The theme of the 14th edition of the European Development Days is 'The Green Deal for a Sustainable Future'. It will take place in a digital format on June 15 and 16, 2021. Biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental degradation are defining challenges of our generation and require more coordinated and incisive international efforts. The COVID-19 pandemic […]

The NEX-LABS project is co-organizing this webinar in collaboration with the United Nations' FAO, PHEMAC project and with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) In this event, two support perspectives are presented aiming to demonstrate the Water, Energy and Food Nexus in practice. The first comes from the ongoing PHEMAC project, funded under the 'Partnership for Research […]

Aqua refers to anything relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water. As such, Aqua Technology (or AquaTech) refers to technologies built to address or improve water-related cases, and to fast-track sustainable solutions for Africa’s water-energy-food nexus challenges. An AquaTech Hackathon, hosted by The Business Clinic will take place virtually with […]

This roundtable discussion organized by the academy council will discuss the role of consumer perceptions, food habits, cultural influences, gender, socio-economic and other factors including poverty and urbanization on food choices and food consumption patterns and their effects on nutrition and health including diet-related, non-communicable diseases, and the need for advocacy and public enlightenment on […]

The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) in collaboration with the Universities Partnership for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy (UPWCD), are excited to launch a new online series of master classes on Water Cooperation & Diplomacy that will take place on the months of July, September and early October this year. This series of ten weekly classes (see indicative programme here), will […]

By 2050, the world’s population could grow to 9.7 billion, food demand is expected to increase by 50% and global demand for grains such as maize, rice, and wheat could increase by 70%. In Africa, food insecurity has been rising in recent years and the continent is not on track to eliminate hunger by 2030. […]

Description: Food cultures in urban spaces are ever-shifting and are expressed in both tangible and intangible ways. As Africa’s urban population is rapidly growing, the question around ‘what is on the menu’ of urban dwellers is increasingly becoming important to understand and address. This is because of the powerful and intricate way in which choices […]

The International Water Association Webinar on Earth Observation technologies for water quality management, featuring GEO AquaWatch Director Steve Greb and GEO AquaWatch Management Team member Blake Schaeffer,  is taking place on 21st July 2021 at 15:00 CEST.    DESCRIPTION Across various parts of the water sector – from water treatment plants to hydropower to aquaculture – preparing and […]

Session Description: On the occasion of the UNFSS 2021 Pre-Summit July 26 and 28, we would like to announce and cordially invite you to the affiliated session organized by WE4F, IWMI, World Bank, FAO, and WFP: Strengthening Water-Energy-Food Nexus to expand small-scale farmer-led irrigation solutions for climate-friendly and more resilient food systems. This event is […]

The WEF Nexus Winter Masterclass will introduce the state-of-the-art nexus research, presenting completed and currently ongoing cutting-edge approaches from various WEF nexus projects in the region and from abroad. The Masterclass will be novel and innovative and will draw specifically on outputs from the WEFTools project (https://wef-tools.un-ihe.org/project). Although some conceptual and theoretical background to the […]