GCRF: FutureDAMS: Design and assessment of resilient and sustainable interventions in water-energy-food-environment Mega-Systems
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Environment, Education and Development
Abstract
The world is moving into an unprecedented era of dam-building with more than 3700 large dams currently planned or under construction, much of which are in DAC list countries. These projects have the potential to contribute significantly to the economic and social changes that underpin global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, past experiences show that poorly designed and planned dam projects conversely may have large negative impacts on the poor, and exacerbate political instability and environmental degradation. This proposal seeks to create the knowledge base, capacity and capability for a 'Dams 2.0' future, in which dams built in DAC list countries are selected, designed and operated to support resilient and sustainable national, regional and global development in a 2.0 degC world. This will be achieved by understanding and assessing dams as interdependent human-nexus (water-energy-food-environment) system interventions and enabling stakeholders to negotiate economic, social, political and ecological impacts despite future uncertainty.
Our proposal will address this ambitious goal through unique cross- and inter-disciplinary research and capacity development partnerships between three sets of key actors. First, our project will stimulate collaboration between several UK centres of research excellence in development, water-energy engineering, economics, food security, climate change, finance and ecology (the universities of Manchester (UM), Cambridge, University College London (UCL), Surrey, Newcastle and Southampton, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Second, we will consolidate links with a carefully selected network of researchers and policy-makers in 4 countries/regions (The Centre for Science and Industrial (CSIR) - Water in Ghana, Technological University of Yangon in Myanmar, Jordanian Institute of Science and Technology in the Middle East region, Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, India). Thirdly, we will seek to work collaboratively with some of the world's most influential development organisations such as The World Bank (WB), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the International Hydropower Association (IHA), and the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI).
Dams 2.0 is led by a team with a proven track record in successfully managing large consortium grants across multiple countries and disciplines that focus on applied development and policy impact challenges. Our work will provide tailored guidance and build capacity for water-energy-food systems management in each of our case studies regions. In addition, our project will create a framework and accompanying software toolkit for dam system design and training worldwide. This online software will link several open access water, energy, food, and ecological simulation models to state-of-the-art decision-making under uncertainty approaches. This software will be made accessible via an associated suite of online training materials (games & modules we plan to develop with IWMI and the World Bank) for use by dam selection/design/operation teams globally in a range of settings.
Our proposal will address this ambitious goal through unique cross- and inter-disciplinary research and capacity development partnerships between three sets of key actors. First, our project will stimulate collaboration between several UK centres of research excellence in development, water-energy engineering, economics, food security, climate change, finance and ecology (the universities of Manchester (UM), Cambridge, University College London (UCL), Surrey, Newcastle and Southampton, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Second, we will consolidate links with a carefully selected network of researchers and policy-makers in 4 countries/regions (The Centre for Science and Industrial (CSIR) - Water in Ghana, Technological University of Yangon in Myanmar, Jordanian Institute of Science and Technology in the Middle East region, Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, India). Thirdly, we will seek to work collaboratively with some of the world's most influential development organisations such as The World Bank (WB), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the International Hydropower Association (IHA), and the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI).
Dams 2.0 is led by a team with a proven track record in successfully managing large consortium grants across multiple countries and disciplines that focus on applied development and policy impact challenges. Our work will provide tailored guidance and build capacity for water-energy-food systems management in each of our case studies regions. In addition, our project will create a framework and accompanying software toolkit for dam system design and training worldwide. This online software will link several open access water, energy, food, and ecological simulation models to state-of-the-art decision-making under uncertainty approaches. This software will be made accessible via an associated suite of online training materials (games & modules we plan to develop with IWMI and the World Bank) for use by dam selection/design/operation teams globally in a range of settings.
Planned Impact
The main beneficiaries of our work will be: (1) local researchers and decision-makers in our case study countries and regions (Myanmar/South Asia, Ghana/sub-Saharan Africa, Jordan/Middle East); (2) the global research and practitioner community in the field of dam management; (3) UK academic community; (4) the broader general public. How each group will benefit from our project is summarised briefly below. Our pathways to impact statement and case for support provide greater detail.
Local researchers and decision-makers in our case study countries will benefit from enhanced capacity around the design, operation, and management of complex water-food-energy systems. Through our tailored academic training programme and collaborative research, these groups will benefit from raised academic skills and knowledge that is tailored to the management and decision-making challenges faced in their countries presently and in the future.
The global research and practitioner community will benefit from a state-of-the-art set of multi-disciplinary assessment and modelling tools for dam design and operation management. An online software portal and associate training materials will support negotiation-based decision-making, and provide comprehensive visualisations to enable the global research community to address conflict around dam projects worldwide. All software tools and materials will be fully open-access, supporting uptake and application in developing country settings. Our agreed partnerships with the World Bank and International Water Management Institute are especially significant for our being able to deliver impact across the practitioner community.
