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. |
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Member Registration and Collaborative Platform
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.
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IFAD to Increase Investment and Presence in Transforming Food Systems in East and Southern Africa
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) regional team brought together its staff from the East and Southern Africa region and corporate divisions to prioritize future actions and map out financing instruments as small-scale farmers and rural people from these regions are suffering the impacts of pandemic, climate change and other crisis. This in turn, has impacted food system creating food insecurity across the region. Thus, IFAD identifies the need to tap into technology and innovation to help the region rebuild and recover. As a result, the institution currently has invested US$798 million in these regions, targeting to reach 18.4 million households in 12 countries.
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Why Natural Gas is Seen as Africa’s ‘Saving Grace’?
African leaders are pushing back calls from the COP 26 climate summit to shut down oil and gas saying that it could have disastrous effects to people suffering from energy poverty. However, there is a need to act in accelerating energy growth to meet the rising demand and lift millions of people out of poverty. Natural gas is identified as a solution because for Africa natural gas means jobs which can improve the livelihood of people and it includes a cleaner extraction process.
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SA’s Water Problem Could be as Bad as Eskom’s rolling Blackouts: Water Expert
A water expert in South Africa (SA) has alerted that water crisis could be as bad as the rolling blackout problem. Even though power outrage problem and water crisis are of an equal magnitude in SA, power outrage can be solved setting up power stations, but it’s hard to extend water network much more. There is an extreme need to create new water to grow the economy of the country.
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The 4th Mediterranean Water Forum 2021
The Energy and Water Agency (EWA) of Malta, in collaboration with the Mediterranean Water Institute (IME) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), will be hosting the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum in Malta from December 6-8, 2021. This forum aims to gather main stakeholders in the Mediterranean water community to exchange water management solutions among each other.
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Reporting on Climate Change Complexity in the Mediterranean Region
The webinar "Reporting on climate change complexity in the Mediterranean region", scheduled for November 29th, 2021, aims to explain the basis of the interconnection between water, energy, food, and ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus when reporting about climate change in Mediterranean region. The WEFE Nexus approach corroborates the need to not view water, energy, food, and ecosystems as being separate entities, but rather a complex and inextricably entwined. Furthermore, this session will present day to day examples to embed that approach in the journalistic reporting when covering climate change. Registration is required.
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Nexus Project Cluster Workshop: Advancing the Nexus for Science and Policy
The Nexus Project Cluster Workshop organized by the steering committee of the Nexus Project Cluster in consultation with the European Research and Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission focuses on Advancing the Nexus for Science and Policy. The workshop is scheduled for November 23rd, 2021 and will take place online. The objective of this workshop to update participants on recent Nexus Cluster Initiatives, and projects that have started in the previous years. Registration is required.
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Methods of Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By: Aiko Endo, Kimberly Burnett, Pedcris M. Orencio, Terukazu Kumazawa, Christopher A. Wada, Akira Ishii, Izumi Tsurita and Makoto Taniguchi
This study presents all the qualitative and quantitative methods that can be used to analyze water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. These collected methods can be used to unify a collection of related variables, visualize the research problem, evaluate the issue, and stimulate the system of interest. The authors discuss each of the methods presenting case studies from research sites in Japan and the Philippines.
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Jobs and Internship Opportunities
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Vacancy // Ph.D. Position in In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Program Kenya
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is accepting applications for the In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Program from graduates and postgraduates in Sub-Saharan Africa seeking a doctoral program (PhD) in Agricultural Economics. The program aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. Application deadline is November 1, 2021.
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Vacancy // Post Doctoral Position in Water Food Shelter (WFS) solutions at Leiden, Netherlands
The Island(er)s at the Helm project is looking for a Postdoctoral candidate in Water Management in support of Water-Food-Shelter-solutions in the work package “Co-engineering the water-food-shelter-nexus with local stakeholders”. The successful candidate will work with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop locally embedded engineering solutions for the WFS-nexus on the Caribbean windward islands. Applicants must have PhD degree in water management, environmental technology, or a related discipline, with knowledge of the urban water cycle and/or knowledge of freshwater management in small islands and should have track record in scientific publication. Application closes on December 31, 2021.
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Vacancy // Water Quality Student Intern
Johnson Service Group at San Jose, California seeks a student intern either an under grad or a grad student with experience in Water Quality, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Biology, or a related Field. The successful intern will assist analyze and evaluate historical operational and water quality data for water treatment plants by using Operational Data Management System (ODMS). This is a part-time long-term position which could go 1-3 years.
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General Notice
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Call for Abstract Extended: Application for the International Symposium Climate change & Water 2022
The call for abstract for the Climate Change and Water Symposium has been extended until the 5th of December 2021.
This international conference is open to the academic world and socio-economic partners concerned by the variability of the water cycle and adaptation to extreme events.
The purpose of this call for papers is to orient the reflection and exchanges not only on the observation of the acceleration of the physical, chemical, biological, and ecological effects of climate change but also on the proposed adaptation strategies at the local level.
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