Oct 11, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, India, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana, Water resources
Tuesday 19 October 20201, 15:00 – 16:00 UK | REGISTER Professor 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 Dr...
Sep 6, 2021 | Community-based water governance, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Dr Kavin Narasimhan, Centre for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey This webinar presents the latest FutureDAMS research on the role of Water User Associations (WUAs) in community-based water management. Community-based management (CBM) is central to...
May 17, 2021 | The Volta river basin and Ghana
Hydropower is often considered a renewable source of electricity, widely used to inform Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as part of climate mitigation. However, research suggests there are significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from reservoirs that cover...
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...
Sep 25, 2020 | News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Dr Alvaro Calzadilla, Associate Professor at UCL’s Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources Large energy infrastructure can imply special financing arrangements between governments in developing economies and investors or lenders. These arrangements...
Feb 25, 2020 | Community-based water governance, News, Research, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Water has many uses in society, such as agriculture, livestock rearing, drinking, sanitation, navigation, tourism and recreation. Water is also used to generate energy. The multifaceted and critical role of water in society creates tensions about who gets the water,...