The UK academic research community will be impacted by development of new links between centres of excellence. These links will lay the foundation for the UK to influence the global research agenda on dam management, and be perceived as a world leader in research around water-food-energy system evaluation and management. This is especially pertinent given the projected global boom in dam construction (3700 new dams are currently planned or under construction), and the growing challenges to water, food, and energy security worldwide.
Finally, the general public, financiers, policy makers, and civil society groups will be impacted through enhanced understanding of the multi-faceted benefits and impacts of dam projects. Specifically, our project and the associated assessment tools developed will facilitate enhanced knowledge and learning about how modern inter-disciplinary science can contribute to sustainable resource development and negotiated solution to conflicts around dam projects.
Our impact strategy builds on the successful track record of GDI, MACE and partners in influencing policy and professional practice in DAC list countries and international agencies. We have the great advantage of being able to utilise GDI's established Communications Unit from day one of the project.
Local researchers and decision-makers in our case study countries will benefit from enhanced capacity around the design, operation, and management of complex water-food-energy systems. Through our tailored academic training programme and collaborative research, these groups will benefit from raised academic skills and knowledge that is tailored to the management and decision-making challenges faced in their countries presently and in the future.
The global research and practitioner community will benefit from a state-of-the-art set of multi-disciplinary assessment and modelling tools for dam design and operation management. An online software portal and associate training materials will support negotiation-based decision-making, and provide comprehensive visualisations to enable the global research community to address conflict around dam projects worldwide. All software tools and materials will be fully open-access, supporting uptake and application in developing country settings. Our agreed partnerships with the World Bank and International Water Management Institute are especially significant for our being able to deliver impact across the practitioner community.
The UK academic research community will be impacted by development of new links between centres of excellence. These links will lay the foundation for the UK to influence the global research agenda on dam management, and be perceived as a world leader in research around water-food-energy system evaluation and management. This is especially pertinent given the projected global boom in dam construction (3700 new dams are currently planned or under construction), and the growing challenges to water, food, and energy security worldwide.
Finally, the general public, financiers, policy makers, and civil society groups will be impacted through enhanced understanding of the multi-faceted benefits and impacts of dam projects. Specifically, our project and the associated assessment tools developed will facilitate enhanced knowledge and learning about how modern inter-disciplinary science can contribute to sustainable resource development and negotiated solution to conflicts around dam projects.
Our impact strategy builds on the successful track record of GDI, MACE and partners in influencing policy and professional practice in DAC list countries and international agencies. We have the great advantage of being able to utilise GDI's established Communications Unit from day one of the project.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Co-funder)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Ghana Energy Commission (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Institute of Economic Growth (Collaboration)
- World Bank Group (Collaboration)
- International Finance Corporation (Collaboration)
- The Nature Conservancy (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Yangon Technological University (Collaboration)
- Jordan University of Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Ghana (Collaboration)
- Volta River Authority (Collaboration)
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Collaboration)
- The Open University (Collaboration)
- GRIDCo Ghana (Collaboration)
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Collaboration)
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Collaboration)
- Eastern Africa Power Pool (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature (Collaboration)
- UK Department for International Development (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Yangon University of Economics (Collaboration)
- University of Newcastle (Collaboration)
- Volta Basin Authority (Collaboration)
- Nile Basin Initiative (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- University of Yangon (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (Collaboration)
- World Wide Fund for Nature (Collaboration)
- Bui Power Authority (Collaboration)
- International Hydropower Association (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Climate Bonds Initiative (Project Partner)
- International Water Management Institute (Project Partner)
- Intnl Union for Conservation of Nature (Project Partner)
- World Bank (Project Partner)
Publications
Zhou Y
(2020)
Quantifying the System-Level Resilience of Thermal Power Generation to Extreme Temperatures and Water Scarcity
in IEEE Systems Journal
Whittington D
(2020)
The Ex-Ante Economic Analysis of Investments in Large Dams: A Brief History
in Water Economics and Policy
Wheeler KG
(2020)
Understanding and managing new risks on the Nile with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
in Nature communications
Vosper E
(2019)
Building a UK climate impacts and risk assessment community
in Weather
Vaughan S
(2020)
Resettlement of Gumuz communities around Ethiopia's Blue Nile dam
Tomlinson J
(2020)
A water resource simulator in Python
in Environmental Modelling & Software
Shepherd TG
(2018)
Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change.
in Climatic change
Seyedashraf O
(2022)
A design framework for considering spatial equity in sustainable urban drainage infrastructure
in Sustainable Cities and Society
Sejal Patel
(2019)
How climate finance can help repurpose hydropower
Schulz, C.
