Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina will host the Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference on March 5-8, 2014 to examine the thoughts and actions related to a nexus approach.
If the world is going to reduce hunger and eradicate poverty, achieving security for water, energy and food is critical. This challenge is becoming even more critical with the impacts of climate change, and water will be the medium by which we will address much of the nexus, linking water, energy and food security.
The Nexus Conference comprises a variety of sessions that allow for learning, facilitate dialog and encourage networking.
See the agenda of the conference
Plenary sessions:
- Urban Challenges of the Nexus: Local and Global perspectives
- Nexus perspectives: Water, Energy and Climate
- Nexus perspectives: Water, Food and Climate
- Nexus Corporate Stewardship: How business is improving resource use
- Natural Resource Security for People: Water, Food and Energy
- Financing the Nexus: policy and practice
- Learning from the past, building a new future: Nexus Scientific Research
Read more abouth the plenay speakers.
Conference participants will aim to:
- Learn from relevant case studies & examine cutting-edge research
- Identify future research areas
- Debate emerging solutions
- Identify how science can inform policy processes
- Build new, or strengthen, existing networks
- Launch the Nexus Academic-Practitioner Network
- Input to the UN Sustainable Development Goals process