Documents and Information Resources
You will find in this section a non-exhaustive list of information resources on the theme of water and energy. This section will be developed over time and offer more materials and links. We also invite you to check the Media section and the Campaign Materials section as well!
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Useful links and articles
- Coal-fired thermal power plant, Tsuruga, Fukui-ken, Japan ©Joel Abroad on Flickr
- Sustainable Energy for All
- Global Water Partnership: Toolbox - Water and Energy Security
- World Economic Forum: Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
- Stockholm Environment Institute: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus
- Inter-American Development Bank: The nexus of water-energy-food
- World Bank: Thirsty Energy: Will Water Constrain Our Energy Future?
- Asian Development Bank: Thinking about Water Differently: Managing the Water–Food–Energy
- World Policy Institute: The Water-Energy Nexus
- Union of Concerned Scientists: The Connections Between Our Energy and Water
- Union of Concerned Scientists: The Energy-Water Collision: 10 Things You Should Know
- The River Network: The Water-Energy Nexus
- International Energy Agency: Water for Energy
- Earth Magazine: The energy-water nexus: Managing water in an energy-constrained world
- The Pacific Institute: The Water–Energy Simulator (WESim)
- Swedish Water House: Water & Energy Linkages
- International Rivers: Water & Energy Solutions
- World Resources Institute: Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots
- UNEP: "Water and Post-conflict Peacebuilding"- chapter 12 on how the potential for harnessing hydropower from the Indus river system was key factor motivating India and Pakistan to enter into negotiations and the role of hydrological infrastructure in the resettlement of refugees.
- Grace Communications Foundation: Meet the nexus: How food water and energy are connected.
- IAEA: Overview water/environment Technical Cooperation Page
- IAEA:Factsheet
- IAEA:Water and the Environment success stories
- IAEA:Water Matters photo essay
- IAEA:Drip irrigation photo essay
- IAEA:Isotope Hydrology
- The Glass Recycling for Kids
Infographics:
- World Bank: The Water Energy Challenge
- World Bank: Why waste water?
- World Energy Report: How does the US measure Up infographic
- IUCN: the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
- SE4All: Renewable Energy
- What Renewable Energy Sources is the World Using?
- How Wind Power is Harvested
- World Energy Supply
- Energy Efficiency
- SE4All: Global Energy Access
- Water Down
- Energy Consumption over lifetime
- The Global Water Footprint
- Saving Energy, Saves Money
- Circle of Blue: Effects of Coal on Water in the US
- World Resources Institute: Majority of China's Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions
- World Resources Institute: China's Response to Air Pollution Poses Threat to Water
Things to do
Water and Energy challenges in the media
For youth and kids
- The Story of Water at National Taiwan Science Education Center
- Energy Kids: Games & Activities
- Energyville game
- Energy games, Learninggamesforkids.com
- Energy flows game, Science Museum, UK
- Energy Ninja’s game, Science Museum, UK
- Wonderville: Save the World!
- Water games and best lessons
- Recycle city, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- NEED Water and Energy Teacher Guide
- Science kids: hydropower
- Hydropower, Converting moving water to energy
- Energy Kids
- Resource factory
- Saving Water Saves Energy
- Bottled Water and Energy Fact Sheet
- National Geographic: Nuclear Energy
- National Geographic: Electrical Energy from Source to Destination