Date: 6 November 2025, 15:00-17:30 CET
Location: Zoom event with pre-registration at:
https://unavarra.zoom.us/meeting/register/JiJGRpWyRdK_WrM63MNLKQ
Theme: Cross-nexus solutions
Involved institutions: Water Footprint Network (WFN), University of Twente (UT), Institute for Sustainability
& Food Chain Innovation (ISFOOD) and Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics
(INARBE) of the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) and University of La Rioja (UR).
Organisers: Gautamee Baviskar (g.s.baviskar@utwente.nl), Pedro Silva (p.g.camaradasilva@utwente.nl),
Oleksandr Mialyk (o.mialyk@utwente.nl), Maite M. Aldaya (maite.aldaya@unavarra.es), Diego Sesma-
Martín (diego.sesmam@unirioja.es).
Summary
The OECD projects global population will reach 9 billion by 2050, driving unprecedented resource demands:
water needs increasing by 55%, energy consumption by 80%, and food production requirements by 60%.
These interconnected pressures will fundamentally reshape land use patterns and intensify competition for
finite resources, making Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus approaches essential for sustainable
development.
This symposium presents cutting-edge research on WEF nexus science, examining critical knowledge gaps
and emerging solutions. Distinguished keynote speakers and leading early-career researchers will address
key themes including resource interlinkages and biodiversity implications, technological innovations and
policy frameworks, multi-level governance challenges, and pedagogical strategies for training the next
generation of sustainability scientists
