How to improve dam planning in Latin America – what environmental and social scientists say
Latin America is currently seeing a boom in the construction of new dams. Brazil is the world’s third largest producer of hydroelectric energy, largely thanks to its abundant water resources. Small-scale hydropower dams (locally known as PCHs) have become an...
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Researchers win new grant to study the role of natural resources in India-Africa development cooperation
Dr Barnaby Dye (FutureDAMS, University of Manchester) and Professor Soares de Oliveira (Oxford) have recently won a grant to study the role of natural resources within India’s development cooperation activities in Africa. The project, starting in October will research...
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Filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is unlikely to significantly affect Egypt, but coordinated drought planning is essential, finds risk analysis
Near-term concerns about the impact of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on water availability for Egypt and Sudan are unlikely to materialise, but drought preparedness will require careful coordination, suggests research published today by researchers from...
read morePolitical economies of energy transition: wind and solar power in Brazil and South Africa
The Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, is hosting an online webinar, exploring the transition to wind and solar power in four different political economies. Wednesday 28th October , 4.30 - 6 pm Professor Kathy Hochstetler, LSE...
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New FutureDAMS webinar series
We are pleased to announce the second programme of FutureDAMS webinars. The webinars will be held every other Tuesday at 3pm. For all the information and to register, visit our webinar...
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Webinar: Financing national scale energy projects in developing countries – An economy-wide evaluation of Ghana’s Bui Dam
https://youtu.be/3OkVo1AW8ak 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....
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Filling Africa’s largest dam risks political tension if engineering realities are ignored
A hydro dam currently under construction in Ethiopa is set to be the largest hydropower plant in Africa, but could be heading towards controversy for international agreements on water sharing. New research from FutureDAMS points out that some negotiated strategies for...
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Resettlement of Gumuz Communities around Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Dam: NEW open access research
Read the FutureDAMS working paper 'Resettlement of Gumuz Communities around Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Dam'. This working paper explores the programme of resettlement of Gumuz farmers and others living at low altitude along the Nile and Beles rivers, whose home areas are...
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Video: New approaches for managing water under regional resource conflicts
Watch Julien Harou's FutureDAMS presentation 'New approaches for managing water under regional resource conflicts'. The webinar was part of the ‘Water Research at Manchester - Water and Sustainable Development’ event convened by Manchester Environmental Research...
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Private sector investment and the anatomy of risk
Download 'Private sector investment and the anatomy of risk' from International Water Power & Dam Construction Magazine. The article covers a recent FutureDAMS webinar where Judith Plummer Braeckman from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership discussed...
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