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Making Sense of Systemic Change

External Content - April 18, 2023

Systemic change is like a birthday present: everyone wants it, but no one is quite sure what’s inside. Or so the saying goes. The concept feels just beyond comprehension. What does it look like to change everything,...

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Food-Water-Energy Nexus Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - November 15, 2022

Trying to understand the food-water-energy (FWE) nexus has a lot of us scratching our heads. Trying to get anywhere with it is like unravelling a knotted ball of wool: you can tug at the threads,...

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How to Involve Stakeholders in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson - November 8, 2022

If you want a say in what happens within your city, the food-water-energy nexus is a perfect opportunity. It impacts almost every aspect of our lives and every function of our cities. Involving as...

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Challenges of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Metka Novak - November 1, 2022

While the food-water-energy nexus offers great advantages on one hand, on the other it’s important to keep in mind this system is not yet widely acknowledged, so it naturally comes with some hurdles. Read...

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How to Make Cities Resilient With the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Cornelia Forsthuber - November 1, 2022

While the case for the FWE nexus concept is relatively clear to make in a theoretical, academic context, translating it to urban reality can be a struggle. Against a backdrop of climate change, urban...

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What Is the Food-Water-Energy Nexus?

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

Water, food, energy: in terms of creating sustainable cities, they are virtually impossible to separate. Optimising outputs for one relies on efficient resource management for all three, intrinsically locked as they are in the...

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Data & Policy: Interpreting the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

The food-water-energy nexus is complex. People and organisations are funnels for the details that allow us to unravel the puzzle. This information they give sheds light on the interconnected domains and how we can...

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The Case for the Food-Water-Energy Nexus: How Cities Benefit

Metka Novak - October 25, 2022

It’s about synergy of sectors – not competition – for sustainable use of given resources. We’re talking about the FWE nexus. Food, Water, and Energy “are highly interconnected: water is required for almost all...

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Food-Water-Energy Nexus Glossary

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

There's a lot to the food-water-energy nexus. From too little to too much, and how we manage these extremes and everything in between - it can be difficult to keep up with it all....

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