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‘Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development’. IWMI/GWP Launch event

‘Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development’. IWMI/GWP Launch event

Feb 22, 2021 | News, Water resources

FutureDAMS Research Director, Julien Harou, is joining the panel for the launch event of ‘Storing Water: A new integrated approach for resilient development‘. The event is co-organised by Global Water Partnership (GWP) and International Water Management...
What’s the risk? Understanding and mitigating risk for hydropower project investment

What’s the risk? Understanding and mitigating risk for hydropower project investment

Jan 20, 2021 | Finance, News

Hydropower projects can support sustainable development but they’re often seen as risky so can struggle to get finance. A new framework from FutureDAMS researchers Plummer Braeckman and Markkanen for identifying, measuring and managing risk for large hydropower...
New working paper: India’s development cooperation with Africa

New working paper: India’s development cooperation with Africa

Jan 14, 2021 | News, Politics and governance

A new working paper by Barnaby Dye analyses how India’s development cooperation with Africa has significantly changed. Founded after India’s independence, the country’s development cooperation programme was rhetorically framed as demand-led, non-interventionist and...
EGU2021Call for abstracts: Water resources policy and management-systems solutions in an uncertain world

EGU2021Call for abstracts: Water resources policy and management-systems solutions in an uncertain world

Jan 6, 2021 | News, Water resources

In 2021, EGU will be hosting vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21), a fully virtual meeting that will be held in place of the General Assembly in Vienna. FutureDAMS research Director Prof. Julien Harou is co-convening an EGU session on water resource systems under...
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...
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