strategy Workshop Facilitator’s Guide. In addition\, IRC launched WASH Systems Academy online\, virtual course Advocacy for Universal WASH Services. These two resources combined inspired the creation of a blended learning course that combines facilitated virtual instruction with self-guided activities\, group discussions\, and feedback labs to build the capacity of individuals working on WASH and ecosystems implementing programs.\n\nThis course lays out steps for conservation\, health\, and development practitioners to develop an advocacy strategy to design messaging and activities to urge donors\, policymakers\, and colleagues of the need to unite and join forces for conservation and health. Advocacy is a critical step in enabling integrated freshwater conservation-WASH management and must be closely tied to ongoing stakeholder engagement and field implementation of freshwater management strategies. Click here to listen to a webinar recording that gives an overview of the course.\n\nThis is an application/expression of interest form for the upcoming blended learning course Advocating for Ecosystems and WASH which will take place September 13-30\, 2021.\n\nTo apply for one of the 15 places in the course\, kindly use this application form: https://forms.gle/fjEt12LykoZrjkfs6 \n\nApplications will be reviewed\, and spaces confirmed on a first-come-first-served basis.\n\nContact Information\nPlease contact Colleen Sorto (csorto@conservation.org) or Elynn Walter (walter@ircwash.org) with any questions.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/advocating-for-ecosystems-and-wash-a-blended-learning-course-call-for-registration/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210914T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210914T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210906T194416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T090845Z
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SUMMARY:Disaster resilience and risk in the context on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Africa
DESCRIPTION:This is the first session of the 2nd Round of Webinar on Water-Energy-Food Nexus. It focuses on NEXUS SOLUTIONS. \nThis session #1 covers the disasters such as droughts\, floods\, fires\, pests\, and diseases that expose millions of people in Africa to food\, water\, and energy insecurity that have been exacerbated by climate change. Disasters create huge humanitarian needs with impacts on household livelihoods and hamper long-term investments. All this is intensified by inadequate information to enable risk-informed decisions. This seminar discusses different approaches across Africa to prevent\, mitigate and address disaster risk and resilience\, specifically through a water-energy-food nexus lens with solutions in mind. \nRegistration is required. Click here now. \nWORKSHOP AGENDA \n1. Introduction by Michael Jacobson\, Penn State University.\n2. “Examples of the water-energy-food nexus as they appear in different regions across Africa and the multiple ways in which the nexus is manifested” by Arthur Chapman\, University of Stellenbosch.\n3. “Rainwater Harvesting for Water Security in Uganda” by Francesca O’Hanlon\, postdoctoral researcher/CEO Blue Tap\n4. “Household energy-related risk issues\, fire risk\, and resilience among low-income settlements in Cape Town South Africa” by Alberto Francioli\, Stellenbosch University\n5. “Nexus- DR3 linkages on a new mission for governance to achieve SDGs” by  Catalina Spataru\, University College London\n6. Open discussion \nTo get information on the remaining webinar sessions\, click here! \nThis webinar series is supported by the regional project\, “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA countries” (WEPS-NENA) under the FAO-led Regional Water Scarcity Initiative (WSI). \nRNE-WEPS-NENA@fao.org; \nWebsite: http://www.fao.org/in-action/water-efficiency nena/webinars/nexus-webinars/en/ \nFor more information about the Water-Energy-Food Nexus 2nd Round Webinar series organizations\, please link to WEF Nexus in Africa\nInitiative (wefnexus.org)\, WE4F (https://we4f.org)\, GIZ Nexus Dialogues(https://www.water-energy-food.org/resources/fact-sheetnexus-regional-dialogues-programme-phase-ii)\, and SEI (https://www.sei.org). \n \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/disaster-resilience-and-risk-in-the-context-on-water-energy-food-nexus-insights-from-africa/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210914T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211214T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
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SUMMARY:Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series 2nd Round\, 2021 on “Solutions Using Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approaches”
DESCRIPTION:The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is a useful framework for addressing complex transdisciplinary natural resource and environmental challenges in integrated\, innovative ways. This webinar series explores using and operationalizing WEF nexus approaches for finding solutions to these challenges. The series focuses on examples and solutions by linking and using WEF nexus approaches to timely interventions\, technologies\, and issues of importance\, especially in the context of COVID-19 and climate change. \n\n\n\nThis webinar series is organized by FAO & WEF Nexus in Africa Initiative\, WE4F\, GIZ Nexus Dialogues\, and SEI. \n\n\n\nSession 1: Disaster resilience and risk in the context on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Africa \nTuesday\, September 14\, 2021 | 13:30 – 15:00 Register Now! \nA detailed description of session 1 is available here! