The ONEPlanET consortium held its third General Assembly (GA) from 18th to 20th September in Paris, France. This bi-annual gathering brought together members and project partners to review the project’s progress and performance, ensuring a clear understanding of its status and future direction.
Throughout the assembly, partners addressed challenges, discussed issues, and developed strategies to mitigate risks, while identifying new opportunities. Members also crafted a roadmap to guide the project’s next phase, fostering collaboration and advancing the ONEPlanET initiative.
Winter School: Supporting young people to advance Sustainable Resource Management within the WEF Nexus framework | August – Pretoria, South Africa
Achieving water, energy, and food (WEF) security is a growing priority for Southern Africa, particularly in the face of climate change, rapid urbanization, population growth, and ecosystem degradation. Tackling these challenges requires a collaborative and inclusive approach that recognizes the interconnections between water, energy, and food. This integrated approach, known as the WEF Nexus, has gained significant traction as a transformative strategy for sustainable resource management and socio-economic development.
The ONEPlanET partners, including UKZN, SU, and IHE Delft, played a key role in facilitating the WEF Nexus in-person Advanced School held at Future Africa, Pretoria, from 13-17 August 2024.
This capacity-building initiative aimed to equip and support early-career researchers, postgraduate students, managers, and practitioners from Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa, and Malaysia in understanding WEF nexus thinking. Participants learned about the WEF Nexus and its concepts and how to facilitate discourse and apply new frameworks, tools and methods for analyzing these complex WEF nexus interdependencies.
The growing recognition of the WEF Nexus as a critical tool for sustainable development accentuates the importance of continued collaboration and innovation in addressing the region’s most pressing challenges.