Water management for climate change adaptation: emerging trends and new research
Water at COP25: Resilience enables climate change adaptation FutureDAMS' researchers Julien Harou, Judith Plummer Braeckmann and Sanna Markkanen presented at COP25 (Madrid, December 2019). Reflecting on their experience, they have contributed to the latest Institute...
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FutureDAMS training: Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Myanmar
FutureDAMS Co-Investigator in Myanmar, Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University (Ministry of Education), delivered training to the officials of the different departments of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) on 10th to 14th February in Nay...
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The energy needs of Myanmar with Professor Aung Ze Ya
The FutureDAMS decision-making framework and analytical toolset is being co-developed with partners in Myanmar. In this interview Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University talks about his role in the project, the energy needs of Myanmar and how the...
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Xth International Meeting of the Latin American Water Network (WATERLAT-GOBACIT)
Christopher Schulz participated in the Xth International Meeting of the Latin American Water Network (WATERLAT-GOBACIT), held at the University of Concepción, Chile in October 2019. He presented preliminary findings of the Cambridge Geography team* from their ongoing...
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NEW working paper – The role of the state in development: Rwanda
By Barnaby Dye What factors drive countries’ economic development? Is it still possible for Africa to follow the trajectory of the Asian states that saw rapid industrialisation in the latter half of the 20th century? A new working paper by Benjamin Chemouni and...
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FutureDAMS lecture video: ‘Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach’
In December 2019, FututreDAMS welcomed Dr Jenny Hodbod 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 University, where she...
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WATERING decentralised water governance
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,...
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The future of dams and the future of the planet – new podcast!
Can dams have a positive role in the future? Are we making progress towards environmental challenges? What action is needed to decarbonise the world? Listen to the second of the FutureDAMS podcasts which features David Hulme (CEO of the FutureDAMS project) in...
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FutureDAMS lecture: Have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?
Tom Higginbottom presents 'have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?'. Tom is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research uses...
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New working paper: Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries
By Sanna Markkanen The new FutureDAMS working paper is the second in a series emerging from the CISL’s contribution to the FutureDAMS project, with a specific focus on the questions around sustainable finance for sustainable hydropower projects in low-income and...
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