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Call for abstracts: water resources policy and management at EGU 2021

Call for abstracts: water resources policy and management at EGU 2021

Nov 30, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods

HS5.3.1: Water resources policy and management – managing trade-offs at the nexus between water, food and energy As part of the “Water Resources Policy and Management” group of sessions, Tim Foster and Roshan Adhikari are convening a session at EGU 2021 focused...
Integrating natural and built infrastructure in water resource development: what’s stopping us?

Integrating natural and built infrastructure in water resource development: what’s stopping us?

Nov 26, 2020 | News, Water resources

FutureDAMS welcomed Mark Smith, Director General of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Matthew McCartney, IWMI’s Sustainable Water Infrastructure & Ecosystems Research Group Leader, to present a webinar discussing how to support the...
Is the dam-age over? The growth of dam removals in America

Is the dam-age over? The growth of dam removals in America

Nov 25, 2020 | comment, Ecology, News, Politics and governance

By Barnaby Dye and François Edwards This week the BBC featured an article describing the largest-scale project of dam removal to date on the Klamath River in the Western USA. The project involves the gradual disassembling of four out of eight hydroelectric dams. These...
The political power controlling Ghana’s electricity system and the ensuing crises

The political power controlling Ghana’s electricity system and the ensuing crises

Nov 25, 2020 | Politics and governance, The Volta river basin and Ghana

By Barnaby Dye On the 27 August 2012, a small group of pirates triggered the first of two major power crises in Ghana. Attempting to escape from the Togolese Navy on a captured oil tanker, the pirates left the ship’s anchor trailing. It snagged on the West African Gas...
The World Commission on Dams: then and now

The World Commission on Dams: then and now

Nov 20, 2020 | News, Uncategorised, World Commission on Dams

By Christopher Schulz and Bill Adams On 16 November 2000, the World Commission on Dams (WCD) launched its final report in London, in the presence of Nelson Mandela. This event marked the conclusion of an unlikely process. WCD was composed of 12 eminent personalities...
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