COP25 – FutureDAMS’ activities
Members of the FutureDAMS consortium were active at COP25 in Madrid, running two events. ‘Building Better Dams: the Past, Present and Future of Hydropower’ UK Pavilion, 4 December This event was convened by the Centre for Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge...
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Professor David Hulme awarded OBE
FutureDAMS' is delighted to congratulate its Principal Investigator, Professor David Hulme, who has been awarded with an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for services to Research and International Development. Through a distinguished 40 year career in...
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Podcast: Innovative data manager for network models with Steve Knox
Welcome to the first FutureDAMS podcast. In this episode Stephen Knox discusses his latest paper which presents an innovative data manager developed by FutureDAMS researchers, which supports models for resource networks like water or energy. Steve is the software...
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New Working Paper: What holds back dam building? The role of Brazil in the stagnation of dams in Tanzania
By Barnaby Dye Africa has experienced a dam boom since the mid-2000s with projects across the continent being built by the so-called rising powers like China, ‘traditional donors’ (e.g. the USA and Germany) and established international development organisation such...
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New research: idealogical drivers of Rwanda’s electricity boom
By Barnaby Dye A boom in constructing electricity infrastructure is underway in Africa – whether in generation plants or power lines. However, there aren’t many studies explaining why this building wave is taking place. My new paper presents a detailed case study of...
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Climate finance, hydropower and the transition to a low-carbon future
International climate funds, set up to finance the global transition to a low carbon future has the potential to invest in hydropower to enable the shift to reliable, affordable, clean distributed smart grids and incentivise infrastructure which is socially,...
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UN Climate Change Conference COP 25
FutureDAMS presented two sessions at this year's UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (Madrid, 2 - 13 December 2019). Search for #FutureDAMS on Twitter for live coverage of the events. Building Better Dams: the Past, Present and Future of Hydropower Wednesday 4...
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FutureDAMS lecture: Dr Jenny Hodbod
We're delighted to welcome Dr Jenny Hodbod to The University of Manchester to present: 'Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach'. Jenny Hodbod is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State...
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FutureDAMS lecture – Anna Mdee
'The missing middle: addressing tensions in interdisciplinary 'solutions-focused' water research projects' The latest FutureDAMS seminar was delivered by Dr Anna Mdee, Associate Professor in International Development in the School of Politics and International Studies...
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FutureDAMS at World Water Week
World Water Week, Stockholm, 25-30 August 2019 Julien Harou and Anthony Hurford attended Stockholm World Water Week to present FutureDAMS research. The theme for 2019 was Water for Society: Including all, which drew attention to broad solutions to humanity's major...
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