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Project Profile: SUNEX

Formulating sustainable urban FWE strategy by optimizing the synergies between food, water and energy systems

Who?

Principal Investigators: Dr. Wolfgang Loibl and Dr. Ali Hainoun, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Partners: Dr. Ingo Zasada, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung, Germany
Dr. Abdukarem Amhamed, Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar
Dr. Mohammed Al Kuwari, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar
David Ludlow, University of the West of England - SPE, United Kingdom
Mr Patric Bulmer, Bristol Water plc, United Kingdom
Matias Poupin, ROC-Connect, Inc., United States
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What?

Full Project Title: Formulating sustainable urban FWE strategy by optimizing the synergies between food, water and energy systems
Full Call Title: Nexus2016
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Why?

Project Objective: SUNEX aims to support the decision-making process in formulating sustainable urban FWE strategies in respect to Cities’ different consumption patterns and limited resources on the way to achieve sustainable urban transformation.
Call Objective: The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a joint call established in order to bring together actors to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge. The ultimate goal is to increase the access and the quality of life.

Where?

Regions: Asia, Europe
Countries: Austria, Germany, Qatar, United Kingdom

When?

Duration: 36 months
Call Date: December 9, 2016
Project Award Date: February 15, 2018