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Trees for life: The Ecosystem Service Contribution of Trees to Food Production and Livelihoods in the Tropics

Despite expanding interest in ecosystem service research over the past three decades, in-depth understanding of the contribution of forests and…

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Forest Policy and Economics

Date:

15 January 2017

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The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus through the Lenses of the Value Chain and the Institutional Analysis and Development Frameworks

A number of frameworks have been used to study the water-food-energy nexus without consideration of the role of institutions in…

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Water Alternatives

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The `Seafood Gap' in the Food-Water Nexus Literature—Issues Surrounding Freshwater Use in Seafood Production Chains

This study (1) reviews freshwater use concepts as they relate to seafood production, (2) provides three cases to highlight the…

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Advances in Water Resources

Date:

15 May 2017

Training Materials

Gender and Energy Equality E-Learning Course

This self-paced course was developed for social development and energy specialists, policymakers, practitioners and members of civil society interested in…

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Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

Date:

1 January 2017

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Climate Change and Food Security

This is a fact sheet from the U.S. government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative “Feed the Future” on climate…

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Feed the Future

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Broadening the Lens: A Regional Perspective on Water, Food And Energy Integration in SADC

Sustainable development and growth can be achieved by better management of the world’s ecosystems and a more strategic use of…

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Aquatic Procedia

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1 October 2017

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Bridging the Water and Food Gap: the Role of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

This paper introduces global resources challenges and their risks and shifts in what society defines as global securities. The paper…

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United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)

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An Urban Systems Framework to Assess the Trans-Boundary Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Implementation in Delhi, India

This paper develops a generalizable systems framework to analyze the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus from an urban systems perspective, connecting in-…

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Environmental Research Letters

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8 February 2017

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An Integrated Model to Evaluate Water-Energy-Food Nexus at a Household Scale

This study develops an integrated model, capturing the interactions between water, energy, and food (WEF) at end-use level at a…

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Environmental Modelling & Software

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An Optimization Framework for the Climate, Land, Energy, and Water (CLEWS) Nexus by a Discrete Optimization Model

An optimization model examines the temporal and spatial integration of the climate, land, energy, and water nexus elements in order…

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Energy Procedia

Date:

1 May 2017

Publication

Algal Food and Fuel Coproduction can Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions while Improving Land and Water-Use Efficiency

This paper examines the trade-offs associated with producing fuel and food from algae at the energy–food–water–climate nexus.

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

28 October 2017

Publication

About the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Index

This paper describes the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Index (FEW Index) and what types of questions it can answer.

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Rand Corporation

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A Worldwide Comparison of Water Use Efficiency of Crop Production

This report is a summary and decomposition of water use efficiency of crop production variations in 87 countries from 1990…

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Applied Mechanics and Materials

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A Fast Track Approach to Deal with the Temporal Dimension of Crop Water Footprint

This article demonstrates the feasibility of the Fast Track (FT) approach to deal with the temporal dimension of crop water…

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

4 July 2017

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Life Cycle Water Use of Ford Focus Gasoline and Ford Focus Electric Vehicles

To place future discussions of sustainable mobility on a firmer technical basis, this report discusses the results of a cradle-to-grave…

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Journal of Industrial Ecology

Date:

27 August 2017

Publication

Water Energy Nexus

This document provides an overview of the water-energy nexus. Topics include water for energy, energy for water, and stress points…

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International Energy Agency (IEA)

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Water for Electricity in India: A Multi-model Study of Future Challenges and Linkages to Climate Change Mitigation

Based on the results from five energy-economic modeling teams, the paper explores the implications of economic growth, power plant cooling…

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Applied Energy

Date:

5 May 2017