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Water-Energy-Food Nexus

SEI examines the links between water, energy and food production, and enables people to govern and manage these resources and systems to sustainably meet human aspirations.

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Water beyond boundaries

Rohingya Refugees Mark Two Years Since The Crisis

Gridless solutions

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Rocks exposed in lake with receding water levels

Five water solutions for an uncertain climate future

We propose five concepts that policymakers and planners can apply to help ensure water resilience amid climate change.

Feature
Water
Gender
Climate
24 August 2020

Five key actions to ensure water and food security in the face of COVID-19

In a recent webinar, experts weighed in on how water planning can best incorporate the critical uncertainties that pandemics bring.

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The statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Towards more spatially explicit assessments of virtual water flows: linking local water use and scarcity to global demand of Brazilian farming commodities

Field with crops

Reconciling food security and bioenergy: priorities for action

Forest in Bali, Indonesia

Regional options for addressing the water, energy and food nexus in Central Asia and the Aral Sea Basin

Hoover dam

Climate change and increased irrigation demands: What is left for hydropower generation? Results from two semi-arid basins

village in China

Energy for water utilization in China and policy implications for integrated planning

Journal articles
Water
23 February 2016
China

Farming

IKnowFood

SEI Initiative on Climate Services

CERC-WET

Sahara desert

Assessing the implications of water harvesting intensification on upstream–downstream ecosystem services: A case study in the Lake Tana basin

Journal articles
Water
27 October 2015
Ethiopia

Traffic congestion in Bangkok contributes to poor air quality. Flickr / ADB

The SEI Initiative on the Water, Energy and Food Nexus

SEI briefs
Water
26 August 2015

Rural road

Rapid Appraisal of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Zambia

Rwanda

Using Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus to Promote Climate Resilient Decisions and Model Actions in Selected Landscapes along Akagera Basin

Project
Energy
Land
Water
2015 - 2018
Rwanda

SEI Initiative on Sustainable Sanitation

Initiative
Water
Health
Gender
Land
2015 - 2019

Tiny plants

A nexus approach to the post-2015 agenda: formulating integrated water, energy, and food SDGs

Journal articles
Governance
Water
13 December 2014

Ethiopia

Applying the nexus – meeting Ethiopia’s development goals by addressing links between water, energy and food

SEI policy briefs
Energy
Water
12 December 2014
Ethiopia