Nature Communications editorial highlight 2021: FutureDAMS environmental social science paper
'Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience' has been selected by Nature Communications Earth Team as an editorial highlight of 2021. The team selected 32 articles to celebrate contributions to original...
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Seeking environmental and social justice in Uttarakhand
Read Shruti Jain's commentary published in India's Economic & Political Weekly, 'Repudiating Chipko Village’s Identity and Existence'. Jain is a postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, working on FutureDAMS. In her article she comments on a...
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Keynote seminar – Perfecting the River: Dams, Dreams and Organic Machines
Professor Bill Adams, Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of CambridgeIn 1996, the geographer Richard White published a book on the history of human exploitation of the Columbia River in North America. He called it The Organic Machine. He spoke...
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Keynote seminar: Moving to a zero carbon world and the future role of hydropower
Joao Costa, Head of Sustainability, International Hydropower Association Jeff Opperman, Global Freshwater Lead Scientist, WWF Mathaios Panteli, Assistant Professor, University of Cyprus Jamie Skinner, Principal researcher, natural resources, IIED Chair: Judith Plummer...
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Keynote seminar: Integrating water-energy-food-environment planning for climate adaptation and resilience
Julien Harou Chair in Water Engineering, University of Manchester Claudia Ringler Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI John Matthews Executive Director, AGWA Chair: James Dalton Director, IUCN Global Water Programme FutureDAMS is...
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New video – ‘A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance’
A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance is a video looking at the different options for financing sustainable hydropower projects in low-income countries. Using examples in Uganda, it discusses three potential financing structures (fully public,...
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Keynote seminar: Water, energy & sustainable development – past, present and future
Achim Steiner United Nations Development Programme Administrator and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group Chair: Professor David Hulme Executive Director, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester For nearly three decades, Achim Steiner has...
read moreThe rise, demise and revival of Nepal’s Arun III: lessons on mega dam decision making
The Arun-III hydropower project in Nepal is one of the symbolic projects which marked the end of the 20th Century dam building era with the withdrawal of the World Bank from big infrastructure projects in low and middle income countries. At an estimated cost of USD...
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New research: Increased economic benefits and resilience with collaborative management of the Nile’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
New research linking water resources and economic analysis shows coordinated filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would increase economic benefits and resilience.
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FutureDAMS keynote online seminar series
FutureDAMS has delivered its first programme of four high level online seminars, delivered by thought-leading speakers, discussing the future of sustainable infrastructure in water-energy-food-environment systems, reflecting on three years of FutureDAMS research. The...
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