Finance Archives - The FutureDAMS Research Consortium

New video – ‘A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance’

Sep 30, 2021 | Finance

A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance is a video looking at the different options for financing sustainable hydropower projects in low-income countries. Using examples in Uganda, it discusses three potential financing structures (fully public,...

What’s the risk? Understanding and mitigating risk for hydropower project investment

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...

The pros and cons of large hydropower financing models. New open access research

May 15, 2020 | Finance, News, Research

In their most recent paper, ‘Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries‘, published in Green Finance, Markkanen, Plummer Braeckman and Souvannaseng describe and compare the advantages and...

Webinar: Hydropower finance – complexity, risk and private sector investment

May 7, 2020 | Finance, News

By Judith Plummer Braeckman and Sanna Markkanen, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Watch the webinar on YouTube Sustainably developed hydropower can be cost effective and can offer many additional benefits beyond power generation, such as water storage...

Water management for climate change adaptation: emerging trends and new research

Mar 20, 2020 | Finance, News, Water resources

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...

New working paper: Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries

Feb 14, 2020 | Finance, News, Research

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...