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The Political Economy of Food System Industrialization: Argo-processing, Industrial Policy and Inclusive Development
The Political Economy of Food System Industrialization: Argo-processing, Industrial Policy and Inclusive Development
The conference addresses critical issues in food systems in Africa drawing, in particular, on the IIAP project in South Africa and Tanzania. This online event examines food system industrialization in Africa. Food systems are undergoing rapid change due to urbanization, shifts in consumer demands for more highly processed foods, and technological changes along value chains. […]
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Food, Nature, People
Food, Nature, People
A CIFOR-ICRAF event with the Global Landscapes Forum supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests Trees and Agroforestry. Food, 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 […]
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy
About the workshop “How can the African-European cooperation in climate change and sustainable energy be strengthened and where are the chances, constraints, and needs?” The 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 […]
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AGRF Summit 2021: Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems
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. 2021 […]
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The Nexus of Law and Water: Recent developments in the rights of nature and ecocide
The Nexus of Law and Water: Recent developments in the rights of nature and ecocide
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 […]
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Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
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. Registration is required. Click here.
Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
Background: Emerging 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. Heavy metal contamination is an […]
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Advocating For Ecosystems and WASH: A Blended Learning Course – Call for Registration
Course Dates: September 13-30, 2021 Number spaces available: 15 Course registration form: https://forms.gle/fjEt12LykoZrjkfs6 Advocacy 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 […]
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Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series 2nd Round, 2021 on “Solutions Using Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approaches”
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, […]
Symposium on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
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 […]
Disaster resilience and risk in the context on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Africa
Disaster resilience and risk in the context on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Africa
This is the first session of the 2nd Round of Webinar on Water-Energy-Food Nexus. It focuses on NEXUS SOLUTIONS. This 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 […]
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UN Food Systems Summit
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. The Summit will follow the three-day Pre-Summit gathering in Rome last week (July 26-28), during which Amina […]
Sustainable Futures speaker series
About the series: The 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 […]
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2021 Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Science Advances Conference
Delivery type: Online from Nicosia (Cyprus) Background: Living 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. […]
Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus: Operationalising solutions, strengthening transboundary cooperation
Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus: Operationalising solutions, strengthening transboundary cooperation
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. Stories from practitioners and a panel discussion will illustrate field experience regarding the potentials in using the nexus approach to operationalize solutions for advancing […]
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Agricultural Research for Development (Agri4D) Conference 2021
Join us for three days of dynamic conversations at the virtual Agri4D conference 2021 to advance agriculture research for development. Every 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 […]