Knowledge brokerage for sustainable development: Innovative tools for increasing research impact and evidence-based policy-making

Authors: Martinuzzi, A. and Sedlacko, M and a chapter contribution from Beatriz Medina. 2017 https://www.amazon.es/Knowledge-Brokerage-Sustainable-Development-Evidence-Based/dp/1783532548  This book provides the first systematic analysis of knowledge brokerage experiences for sustainable development. It will help researchers to increase their impacts and support evidence based policy making in Europe and beyond. –Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Rector of Vienna University of Economics […]

WATER COMMUNICATION: Analysis of strategies and campaigns from the water sector. 

Authors: Lead Author Celine Hervé-Basin, contributor Beatriz Medina https://www.amazon.com/Communication-Analysis-Strategies-Campaigns-Sector/dp/1780405219  Water Communication aims at setting a first general outlook at what communication on water means, who communicates and on what topics. Through different examples and based on different research and contributions, this book presents an original first overview of “water communication”. It sets its academic value […]

THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE PERCEPTION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. An analysis of the Spanish case (1960-2015)

Authors: Trenc, Medina, Presas, Rubio-Varas, de la Torre (2017) Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321992166_Las_dimensiones_sociales_de_la_percepcion_de_la_energia_nuclear_Un_analisis_del_caso_espanol_1960-2015 Nuclear energy is a complex technology that requires intensive use of resources and high centralized decision-making processes, whose governance poses a real challenge for democratic societies. In this article, we explore the social perceptions about nuclear energy in Spain through the analysis of opinion surveys […]

TOOLS

[gkit id=1] Herramientas de negocio para PYMEs para promover la reutilización de agua   Estas herramientas estan deseñados para ayudar a las PYMEs a desarrollar planes de negocio en el sector de la reutilización de agua. Desde la identificacion de las oportunidades, la fijación de precios para servicios de agua y su reutilización, soluciones de financiación […]

WE&B closes WaterClima LAC in La Paz, Mexico

On the 30th and 31st of January 2018, WE&B together with the project partner El Centro del Agua para America Latina y el Caribe participated together with COMO VAMOS LA PAZ to close the WaterClima LAC project in the pilot area, La Paz, Mexico. As part of the closing activities, WE&B run a workshop on […]

Run4Life meets in Vigo

At the end of November the RUN4Life project held its 6-monthly consortium meeting, http://run4life-project.eu,  in Vigo, Spain. All partners provided updates on the progress and work plans for the coming months. In addition, there were several invited project advisors who provided input into the project progress. The meeting location was in the Zona Franca in Vigo […]

WE&B Year in review 2017

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017 Looking back on 2017, it’s been quite an exciting year at WE&B, full of new adventures, experiences and results in social economic activities in the water, and environmental sectors. Here are few highlights:   We investigated the reasons for knowledge fragmentation in water and climate actions between Africa and the EU and […]

Patxi Greño

2004: MSc Economics University of the Basque Country, Spain 1997: MSc Environmental Economics, University of York, United Kingdom 1996: BSc Economics, University of the Basque Country, Spain Patxi is an environmental economist with over fifteen years of research and consulting experience dedicated to strategic policy design, economic analysis and programme evaluations. He holds a BSc in […]

Video summary of the AfWA event in Accra, Ghana

WE&B was present at the 77th AfWA Scientific and Technical Council in Accra Ghana from the  17th -21st of July, 2017 in Accra, Ghana. AfWA has produced a summary video of the event. See from minute 9:00 as WE&B explains the role of the AfriAlliance project within the AfWA event and its wider impact in […]

It’s destroying infrastructure, degrading ecosystems and risking lives: The environmental threat you’ve never heard of

It has been 3 months since our Launch Conference in South Africa. All AfriAlliance partners are now back in their offices to continue their work on building Alliances between Africa and the EU in Water and Climate. If you would like to see WE&B in action, please join us from the 17th to the 21st of July in Ghana […]