New SBC Energy Institute FactBook - Introduction to the Water and Energy Challenge
Energy & water are highly interconnected locally & globally. A new SBC Energy Institute FactBook "Introduction to the Water and Energy Challenge”, finds that:
Energy & water are highly interconnected locally & globally. A new SBC Energy Institute FactBook "Introduction to the Water and Energy Challenge”, finds that:
The Third Arab Water Forum closed with a reminder to all participants that “regional realities” and innovative solutions must be part of the regional input to addressing global water challenges, in a call by Benedito Braga, President of the World Water Council, at the forum in Cairo, Egypt.
The Vienna Energy Forum 2015 (VEF 2015) will take place in Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 20 June 2015, and only a few months before the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York and the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris.
UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the Australian National University (ANU)-UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance are organizing the official launch of the Food, Energy, Environment and Water (FE²W) Network on 26 November 2014, 15h, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. About one-third of the world's population lives in countries that are experiencing water stress.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is pleased to announce the opening of the third funding cycle of the IRENA/ADFD Project Facility. The deadline for applications is 18 February 2015 (17:00 Gulf Standard Time). Applicants need to register and apply online. The Project Facility is now offering lower loan rates for all cycles. The IRENA/ADFD Project Facility is seeking renewable energy projects in developing countries that are innovative and have the potential to be models for replication and scale up.
The Third Arab Water Week 2015: "Innovations & Sustainable Solutions for the Water Sector in the Arab Region" is being organized from 11th to 15th January 2015 under the Patronage of the Minister of Water & Irrigation H.E. Dr. Hazem El Naser in King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center (KHBTCC) by Hilton, Dead Sea.
The OECD Global Forum on Environment on the topic of “New Perspectives on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus” will be held on 27-28 November 2014 at the OECD headquarters in Paris. This Forum will provide a platform for senior policy experts, private sector leaders and government officials from OECD and Partner Countries to explore how countries can align policy goals to address water, energy and food reforms in a more coherent way. The Forum will be held over two days and will discuss four areas that can contribute to more integrated policy making in this domain:
Regional Workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) countries under the UN-Water Initiative on “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies” to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 17th to 20th November 2014.
WssTP is pleased to announce its annual Brokerage and WssTP Working Groups event that will take place on 26-27 November in Brussels. The main objective of the Brokerage event is to facilitate networking between our members for collaborative projects, as well as to foster the creation of consortia for the upcoming Horizon 2020 calls and other EU funding opportunities.
The water-energy-food security nexus is now receiving consensus and attention of both political and technical experts. Indeed, the World Water Day 2014 was mainly on this topic. Nowadays most of the international organization and agencies are making major efforts to increase the know-how and to assist the developing countries. The CIHEAM - IAM of Bari is leading and addressing this important issue to be developed in most Mediterranean countries and Balkans area.