Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus

The Conference will discuss the solutions for population growth and urbanisation driving higher demand for water, energy food trend in the Mediterranean region where the situation is aggravated by global warming.

The key concept of the 2021 WEFE Nexus Science Advances Conference is “addressing interdependencies”. The Conference will analyse the role of science as driver of innovation and its interfacing with the policy and decision-making processes. It will recommend workable measures on how to integrate novel paths in the research and planning of WEFE supply chains through a collaborative response across the Mediterranean region.

Participants in the Conference will be scientists and practitioners, as well as social actors and decision makers from diverse WEFE sectors from the entire Mediterranean area, all brought together with the following common objectives:

• Survey new approaches and modes of practice that can be applied to inform decisions, choose priorities and incentivize the cross-sectoral management of water, energy, food and ecosystem resources.
• Promote the collection and documentation of WEFE Nexus best practices in the Mediterranean region and incorporate lessons learned in hands-on guidance for the development of sustainable operational targets, in line with the SDGs.
• Elaborate on the role of a WEFE Nexus Community of Practice to stimulate cross[1]organisation collaboration and knowledge-sharing around demonstration projects in the Mediterranean region.

The event will be entirely online and will take place online on 27 – 29 September 2021.

The registration for the event is available here and the deadline is already 30 July 2021.

More information about the event including its detailed programme is available here.

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