The future of dams and the future of the planet – new podcast!
Can dams have a positive role in the future? Are we making progress towards environmental challenges? What action is needed to decarbonise the world? Listen to the second of the FutureDAMS podcasts which features David Hulme (CEO of the FutureDAMS project) in...
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FutureDAMS lecture: Have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?
Tom Higginbottom presents 'have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?'. Tom is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research uses...
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New working paper: Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries
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...
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5th Batch of Young Water Professionals (1st Batch of Myanmar Water Academy) training: Myanmar
During the second week of January 2020, Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University (Ministry of Education, Myanmar) delivered a three-day workshop to the 5th batch of young water professionals (YWP), which is also the 1st batch of the Myanmar Water...
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship: The Political Ecology of Large Dams in India
Based at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave, North Campus, Delhi 110007 IEG invites applications from postdoctoral scholars for a two-year fellowship to conduct research on a topic related to the political ecology of large dams in India. The...
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DW Radio’s Living Planet: What are the lessons learned from Brazil’s Brumadinho dam collapse?
Listen to DW's radio show 'Living Planet' to hear FutureDAMS' Barnaby Dye talk about the safety of dams, how we can improve the planning of integrated water-energy-food-environment systems using the FutureDAMS integrated assessment toolset and what a sustainable dam...
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Understanding how the FutureDAMS modelling and visualisation interface can support Kenya’s Water Resources Authority
3-day workshop, December 2019, Nairobi, Kenya FutureDAMS is co-developing a state-of-the-art online integrated assessment modelling toolset for assessing and optimising water-energy-food-environment system designs. Anthony Hurford travelled to Nairobi to deliver a...
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FutureDAMS at COP25
Members of the FutureDAMS consortium were active at COP25 in Madrid, running two events. ‘Building Better Dams: the Past, Present and Future of Hydropower’ UK Pavilion, 4 December This event was convened by the Centre for Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge...
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Professor David Hulme awarded OBE
FutureDAMS' is delighted to congratulate its Principal Investigator, Professor David Hulme, who has been awarded with an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for services to Research and International Development. Through a distinguished 40 year career in...
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Podcast: Innovative data manager for network models with Steve Knox
Welcome to the first FutureDAMS podcast. In this episode Stephen Knox discusses his latest paper which presents an innovative data manager developed by FutureDAMS researchers, which supports models for resource networks like water or energy. Steve is the software...
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