Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference

  • Emmanuel Ackom (Speaker)

    Activity: Talks and presentationsConference presentations

    Description

    Energy, water and climate nexus: A case study of Cameroon

    The Water Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and collaborators hosted the conference on March 5-8, 2014 to examine the thinking and actions related to a nexus approach.The conference brought together scientists and practitioners working in government, civil society, and business and other stakeholders focusing on the questions of how and why the nexus approach is, and can be, used on international and local levels.

    Main Conference Themes

    Building on the Water, Food and Energy Nexus Conference held in Bonn Germany in 2011, this conference aims to address four connected, but distinct relationships, with water being the central node of each nexus:
    Water-Climate
    Water-Energy
    Water-Food
    Energy-Food
    Period5 Mar 20148 Mar 2014
    Event titleNexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
    Event typeConference
    LocationChapel Hill, NC, United StatesShow on map