This conference will address linkages between water, energy and food security, seeking to assess available information, identify knowledge and gaps, share lessons, facilitate networks, and contribute to consensus on priorities, in order to consider joint improvement in efficiency as a win-win strategy for human development and environmental sustainability. Sessions will address themes, including: tools for the sustainable implementation of the nexus approach; governance and management of the nexus; considering the environment and wellbeing; and implementing the nexus at various scales. The conference is jointly sponsored and organized by the Global Water System Project (GWSP), German Development Institute (GDI), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), University of Bonn, Center for Development Research, and the CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems.  

dates: 19-20 May 2014   venue: MARITIM Hotel, Godesberger Allee   location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   contact: GWSP International Office   phone: +49 228 73 6188   e-mail: gwsp.ipo@uni-bonn.de   www: http://wef-conference.gwsp.org/