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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200716T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200716T160000
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CREATED:20200703T123516Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Indigenous and Local Knowledge Dialogue Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Details\nDate: 16 July 2020\nTime: 14.00 – 16.00 CEST\nPlease click here to register: https://ipbes.net/ilk-nexus-transformative-meeting \nFor more information please visit IPBES website \nAbout\nIPBES is organizing a virtual dialogue meeting on recognizing and working with indigenous and local knowledge in the nexus and transformative change assessments. The dialogue meeting will be held on 16 July 2020\, 14.00 – 16.00 CEST in the context of the implementation of the IPBES approach to recognizing and working with indigenous and local knowledge adopted by the IPBES Plenary in decision IPBES-5/1. All interested experts on indigenous and local knowledge and members of indigenous peoples and local communities are invited to attend the virtual dialogue meeting and exchange with the scoping experts.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-dialogue-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200714T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200714T164500
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200703T123142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091040Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Draft scoping reports for the IPBES nexus and transformative change assessments
DESCRIPTION:Details\nDate: 14 July 2020\nTime: 15:00 – 16:45 CEST\nPlease click here to register: https://bit.ly/2YaxWiE \nFor more information please visit IPBES website \nAbout\nThe review of the draft scoping report for the nexus assessment (thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity\, water\, food and health in the context of climate change) is currently ongoing between 5 June and 31 July 2020 (EM/2020/14). The review of the draft scoping report of the transformative change assessment (thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss\, determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 vision for biodiversity) will follow shortly: from 3 July to 28 August 2020. A virtual dialogue meeting for national focal points to support them in reviewing the drafts will be held from 6 to 10 July 2020\, as announced in notification EM/2020/17. \nIn addition\, all interested stakeholders are invited to participate in a webinar\, during which scoping experts will present the draft scoping reports and discuss clarifications on the reports in response to questions from participants. The webinar will be held on 14 July 2020\, 15:00 – 16:45 CEST in the context of IPBES’ work on capacity-building and stakeholder engagement (objectives 2 and  5 of the IPBES work programme up to 2030). \n  \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-draft-scoping-reports-for-the-ipbes-nexus-and-transformative-change-assessments/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20200708T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20200708T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200701T164428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091045Z
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SUMMARY:Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk: The Way Forward
DESCRIPTION:Details\nThe webinar will be held on Wednesday\, 8 July 2020\, 3:00-4:30 PM EAT. \nPlease register here \nFor more information\, please visit the webpage of the event. \nAbout\nThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\, Africa Office/Energy Unit\, and Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities are pleased to invite you to the concluding event of a series of webinars on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. \nThese webinars aimed at providing a throughout understanding of why implementing the WEF is essential for human well-being\, poverty alleviation\, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first three webinars took place in March\, April and May 2020 and focused respectively on energy\, water and food. This upcoming event will provide the audience with the opportunity to engage in a final discussion with the experts\, some of them who joined the previous webinars\, regarding the WEF Nexus. \n© United Nations Environment Programme
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/ways-to-walk-the-water-energy-food-nexus-talk-the-way-forward/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200702T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200702T170000
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CREATED:20200702T181927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091042Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Tailoring Nutrient Management for Conservation Agriculture in Africa
DESCRIPTION:About\nICYMI Dr. Hakim Boulal from The African Plant Nutrition Institute delivers the most recent Mohammed VI Polytechnic University ESAFE webinar on Tailoring Nutrient Management for Conservation Agriculture in Africa. \nWatch full webinar recording here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-tailoring-nutrient-management-for-conservation-agriculture-in-africa/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20200625T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20200625T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200603T160306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091052Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar - A new era for food and climate: Driving transformative actions
