Objectives

The workshop contributes to the Global Framework for Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), which was launched during COP23 in 2017. It currently has thirty five partners from research institutions, think tank organizations, global partnerships, the United Nations and international agencies that work collectively on the issues of water scarcity.

The aim of the seminar in particular is to showcase the Water-Energy-Food Nexus-related work of the participating Italian research institutions and to discuss how this work can support progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 2 on Zero Hunger, Goal 6 on Water, Goal 7 on Energy, and Goal...

The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference will take place from 6 to 17 November at the World Conference Center Bonn, which is located in Bonn, Germany, the seat of the Climate Change Secretariat. The conference will be convened under the Presidency of Fiji.

The Conference will comprise sessions of:

• the Conference of the Parties (COP 23); 
• the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 13); 
• the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1.2); 
• the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 47); 
• the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological...

To enable the sustainable management and protection of soil resources, it is crucial that soil data and information is gathered in a harmonized way in order to enable sharing and combining experiences. Harmonization of soil analytical methods, measurements and indicators is a main focus of Pillar 5 of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP). One of the key priorities focuses on Laboratory Analysis of Soil and aims to achieve that “appropriate methods and procedures used for analyzing the properties of soils are well defined and documented such that results from different analysis procedures can be translated and combined where necessary to...