Will green bonds boost finance flows to sustainable hydropower?
By Jamie Skinner, IIED The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has recently expanded the criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard to include sustainable hydropower projects. Over US$1 trillion of green bonds have been issued to date, and by extending its criteria to...
read moreConstruction of Calamities in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Read the article by FutureDAMS Postdoctoral researcher, Shruti Jain, on the recent dam disasters in the Himalaya, published in Economics and Political Weekly - Construction of Calamities in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.Hydropower projects on the Uttarakhand rivers have...
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Designing infrastructure systems to enhance water-energy-food-environment services
To mark World Water Day 2021, Professor Julien Harou, FutureDAMS Research Director, discusses early applications of the FutureDAMS approach for assessing and planning development in complex human-natural systems with stakeholders. Development in Africa will require...
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World Water Day 2021
22nd March is UN World Water Day and this year's theme is valuing water. The FutureDAMS consortium has a range of activities and events lined up next week to mark the occasion. We'll be launching new FutureDAMS guides and research, hosting webinars and panel...
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Engaging stakeholders in water-energy-food-environment systems assessment and planning: A FutureDAMS guide
FutureDAMS is pleased to launch ‘Engaging stakeholders in water-energy-food-environment systems assessment and planning: A FutureDAMS guide‘. It is a guide to considering development options with a broad range of stakeholders. Central to the approach is the belief...
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Webinar: Hydropower in LDCs with Chinese characteristics
Lila Buckley (IIED) & Professor Wang Hua (University of China and PACE) The focus of this webinar is the dynamics and safeguarding practices of Chinese overseas hydropower investments, providing insight into whether practices are improving and what is driving this....
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‘Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development’. IWMI/GWP Launch event
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 Institute...
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Prepare to fail? Dam development in the face of rising disasters
By Udisha Saklani On the morning of 7th February 2021, India’s Dhauliganga Valley in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand witnessed a tragic flash flood, which was set off by a breach in the Nanda Devi glacier. As a large chunk of snow, fresh water and rocks...
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Still Wasting the Rain?
By Bill Adams Recently, I have found myself wondering how far the world of dams has changed since I began my career. Thirty years ago, I sat down to write the book Wasting the Rain. In it, I tried to challenge the dominant approach to large scale water development...
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Politics, power and ambition in Ethiopia’s electricity sector
By Fana Gebresenbet, Biruk Terrefe and Tom Lavers In 1991, Ethiopia had 370MW of installed electric power and 4% grid connectivity, one of the lowest rates in the world. In the 27 years of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front’s (EPRDF) rule, both of...
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