DESCRIPTION:About\nJoin CGIAR on 25 June 2020\, for a global event to spark action to transform food systems to avert a food and climate crisis in the time of COVID-19. \nA new era for food and climate: Driving transformative actions\, is a full-day\, around-the-world virtual relay event that starts in Australia and concludes in Colombia. The event aims to inspire collective action on the 11 priorities laid out in the flagship report of the Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate initiative\, catalyzing efforts to address the current food crisis prompted by COVID-19 and averting future food insecurity from our changing climate. The report\, Actions to Transform Food Systems Under Climate Change\, launching on 25 June\, is the collaborative work of a panel of global experts in food security\, food systems and climate change. It identifies high-priority actions that we must collectively take now. \nFor more information and to register click here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-a-new-era-for-food-and-climate-driving-transformative-actions/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200623T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200623T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200702T175647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091043Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The nexus and policies for a resource-efficient and low-carbon Europe
DESCRIPTION:Details\nThe webinar is for-free and will take place on 23 June 2020\, between 10 and 12:30 CEST\, including half an hour to demonstrate the SIM4NEXUS Serious Game: SIM4NEXUS Serious Game (12-12:30 CEST) \nFind further information here \nRegister here. Once registered\, SIM4NEXUS will send you a confirmation\, and the ZOOM link shortly before the event. \nAbout\nThe webinar will present policy recommendations for a resource-efficient and low-carbon Europe. The webinar is part of SIM4NEXUS (Sustainable integrated management for the nexus of water-energy-food-land-climate for a resource-efficient Europe\, www.sim4nexus.eu)\, funded under Horizon 2020.  Please find the agenda and SIM4NEXUS background here. \nThe webinar will include discussion\, questions and answers based on statements by Floor Brouwer (Wageningen Research)\, Maria Witmer (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)\, Ingrida Bremere & Daina Indriksone (Baltic Environmental Forum – Latvia)\,  Ben Ward (South West Water)\, Stefania Munaretto (KWR Water Research Institute). Feedback is foreseen from EEA (Lorenzo Benini) and JRC (speaker to be confirmed).
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-the-nexus-and-policies-for-a-resource-efficient-and-low-carbon-europe/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200611T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200611T104500
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200702T181812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091042Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Social Safety Nets and COVID-19: Can we protect food security and nutrition?
DESCRIPTION:About\nWebinar entitled “Social Safety Nets and COVID-19: Can we protect food security and nutrition?” \nCo-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies\, Institutions\, and Markets (PIM) \nRecorded JUN 11\, 2020 – 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EDT \nView full webinar recording here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-social-safety-nets-and-covid-19-can-we-protect-food-security-and-nutrition/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200710
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200702T182241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091041Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar Series on Farmer-Led Irrigation Development (FLI)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an exciting\, new webinar series on farmer-led irrigation development (FLI)! The first session will be held on June 11\, 2020 at 13:00-14:00 UTC. \nAbout\nFarmer-led irrigation development (FLI) has gained increased attention by government institutions\, development and implementation partners as one of the potential solutions to build climate resilience for smallholder farmers and transform food systems to support healthy diets for all. Furthermore\, the knock-on effects of health-related disasters such as the Covid-19 pandemic on market disruptions impacting food and nutrition security\, enforces the urgency to increase multiple purpose water access and increase local community resilience. \nThe question arises on how we can accelerate sustainable scaling of FLI given the challenges of underdeveloped irrigation supply chains\, high upfront costs and lack finance/business models\, lack or underdeveloped markets and agricultural value chains (especially for high value crops)\, gender and social inclusion gaps in access to and benefits from FLI\, and limited water resource governance. \nThe International Water Management Institute (IWMI) together with the World Bank\, The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute and the Global Water Partnership (GWP) are hosting a virtual mini-series to discuss key issues and identify a way forward for operationalizing sustainable and inclusive scaling of farmer-led irrigation development. The webinar series is geared towards practitioners\, policy makers\, private sector and researchers interested in further advancing FLI globally and overcoming the often observed systemic barriers in reaching scale. \nSPEAKERS\nRegassa Namara\, The World Bank Group\nClaudia Sadoff\, International Water Management Institute\nThai Thi Minh\, International Water Management Institute\nNicholas Brozovic\, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute\nNicole Lefore\, Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation\, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Development\nSamir Ibrahim\, Sunculture\nPhil Woodhouse\, University of Manchester\, SAFI-network \nFor more information and to register click here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-series-on-farmer-led-irrigation-development-fli/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Upcoming Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200526T145620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091054Z
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SUMMARY:Global Landscapes Forum Digital Conference 2020
