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Who should carry the financial risks in private sector financed hydropower projects?

Who should carry the financial risks in private sector financed hydropower projects?

Aug 30, 2019 | Finance, News, Social impacts

Read the latest FutureDAMS article published in International Water Power Magazine (IWP&DC) by Judith Plummer Braeckman from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Jamie Skinner from the International Institute for Environment and...
The World Commission on Dams 20 years on

The World Commission on Dams 20 years on

Aug 7, 2019 | Research, World Commission on Dams

FutureDAMS is all about improving the decision-making around large dams. Where to build them, how to reduce negative impacts, how to maximise positive impacts, and, occasionally, when not to build them. Twenty years ago, the World Commission on Dams (WCD, 1998-2000)...

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FutureDAMS is funded by the UK Research and Innovation–Economic and Social Research Council [ES/P011373/1] as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund. Contact us at GDI@Manchester.ac.uk