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nSession 2: Cooperation across borders and sectors: Experiences from the SADC region on institutionalizing the WEF nexus approach \n\n\n\n\n\n \nTuesday\, October 19\, 2021 | 13:30 – 15:00 Register Now! \nA detailed description of session 2 is available here! \n  \n\n\n \n\n\n\nSession 3: Sustainable electricity production by integrated food\, energy\, and water systems: opportunities and challenges \n\n\n\n\n\n \nTuesday\, November 16\, 2021 | 13:30 – 15:00 Register Now! \nA detailed description of session 3 is available here! \n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \nSession 4: Beyond traditional financing models for smallholders and other end-users in the water-energy-food nexus: challenges and innovative solutions \nTuesday\, December 14\, 2021 | 13:30 – 15:00 Register Now! \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \nA detailed description of session 4 is available here! \n  \n\n\n\nThis webinar series is supported by the regional project\, “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA countries” (WEPS-NENA) under the FAO-led Regional Water Scarcity Initiative (WSI). \n\n\n\nEmail: RNE-WEPS-NENA@fao.org; Website: http://www.fao.org/in-action/water-efficiency-nena/webinars/nexus-webinars/en/ \n\n\n\nFor more information about the Water-Energy-Food Nexus 2nd Round Webinar series organizations: WEF Nexus in Africa Initiative wefnexus.org – Water and Energy for Food https://we4f.org GIZ Nexus Dialogues https://www.water-energy-food.org/resources/fact-sheet-nexus-regional-dialogues-programme-phase-ii\, and Stockholm Environment Institute https://www.sei.org/ \n\n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/water-energy-food-nexus-webinar-series-2nd-round-2021-on-solutions-using-water-energy-food-nexus-approaches/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210914T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210830T134527Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus  at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
DESCRIPTION:A CityGML based shared urban platform development to maximize synergies in the food\, water\, and energy sectors is the focus of the FWE IN-SOURCE project. Coordinated at the HFT Stuttgart\, teams in Vienna\, New York City\, and Stuttgart work jointly on technological and socioeconomic research questions. In this final event\, the project team would like to present their own results as well as exchange experiences with other FWE Nexus projects. We look forward to welcoming you to this hybrid Symposium on 14 and 15 September. \n\n\nSession 1 \nTuesday\, 14. Sept.: CityGML\, Common Database Food-Water-Energy ADE & Case Studies \nStuttgart/Vienna 16.00-18.00 / New York 10.00-12.00 am \n\nWelcome and Introduction\nRushikesh Padsala: Development and applications of the CityGML FWE ADE\nReiner Braun (guest): Using 3D CityGML for the Modeling of the Food Waste and Wastewater Generation—A Case Study for the City of Montréal\nFlorian Weidinger & Lisa Kaufmann: HANPP footprint of densly populated areas – insights from two case studies in Ludwigsburg and Vienna\nAlfred Helble: The Food-Water-Energy Nexus: Influence and development of the water sector\nCecilia Dong\, Roberto Rojas-Cessa and Ahmed Mohamed: Comparative Analysis of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission of Diesel and Electric Trucks for Food Distribution in Gowanus District of New York City\n\nSession 2 \nWednesday 15. Sept.: IN-SOURCE VisToolBox\, Lessons Learned & Next Steps \nStuttgart/Vienna 13.30-17.00 / New York 7.30-11.00 am (with break) \n\nErnst Gebetsroither-Geringer: VisToolBox Introduction\nLisa Kaufmann\, Barbara Smetschka & Anna Kozlowska: Analysing and presenting footprints of urban land-use and food supply in Vienna – the interactive HANPP Explorer\nKeyu Bao: A comprehensive bottom-up simulation tool for assessing regional food\, water\, and energy demands and potentials\nErnst Gebetsroither-Geringer: FWE Land Use Simulator\nMichael Bobker: a visual reference guide to urban FEW infrastructures\nJeffrey Raven: From Climate Research to Climate Action\n\nLessons learned and next steps \n\nMichael Bobker: Gaining Infrastructure Agency Engagement\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipation is free of charge. On-site participation is limited (depending on the pandemic situation). The conference language is English. Participants who join the conference online will receive the access code by e-mail. \nClick here to register. \nOriginally posted.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/symposium-on-the-food-water-energy-nexus-at-the-stuttgart-university-of-applied-sciences/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210924
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210828T204623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T090851Z
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SUMMARY:UN Food Systems Summit
DESCRIPTION:The UN Food Systems Summit has confirmed that the Summit will take place on Thursday\, September 23\, 2021. The event will be held during the UN General Assembly in New York and will take the form of a virtual event. \nThe Summit will follow the three-day Pre-Summit gathering in Rome last week (July 26-28)\, during which Amina J. Mohammed\, UN Deputy Secretary-General\, outlined the expectations for the Summit\, which include: \n\nA statement of action from the UN Secretary-General\nA compendium of the Summit’s two-year preparations\nNational dialogues and pathways for food systems to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030\nCoalitions cutting across the five Action Tracks and incorporating the four Levers of Change around key areas\nA follow-up and review process supported by the UN and its agencies\n\nDetails for media accreditation will be announced in due course. \nNotes to editors \nFor more information\, contact FSScommunications@un.org \nAbout the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit \nThe UN Food Systems Summit was announced by the UN Secretary-General\, Antonio Guterres\, on World Food Day last October as a part of the Decade of Action for delivery on the SDGs by 2030. The aim of the Summit is to deliver progress on all 17 of the SDGs through a food systems approach\, leveraging the interconnectedness of food systems to global challenges such as hunger\, climate change\, poverty\, and inequality. More information about the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and a list of Advisory Committee and Scientific Group members can be found online: https://www.un.org/foodsystemssummit \nClick here to register for the summit. \nThe event announcement is originally posted here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/un-food-systems-summit/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210923T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211118T173000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