DESCRIPTION:About\nGLF Bonn Digital Conference 2020: Food in the time of crises \nHuman health and livelihoods depend on planetary health. So\, how can we feed a growing global population without eating the planet? The 2020 theme of GLF is “Food and Livelihoods.” Today\, food systems are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions\, a main driver of deforestation and the greatest threat to biodiversity. We need to transform the way we produce food and\, as the COVID-19 pandemic is showing\, we need to start now. \nWith global health pandemics and climate change creating a world of unknowns\, we still have the power to plan for the future of food and livelihoods –a future with long-term planetary health and human well-being at the fore. Get an inside look at the latest sustainable food innovations. See how the world’s leading organizations use landscapes to solve today’s most pressing challenges. Experience the GLF Bonn Digital Conference online\, from wherever you are. Join discussions with farmers\, chefs\, policymakers\, scientists and more and immerse yourself in a learning track designed to answer your specific questions and spark your imagination. Have your voice in the joint endeavor to ‘build back better’. \nCheck out GLF’s previous Digital Summit and learn more about these events here. \nLearn more and Register Here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/global-landscapes-forum-digital-conference-2020/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200606
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200115T162151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091132Z
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SUMMARY:Dresden Nexus Conference
DESCRIPTION:*COVID-19 (Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) Update\nDNC2020 will now take place as a virtual conference. \nWe hope to use this crisis as an opportunity to enable broader participation worldwide and will thus offer this event entirely free of charge. If you have already registered for the conference\, we will completely reimburse the delegate fees. \nIn order to keep up to date\, please check our website regularly. We will keep you informed about the developments of the programme\, the new digital formats\, and all related procedures. \nThe third Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC2020) will take place 3–5 June 2020 under the theme “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”. Dresden is one of Germany’s most dynamic cities; the capital of Saxony is known for its indomitably pioneering approach\, advancements in high technology\, and strong research landscape. \nDNC2020 aims to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy by focusing on identifying and discussing the concepts that nexus thinking offers to support the transition towards a circular economy. A Nexus Approach shares many synergies with the concept of a circular economy – a system that eliminates waste\, keeps resources in use\, and contributes to regenerating natural systems. \nProviding a platform for exchange on this topic is crucial to ensure the findings and good initiatives from the scientific community are communicated to the right actors for implementation – political decision makers as well as local stakeholders and representatives of the business community. DNC provides the scientific community opportunities to inform their initiatives through dialogue about the needs and challenges of political decision makers as well as local stakeholders and representatives of the business community. Across the scientific community itself\, this platform is important because the discussion around the Nexus Approach must be inter- and transdisciplinary\, involving\, for example\, the social sciences as well as practitioners. \nRegistration for the virtual conference will open soon \nFor more information click here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/dresden-nexus-conference/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200514T135532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091055Z
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SUMMARY:AfriAlliance MOOC on Social Innovation in Water and Climate Change in Africa
DESCRIPTION:AfriAlliance is delighted to announce that it’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Social innovation in water and climate change in Africa” will be held from 2 June to 12 July 2020! \nRegister and Learn More Here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/afrialliance-mooc-on-social-innovation-in-water-and-climate-change-in-africa/
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200530
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200331T133136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091112Z
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SUMMARY:6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
DESCRIPTION:About\nThe 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity Development: From Capacity Development to Implementation Science will bring together scholars\, decision-makers and practitioners to discuss the current and future role of capacity development within policy\, operational practice and education. As in previous years\, the event will act as a catalyst to build commitment among participants\, leading to future action and collaboration. For this 6th edition\, which will take place online\, the Symposium will pay particular attention to effective implementation and aim to move towards a concept of implementation science for the water sector. \nFor a preliminary programme of the event\, please click here. Interested to read more about who is involved? Follow these links for information on Key Notes\, the IHE Delft Organizing Committee\, and our Advisory Committee. To register for the Symposium\, please follow this link. Registration ends on May 5\, 2020. \nFocus of Symposium\nIn this 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity in the Water Sector\, IHE Delft\, the African Development Bank\, the Asian Development Bank\, OECD\, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management\, Cap-Net/UNDP\, Deltares\, the UNHABITAT/Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance\, Rand Water and others will convene leaders in the water profession and beyond to explore what the future is likely to bring and how new developments in implementation science can help us to act by strengthening institutional capacity. By bringing together key stakeholders to consider the most pressing challenges and emerging solutions in the field\, the Symposium aims to identify and improve upon the concepts\, priorities\, strategies and tools to develop institutional capacity and share knowledge