Jan 25, 2022 | News, Social impacts
The new IIED briefing from Jamie Skinner and Christopher Schulz sets out a series of policy recommendations for sharing the benefits of hydropower to improve displaced people’s livelihoods. ‘Benefit sharing’ is not yet widely understood and there are...
Jan 21, 2022 | Politics and governance, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Thursday 3rd February 15:00 – 16:30 GMT REGISTER Barnaby Dye: When the Means Become the Ends: Ghana’s ‘Good Governance’ Electricity Reform Overwhelmed by the Politics of Power Crises Pauline Destree: Renewables as ‘Stranded Assets’: overcapacity and...
Jan 20, 2022 | News, World Commission on Dams
Originally published by IIED (02/12/21) An archive has been launched containing more than 200 documents produced by the World Commission on Dams, whose work culminated in a series of recommendations for best practices in dam planning, construction, operation and...
Dec 20, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Water resources
‘Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience‘ has been selected by Nature Communications Earth Team as an editorial highlight of 2021. The team selected 32 articles to celebrate contributions...
Nov 26, 2021 | India, Politics and governance
Read Shruti Jain’s commentary published in India’s Economic & Political Weekly, ‘Repudiating Chipko Village’s Identity and Existence’. Jain is a postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, working on FutureDAMS. In...