CREATED:20210923T164526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T090838Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Futures speaker series
DESCRIPTION:About the series: \nThe Sustainable Futures speaker series stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration around issues related to energy\, the environment\, and society. These lectures are sponsored by the Schatz Center\, the Environment & Community graduate program\, and the College of Arts\, Humanities & Social Sciences at Humboldt State. View our list of previous talks and available recordings below. To learn about other webinars from the Schatz Center\, visit schatzcenter.org/events/. \nHow to attend? \nWe’re holding the Fall 2021 Sustainable Futures Speaker Series online via webinar. Each lecture is streamed via Zoom\, and will be followed by a Q&A discussion period. All events are free and open to the public\, and live captioning is provided for all talks. To request additional support\, please contact info@schatzcenter.org or call 707-826-4345 as early as possible before an event. \nFall 2021: \nDownload the fall 2021 series flyer \nRegistration is required for all series. Click here for the detailed information.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/sustainable-futures-speaker-series/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210927
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SUMMARY:2021 Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Science Advances Conference
DESCRIPTION:Delivery type: Online from Nicosia (Cyprus) \n \nBackground: \nLiving within the budget of Nature requires reviewing the supply chains that nourish Mediterranean societies and economies. Yet\, such a transformation of the rules of the game is still far from commonly accepted\, especially when the proposed changes impinge on people’s lifestyle and challenge the current economic models. Increasing demand of water\, energy and food due to population growth and urbanization aggravated by unprecedented extreme weather and climate conditions\, are likely to undermine future livelihoods in the region\, ultimately leading to increased insecurity\, migration and possible local conflicts. The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus is the system at the intersection of economic\, health and ecological interests where the confrontation of diverse practices of market\, governance\, culture and knowledge take place. It follows that achieving sustainability\, reducing inequality\, promoting cooperation and restraining conflicts and migration flows in the Mediterranean region require the concurrent implementation of interconnected targets\, many of which are embodied in the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nAnswering the broad range of questions encompassed by the WEFE Nexus concept is a challenging process at regional and national level. Evidence of benefits for business and communities of a transformative change on how WEFE resources are managed has so far failed to elicit significant changes in behaviour. While people tend to agree on distant targets\, acceptance of short-term actions is more difficult. In order to make a more convincing case for change\, we need to fill the gap in the debate between experts and non-experts. \nA science-driven approach to solving this problem should move beyond biophysical considerations and help design operational targets that reflect the predominant societal values and interests in the Mediterranean region. This requires broadening the toolkit with which experts approach the WEFE Nexus to provide clear demonstrations of the proposed solutions to policy designers. Learning from best practices worldwide can help convince social actors and decision-makers to adapt their thinking and behaviour. It is not the role of scientists to shape policies\, since operational targets must be participatory\, socio-political choices. But by providing evidence-based assessments on the benefits and trade-offs between the different elements of the Nexus\, science can help inform the debate and provide a menu of possible solutions that societies in the Mediterranean can adapt to their own needs. Multi-disciplinary partnerships are therefore essential to tackle such cross-sectoral challenges. \nDelivering Conference content: \nThere are no purely sectoral solutions to the sustainable management of Water\, Energy\, Food and Ecosystem resources in the Mediterranean region. Moreover\, as the COVID 19 pandemic and the migration flows in some parts of the region are dramatically showing\, a transformation of our current thinking and approaches is no longer an option\, but a necessity. The key concept of the 2021 WEFE Nexus Science Advances Conference is “addressing interdependencies”. The Conference will analyse the role of science as driver of innovation and its interfacing with the policy and decision-making processes. It will recommend workable measures on how to integrate novel paths in the research and planning of WEFE supply chains through a collaborative response across the Mediterranean region. Participants in the Conference will be scientists and practitioners\, as well as social actors and decision makers from diverse WEFE sectors from the entire Mediterranean area\, all brought together with the following common objectives: \n\nSurvey new approaches and modes of practice that can be applied to inform decisions\, choose priorities and incentivize the cross-sectoral management of water\, energy\, food and ecosystem resources.