Sep 6, 2021 | Community-based water governance, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Dr Kavin Narasimhan, Centre for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey This webinar presents the latest FutureDAMS research on the role of Water User Associations (WUAs) in community-based water management. Community-based management (CBM) is central to...
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...
Apr 7, 2021 | News, Social impacts
By Jamie Skinner, IIED The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has recently expanded the criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard to include sustainable hydropower projects. Over US$1 trillion of green bonds have been issued to date, and by extending its criteria to...
Mar 29, 2021 | India, News, Politics and governance
Read the article by FutureDAMS Postdoctoral researcher, Shruti Jain, on the recent dam disasters in the Himalaya, published in Economics and Political Weekly – Construction of Calamities in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Hydropower projects on the Uttarakhand rivers...
Mar 22, 2021 | News, Water resources
To mark World Water Day 2021, Professor Julien Harou, FutureDAMS Research Director, discusses early applications of the FutureDAMS approach for assessing and planning development in complex human-natural systems with stakeholders. Development in Africa will require...
