The Water-Energy-Food in Africa Initiative is excited to share with you updates on the current news and events, ways to get involved, and upcoming items to be on the lookout for
If you have not yet done so, we highly encourage interested participants to join the WEF Nexus in Africa Initiative as a member of our website and the Collaborative Platform.
Nexus Report: Study on the Synergies of the Water, Energy and Food Sectors in Sudan
In response to interest from the Sudanese Ministry of Water Resource, Electricity, and Irrigation, The Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme has recently developed and published their Nexus Assessment Study for Sudan in collaboration with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD).
Three PhD opportunities: Decision-Driven Advances in Integrated Assessment Modeling of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Arizona State University, Tufts University, and the University of Maryland are each offering a PhD through NSF INFEWS/T1: Decision-Driven Advances in Integrated Assessment Modeling of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. The Graduate Research Assistant Position will focus on developing innovative approaches to integrated planning of FEW systems in the context of major international sustainability challenges in Argentina and Uruguay.
On January 9th, 2020, faculty and staff at Penn State held a seminar to begin the discussion linking Penn State work in Africa to use of Nexus frameworks and approaches.
Featured Events
Dresden Nexus Conference
The third Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC2020) will take place 3–5 June 2020 under the theme “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”.
Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy Conference
The International Conference on desalination organized by the European Desalination Society (EDS) is to be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 7
th to 11
th June 2020 at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium.
Conference on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus scientific advances in the Mediterranean region
With a focus on the Mediterranean, the Conference will look at the four aspects of the WEFE Nexus from different perspectives (e.g. through the eyes of economists, sociologists and end users) and canvass opinions on how to approach the cross-sectoral management of WEFE resources.