\nPromote the collection and documentation of WEFE Nexus best practices in the Mediterranean region and incorporate lessons learned in hands-on guidance for the development of sustainable operational targets\, in line with the SDGs.\nElaborate on the role of a WEFE Nexus Community of Practice to stimulate cross organization collaboration and knowledge-sharing around demonstration projects in the Mediterranean region.\n\nThe Conference focuses on the Mediterranean dimension\, but it is of broad interest to participants from outside the region sharing the same interests and wishing to learn from the Mediterranean\nexperience. It is organized by the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate General Research and Innovation of the European Commission\, the UfM-Union for the Mediterranean\, the PRIMAPartnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area\, and the Cyprus Institute. The outcomes of the Conference will contribute to the objectives set out in the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Water\, to the UfM Water Agenda\, to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of PRIMA and the actions proposed by the European Commission in the roadmap of the EU Green Deal. \nFormat: \nThe Conference will be held entirely online with successive high-level panel sessions and group work smoothly spread over three days. It will be highly interactive with discussions at the science-to-policy interface triggered by keynote speakers tasked to review the state-of-the-art in specific areas of the Nexus (Nexus Talks). Participants and panelists will be asked to provide inspiring evidence of mutually beneficial solutions based on the co-production of practical and scientific knowledge. Breakout Groups and poster sessions will offer opportunities for networking. \nAt the Conference\, the launch of the report “Gateway to the Future of the Mediterranean: Water\, Energy\, Food and Ecosystems” will provide examples for substantive discussions on sustainability (Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Mediterranean – Seeking examples of best practices | EU Science Hub (europa.eu)). Furthermore\, the 2021 PRIMA WEFE Nexus Awards (instructions for application at https://prima-med.org/the-prima-wefe-nexus-contest-opensapply-by-15-june/) will be conferred during the Conference. \nRegistration: \nParticipants are requested to fill in the online registration form by following the instructions on the Conference website or by clicking here. The deadline for registration is 30th June 2021. \nBy submitting posters\, attendees are offered the opportunity to share their work and views on how science can address the challenge posed by the implementation of a WEFE Nexus approach.\nThe associated abstracts can be submitted as explained in the registration form. \nThe detail program agenda is available here. \nWEFE Breakouts sessions and zoom link available here. \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/2021-water-energy-food-ecosystems-wefe-nexus-science-advances-conference/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210927T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210927T153000
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SUMMARY:Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus: Operationalising solutions\, strengthening transboundary cooperation
DESCRIPTION:This is a side event on the WEFE nexus and transboundary collaboration ahead of the Ninth Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Water Convention\, on September 27. \nStories from practitioners and a panel discussion will illustrate field experience regarding the potentials in using the nexus approach to operationalize solutions for advancing transboundary cooperation and sustainable water resources management. The session is a side event organized as part of the Ninth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention. \nDate and time: Monday\, 27 September\, 14:00-15:30 (CEST) \nClick here to register for the program.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/water-food-energy-ecosystems-nexus-operationalising-solutions-strengthening-transboundary-cooperation/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210928T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210930T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T223201
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SUMMARY:Agricultural Research for Development (Agri4D) Conference 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for three days of dynamic conversations at the virtual Agri4D conference 2021 to advance agriculture research for development. \nEvery two years\, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI) bring together researchers and professionals dedicated to agriculture research for develop­ment in the Agri4D conference. With the impacts of the pandemic\, climate change\, and other global challenges rapidly changing the fundamentals of society\, the need for evidence-based development is greater than ever\, and we look forward to contributing to it together with you. Read more about Agri4D conferences here. \nPlease save 28-30 September 2021 for the Agri4D 2021. \nHosted by: SLU and SIANI as co-organisers\nContact: agri4d@slu.se
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/agri4d-conference-2021/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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