Feb 22, 2021 | News, Water resources
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...
Feb 16, 2021 | India, Politics and governance
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...
Feb 9, 2021 | World Commission on Dams
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...
Jan 20, 2021 | Finance, News
Hydropower projects can support sustainable development but they’re often seen as risky so can struggle to get finance. A new framework from FutureDAMS researchers Plummer Braeckman and Markkanen for identifying, measuring and managing risk for large hydropower...
Jan 18, 2021 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile
Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa don’t measure up to their plans. They are consistently delivering a much smaller area of irrigation or are completely broken. And things aren’t improving. Large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects are back on the...
