Ghana’s Electric Dreams – New Documentary Film
A new documentary film ‘Ghana’s Electric Dreams’ has been released presenting the story of the planning and wide-ranging impact of the Akosombo Dam, Ghana’s most ambitious development project. A unique collaboration between filmmaker R. Lane Clark and historian...
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FutureDAMS Closing Webinar
On the 5th April 2022, David Hulme, CEO of FutureDAMS, hosted the final webinar of the FutureDAMS research project. The webinar included presentations from several research partners, during which they reflected on what they have learned through their research,...
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FutureDAMS showcases its water-energy-food-environment tool set at Central Asian practitioner International event
On 28th March researchers and practitioners from the FutureDAMS consortium including IWMI (the International Water Management Institute) presented their water-energy-food-environment planning & design framework to a group of Central Asia water and energy...
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River System Modelling and Planning Workshop – Jordan
March 2022 Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Chairman of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture...
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Water Resources Group Host International Workshop
Within the FutureDAMs research project, the Water Resources Group of The University of Manchester and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) organized a 5-day workshop on the methods and tools produced in FutureDAMs for modelling...
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Webinar: Understanding the political economy of dam building and operation in Ghana
Panellists Barnaby Dye, Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Pauline Destree, University of St Andrews Ismael Ayanoore, Global Development Institute Chair: Sarah Redicker, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute Please find below a recording of the...
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Webinar: The challenge of the dynamic baseline in transboundary water negotiations: the case of the Nile River
Tuesday 8th March 16:00pm GMT REGISTER Speaker: Prof Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) Chair: Mohammed Basheer, PhD Researcher, The University of Manchester The effect of a proposed or planned policy intervention is estimated using a...
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Briefing: Sharing the benefits of hydropower to improve displaced people’s livelihoods
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 few successful...
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Webinar: Understanding the political economy of the electricity sector and dam-building in 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 energy transitions...
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World Commission on Dams documents available from new archive
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...
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