at a global scale for addressing these challenges. The Symposium will help outline the core skills\, knowledge and attitudes the world’s water professionals and the institutions will need\, and to build clear commitment to identify and act on concrete multi-stakeholder actions. \nCOVID-19 Response\nUpdate on the 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector: From Capacity Development to Implementation Science\, GOES ONLINE \nGiven the most recent advice from the Dutch Government on coronavirus\, and with the safety of our communities a top priority\, we have made the decision to move forwards with the Symposium as an online event. We are now busy working to adapt the format\, and provide online delivery that will allow the same mix of plenaries\, panels and interactive small-group discussions that we need. \nSo keep the dates free and continue to register – but prepare to engage with the global water community from much closer to home \nFor more information and to register please visit website here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/6th-international-symposium-on-knowledge-and-capacity-for-the-water-sector/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200428T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200428T111500
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200424T144227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091101Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
DESCRIPTION:About\nCo-Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Government of the Netherlands\, IFPRI\, and Food & Business Knowledge Platform \nAPR 28\, 2020 – 10:00 AM TO 11:15 AM EDT \nRegister Here \nEvent information\nIFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report was officially launched on April 07 and highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play\, looking specifically at the obstacles and opportunities as well as the tools and technologies for building inclusive food systems. \nCOVID-19 is having an immense impact on our health and food systems on a global scale. The coronavirus pandemic therefore has an immediate and long-term effect on poverty\, food insecurity\, and malnutrition levels; especially for marginalized people in the developing world. As a consequence\, the awareness and need to work towards inclusive food systems is accelerated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. \nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Government of the Netherlands together with IFPRI and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP)\, invite interested food and nutrition security professionals to participate on April 28 to learn about the results of the report and to discuss the report and the impact of COVID-19 on our food systems. \nChair \n\nPaul van de Logt\, Head Food and Nutrition Security\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Government of the Netherlands\n\nSpeakers \n\nJohn McDermott\, Director\, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)\nJohan Swinnen\, Director General\, IFPRI\nRob Vos\, Director\, Markets\, Trade and Institutions Division\, IFPRI\n\nDiscussants \n\nMeike van Ginneken\, Chief Executive Officer\, SNV\nWijnand van Ijssel\, Senior Advisor Food Security\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Government of the Netherlands\nChris de Nie\, Senior Policy Officer Agribusiness International & Food Security\, Ministry of Agriculture\, Nature and Food Quality\, Government of the Netherlands\n\nModerator \n\nRajul Pandya-Lorch\, Director\, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff\, Director General’s Office\, IFPRI
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/virtual-event-discussion-of-the-2020-global-food-policy-report/
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200427T145000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200427T162000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200421T123102Z
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SUMMARY:Nexus Seminar Series - The Second Life of Water: Harnessing Trade-Offs and Synergies
DESCRIPTION:Details\nLecturer: Dr. Serena Caucci (Senior Research Associate\, UNU-FLORES) \nEvent date: 27 April 2020 at 14:50-16:20 ONLINE \nRegister Here \nAbout\nA sustainable development that integrates the environmental\, social\, and economic dimensions has been the pillar for the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for promoting sustainable policy actions. This lecture will look into the relevance of water reuse in the circular economy for both the Global North and Global South and will highlight synergies and trade-offs within sustainable water management. Sustainability assessments are tools that can support proper management and translation of knowledge into policy actions. Sustainability assessment of water reuse\, especially in agriculture\, could be a valuable tool to support the achievement of SDG 6 and 12 considering that agriculture accounts for 70 per cent of the worldwide water abstraction. Unfortunately\, sustainability assessment often differs in theory and practice. This lecture will highlight the relevance of water reuse in the circular economy globally and will review the congruency of sustainability assessment in theory and practice. In detail\, this presentation we will focus on the dimensionality of the assessments\, the boundary in which sustainability indicators are applied\, and the gaps for a truly holistic approach will be highlighted. The lecture will also discuss the demo-geography of the regions in which water reuse is applied in agriculture and whether local needs could affect the sustainability assessment criteria. Paths towards the use of a standard but flexible integrated indicator-based assessment methods for sustainable water reuse will be explored. The establishment of a standard set of holistic sustainability indicator factors could be the initial step forward to test sustainability assessment of water reuse in agriculture globally thus contributing to the achievement of the SDGs. \nNexus Seminar Series\n\n\nUNU-FLORES\, in collaboration with PRISMA – Centre for Sustainability Assessment and Policy on behalf of TU Dresden\, is delighted to present the Nexus Seminar Series. The joint seminar series\, which launched in 2015\, features lectures