Jun 30, 2021 | World Commission on Dams
The World Commission on Dams (WCD, 1998-2000) was an attempt to overcome conflicts between supporters and opponents of large dams, which had emerged around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s. It was created on the joint initiative of World Bank and IUCN and brought...
Jun 16, 2021 | Politics and governance
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...
Jun 10, 2021 | Agriculture and livelihoods
Read The Conversation article from FutureDAMS researchers Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Forster ‘Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What’s needed next’. The article is based on the Nature Sustainability...
May 19, 2021 | News, Water resources
New FutureDAMS research sets out how to quantify the benefits of managing new dams cooperatively. The framework uses the example of Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam in Ghana. The infographic (left) summarises the research highlights. Click on the image to view the...