by senior scholars that highlight all dimensions of research on the Nexus Approach\, ranging from hands-on implementation strategies to theoretical debates. The Nexus Seminars serve not only as a platform for scientific exchange and cooperation between UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden but also a medium for the partner institutions to discuss their research with a broader audience. Taking place once a month\, each seminar is open to the public and under the current circumstances will be delivered via a virtual Zoom videoconference. Please find all past Nexus Seminars here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/nexus-seminar-series-the-second-life-of-water-harnessing-trade-offs-and-synergies/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200227T161945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091121Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200331T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200331T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200326T154119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091115Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Why increasing the role of renewable energy mini-grids is essential to transforming agricultural productivity and food security in Africa
DESCRIPTION:About\n\n\n\n\nTOPIC: Why increasing the role of renewable energy mini-grids is essential to transforming agricultural productivity and food security in Africa \nDiscussion of lessons learnt from policy innovations and programmatic interventions from Tanzania\, Uganda\, and Rwanda \nWELCOME REMARKS : \nDr. Ousmane Badiane\, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair \nPRESENTER: \nProf. Nuhu Hatibu\, Regional Head (Tanzania\, Uganda\, and Rwanda)\, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa – AGRA \nMODERATOR: \nMr. William Brent\, Chief Communications Officer\, Power for All \nThis webinar will explore opportunities for synergies between the expansion of mini-grids and strengthening Africa’s agricultural value chains. \nLinking decentralized renewables and agriculture can provide mutually beneficial outcomes across the energy-food nexus. In particular\, renewable energy-powered technologies ranging from cold storage to solar pumps can accelerate agricultural growth and reduce food waste\, without which food import dependency in Sub-Saharan Africa will triple between now and 2025\, reaching over $110 billion. \nLeveraging complementary investments in agriculture and electricity access can yield double dividends in terms of poverty alleviation. Aligning mini grid investments with agricultural development targets can maximize joint benefits from the expansion of rural electricity access and the increase in value-added along the agricultural value chains\, both of which are directly linked to improved quality of life in rural communities. \nThe Malabo Montpellier Panel’s 2019 report Energized focuses on what six African countries – Ethiopia\, Ghana\, Morocco\, Senegal\, South Africa\, and Zambia – have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation for energy expansion in support of agriculture and rural areas. Drawing on his experience\, Professor Nuhu Hatibu will discuss in this webinar the experience of Tanzania\, Uganda and Rwanda in connecting rural areas to energy. \nMore information and to register click HERE \n  \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/webinar-why-increasing-the-role-of-renewable-energy-mini-grids-is-essential-to-transforming-agricultural-productivity-and-food-security-in-africa/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200326T020000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200326T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200324T134655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091117Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200331
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200227T161010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091121Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200319
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200213T160616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091126Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T110000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200225T181828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091123Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200213T155403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091127Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20191011T143950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091135Z
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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;TZID=UTC:20191024T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191024T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20191008T233415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091136Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Changing Farm Structure and Rural Transformation in Africa
DESCRIPTION:About\nPresenter: Thomas Jayne\, University Foundation Professor of Agriculture\, Food\, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University \nThe rise of medium-scale farms in Africa is affecting the region in diverse ways that are difficult to generalize. Many such farms are a source of technical change and commercialization of African agriculture; they attract agribusiness investment and improve market access conditions for all nearby smallholders. However\, medium-scale land acquisitions may exacerbate land scarcity in favorable rural areas\, raise land prices\, and crowd out young peoples’ access to land for farming. While much more research is necessary to effectively guide African governments\, our findings indicate that medium-scale commercialized farms can be a dynamic driver of agricultural transformation but this does not reduce the importance of agricultural ministries maintaining a clear commitment to supporting smallholder farms. Strengthening land tenure security of indigenous rural people to maintain land rights and support productivity investments by smallholder farm household remains crucial. \nRegister Here \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/pim-webinar-changing-farm-structure-and-rural-transformation-in-africa/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191009
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200702T183108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091041Z
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SUMMARY:SNIP: Chris Scott Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall Speakers Series \nOn October 8th\, Penn State hosted Christopher Scott for seminar titled: “Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation in Breadbasket Regions: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Diagnostic Assessment” \nProf. Scott serves as Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy\, Professor of Geography and Development\, and Director of the Consortium for Arizona-Mexico Arid Environments – all at the University of Arizona.  He is founding co-director of the AQUASEC Center of Excellence for Water Security. He was a 2018-19 Leshner Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science\, focusing on water-energy-food security. He earned PhD and MS degrees at Cornell University and BS and BA degrees at Swarthmore College.  His research and engagement are concentrated in the Southwest US\, Mexico\, and India\, as well as Chile\, Argentina\, Brazil\, Peru\, and Nepal. He speaks Spanish and Hindi\, as well as conversational Portuguese and Nepali. \nWatch Recorded Presentation Here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/snip-chris-scott-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191010
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20190506T133918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091234Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190929
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20190506T134128Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190920T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191023T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20190913T172523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091140Z
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SUMMARY:SNIP Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall 2019 Speaker Series at Penn State\n“Building a Food-Water-Energy Nexus Community of Transformative and Convergent Research” \nUpcoming Events:\n\nFriday\, September 20\, 11:00 AM\n\nSeminar with Claudia Ringler\, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI\, entitled: \n“The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Global\, Basin and Local Case Studies of Growing\nNatural Resource Scarcity in the Eastern Nile Basin” \n\nFriday\, September 20\, 4:00 PM\n\nGeography Coffee Hour with Claudia Ringerl\, IFPRI\, entitled: \n“Achieving nutrition outcomes through improved agricultural water management: What are the options?” \n\nTuesday\, October 8\, 12:00 PM\n\nSeminar with Chris Scott\, Professor and University Distinguished Scholar at University of Arizona\, entitle: \n“Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation in Breadbasket Regions: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Diagnostic Assessment” \n\nWednesday\, October 23\, 12:30 PM\n\nSeminar with Steve Davis\, Associate Professor\, Earth System Science at University of California Irvine\, entitled: \n“Integrated and Transdisciplinary Analyses of Food-Energy-Water Systems” \nDates and times of the following to be determined: \nWebinar by Arjen Hoekstra\, Professor in Water Management at University of Twente\, Netherlands\nMathew Kurian\, Research Assistant Professor at Penn State and former Academic Officer at UNU-Flores\, Germany \n \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/snip-speaker-series/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania State University
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190921
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20200702T183355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T091041Z
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SUMMARY:SNIP: Claudia Ringler
DESCRIPTION:Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall Speaker Series \nOn September 20th\, a seminar and coffee hour with Claudia Ringer was held at Penn State University. Claudia Ringler was appointed deputy division director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI in 2011. Claudia manages IFPRI’s Water Research group and since 2015 is also the Natural Resource Management Theme lead. \nSeminar title: “The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Global Basin\, and Local Case Studies of Growing Natural Resource Scarcity in the Eastern Nile Basin.” \nThe geography coffee hour title: “Achieving Nutrition Outcomes through Improved Water Management: What are the Options?” \nWatch video recording of seminar here 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/snip-claudia-ringler/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190914
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SUMMARY:SNIP: Ben Ruddell
DESCRIPTION:Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Speaker Series \nBen Ruddell\, Ph.D.\, P.E.\, Director Associate Professor of the School of Informatics\, Computing\, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University and Director of FEWSION project\, held the webinar\, “FEWSION\, a National U.S. Mesoscale Supply Chain Network” on September 13th. \nFEWSION is an empirical description of the U.S. food\, energy\, and water system. The FEWSION project is a Big Data Fusion project to create and explore the first mesoscale map of the U.S. food\, energy\, and water (+everything) system. It is the first complete footprint database for every US city (water\, greenhouse gases\, etc.) along with vulnerability and resilience benchmarks. \nClick here to view recorded webinar \nClick here to explore the FEWSION website \nClick here to view the FEW-View educational map tool
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/snip-ben-ruddell/
CATEGORIES:Past Webinars,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190620T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190621T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T030811
CREATED:20190617T232007Z
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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/
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