(2020)
Revisiting the debate on large dams
in International Water Power and Dam Constructrion
Schulz C
(2023)
The Politics of Environmental Consensus: The Case of the World Commission on Dams
in Global Environmental Politics
Schulz C
(2021)
The future of hydropower development in Nepal: Views from the private sector
in Renewable Energy
Schulz C
(2022)
Addressing conflict over dams: The inception and establishment of the World Commission on Dams
in Water History
Schulz C
(2020)
In search of the good dam: contemporary views on dam planning in Latin America
in Sustainability Science
Schulz C
(2022)
Hydropower benefit-sharing and resettlement: A conceptual review
in Energy Research & Social Science
Schulz C
(2019)
Debating dams: The World Commission on Dams 20 years on
in WIREs Water
Schulz C
(2019)
Debating dams: The World Commission on Dams 20 years on
in WIREs Water
S Markkanen
(2020)
Financing sustainable hydropower: an introduction to concepts and terminology
in Hydropower ^ Dams
Roy M
(2018)
Climate change and declining levels of green structures: Life in informal settlements of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
in Landscape and Urban Planning
Ricalde I
(2022)
Assessing tradeoffs in the design of climate change adaptation strategies for water utilities in Chile.
in Journal of environmental management
Redicker S
(2022)
Synthesising evidence on irrigation scheme performance in West Africa
in Journal of Hydrology
Rahman H
(2021)
Finding out fast about the impact of Covid-19: The need for policy-relevant methodological innovation
in World Development
Plummner Braeckman, J.
(2020)
Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries
| Title | INVESTIGATING RIVER WETTED HABITAT SENSITIVITY TO FLOW CHANGE |
| Description | Oral presentation at 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE 2018), Tokyo, Japan, 19-24 Aug 2018.(Benefitted from funding from Scotland's centre of expertise for waters CRW2016 -06 and GCRF FutureDAMS projects) |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/INVESTIGATING_RIVER_WETTED_HABITAT_SENSITIVITY_TO_FLOW_CH... |
| Title | INVESTIGATING RIVER WETTED HABITAT SENSITIVITY TO FLOW CHANGE |
| Description | Oral presentation at 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE 2018), Tokyo, Japan, 19-24 Aug 2018.(Benefitted from funding from Scotland's centre of expertise for waters CRW2016 -06 and GCRF FutureDAMS projects) |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/INVESTIGATING_RIVER_WETTED_HABITAT_SENSITIVITY_TO_FLOW_CH... |
| Title | Lamaload film installation |
| Description | Lamaload is an artistic film and audio 8-channel installation created by Mark Pilkington at School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Manchester University. It is based around visual and aural experiences centred upon the Lamaload dam in the Peak District. Francois Edwards used project funds to collaborate with Mark Pilkington on an evolution of his artwork. This consisted of devising a list of key words and thought provoking words on the topic of dams and their societal and environmental impacts (good and bad) that were then inserted into the movie, flashing up briefly at random throughout. This version of the film was screened at the Liquidscapes conference in June 2018 , an arts and humanties conference on the topic of water. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The aim of this screening was to further raise interest in water managment issues and provoke thoughts on the trade offs between society and the environment. The film received good feedback from the diverse audience (social scientists, artists, general public, environmental stakeholders and professionals). While some appreciated the unique visual and aural interpretaion of what a dam is, others responded to the thoughts provoked by the superimposition of key words. The movie was popular with those that had attended the presentation by Francois Edwards on dams in human landscapes at the same conference, who felt that (as was intended) they had experienced the same concepts presented in two ways, a traditional presentation and an artistic interpretation. |
| URL | https://player.vimeo.com/video/268793527 |
| Description | We have built a tool that links water and energy models together so they interact. This means that we can predict how water and energy resources in a river basin might be planned or managed, respond to uncertainties and events and how these two might interact. We can see from this how new infrastructure interventions (dams) within an existing system will affect the whole system and what effects different designs and ways of operating it might have on this and its output/outcomes. If we put the right data into this simulator it will give us a prediction and guidance on optimising the good and minimising the bad - that is what we are doing now in our basin case studies in the Nile Basin, Irrawaddy Basin and Volta Basin. We are working with local partners there to build these basin specific models. Although this sounds simple and intuitive it is actually an innovative approach and to have developed the integrated model to this point is a great achievement. We are also, parallel to this, developing an intuitive, interactive and easy to use user interface - which means that anyone without specialist training could in theory run these models if they have data to input. The models themselves are open source - that means anyone can download the code. The interface at the moment in accessible by registration and currently free of charge to use but this may change as computing costs can get quite high. However anyone with the know how could take the open source codes and develop their own interface. We have also managed to partly integrate a whole economy model to the water-energy model. That means we can predict with some degree of certainty how managing the water resources effects the energy and the economy, or how any changes to one affect the others. We don't believe this has been successfully done before as we have done it. The potential implications for managing water and energy resources are great. Going forward we will hopefully be able to integrate other models in the same way meaning we could also look at long and short term ecological and climatalogical effects, compare and contrast the benefits of generating hydropower vis a vis solar or wind, all sorts of things that could massively improve plannig for systems scale interventions into water-energy-food-environment mega systems. We have found that this approach might well be ahead of its time. Although the understanding of the need for and subsequently the market for these inds of integrated approaches are growing in Europe they are still relatively in their infancy. There is an assumption, and on the whole correct, that social, political and cultural norms in developing countries means there is not currently a market for this. This is not entirely true however as it is possible that some of our countries in our basin case studies may become more open to the idea sooner than we think. This is at the moment only a hope but one which has some foundation. In any case we have developed excellent working relationships with organisations and institutions in Ethiopia, Sudan, S.Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Ghana, Burkina, and Myanmar and with these organisations we are co-developing specific basin models that they will be free to use in the future. We are helping them build capacity to understand and use these models, and perhaps build their own. We are working with partners to co-design and co-produce high quality research that supplements these tools and helps build a base of research that can be referenced as an evidence base for high quality policy advice. We are developing concepts of best practice in inclusive participatory decision making so during the dam design process more stakeholders/affected communities might have a chance to get their voice heard and for a constructive dialogue to be facilitated. The programme has only reached its halfway operational stage so there is potential for much more to come. |
| Exploitation Route | The programme itself will take these findings forward to develop the 'approach'. FutureDAMS is developing the proper language to conceptualise what the approach is and means. In essence the programme seeks to create an 'approach' to decision making when considering the intervention of a mega-system(s) within a river basin. We define 'the approach' as a country specific model built on top of an open source software tool that will allow decision makers and stakeholders to quickly and efficiently evaluate many billions of combinations and possibilities when it comes to where and how a dam should be built and operated (indeed whether or not a dam is even the optimal solution to achieve an identified need). The model will be supplemented with a 'wrapper'. The 'wrapper' will involve contributions from the social and political sciences that cannot easily be modelled. The wrapper will serve the purposes of ensuring that decision makers and stakeholders have a full understanding and appreciation of the latest research and evidence in issues like resettlement, and 'best practice' that ensures decisions are made in a consultative manner with a broader range of stakeholder interests considered. Part of the social and political study will investigate how decision makers may be incentivised to use the full approach, and who is involved in decision making processes. The language of a 'wrapper' is not preferable in the long term as a wrapper suggests it is something that can be discarded whereas no part of the approach can be dispensed with if it is to work optimally. It is clear to see how such an approach could be of great use to stakeholders - both the 'usual suspects' who are currently at the forefront of decision making and as a route in for the unvoiced/voiceless stakeholders. For both, if used correctly, it would facilitate more optimal and inclusive decision making leading to improved decisions and better dams and WEFE mega-systems. This would benefit everybody including the poorest and the environment in furthering the sustainable development goals. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Construction,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Description | As a follow-up to FutureDAMS, IWMI (the CGIAR International Water Management Institute) subcontracted the University of Manchester Water Resources Group (P.I. Prof. J. Harou) to work in Central Asia (Amy Darya river basin) and in Southern Africa (Incomati river basin) to assess and plan water infrastructure developments there. The work is part of the CGIAS 'Nexus Gains' initiative. The CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains recognizes that water, land, energy, forests, and biodiversity are inextricably interconnected and critical to nutrition, health and food security, poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs, climate adaptation and mitigation, and environmental health and biodiversity. The Initiative promotes systems thinking to avoid unintended consequences, enhance sustainable development and realize multiple benefits across the water, energy, food, and environment (WEFE) nexus. Further information can be found at:https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/nexus-gains/ |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment |
| Impact Types | Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Director of the NERC One Planet Doctoral Training Programme |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | ONE Planet DTP delivering a transdisclipinary training environment to train future leaders in environmental science and application connected to climate change. |
| Description | External Examiner for MSc in Water Science Policy and Management, Oxford University |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | NERC E4 DTP External Advisory Panel, Edinburgh University - Hayley Fowler |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | NERC PRC Panel B Chair |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | National study on regional water transfers and water infrastructure investment ; study completed with and on behalf of OFWAT water regulator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Identifying low cost water transfers for public water supply is in the public interest; this was done with OFWAT, the financial regulator of water services in England and Wales. |
| URL | https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/publication/university-of-manchester-england-and-wales-supply-demand-modell... |
| Description | Alternative models for irrigation development in Africa |
| Amount | £9,950 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | P126800/I0705 |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account: Research into Practice - Accelerating policy Impact form Social Science Research on Dam and Energy in Ghana and Ethiopia |
| Amount | £18,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | GCRF Living Deltas Hub |
| Amount | £15,287,248 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S008926/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | India-UK Development Partnership Forum (IUKDPF) - The Role of Natural Resources in India-Africa Development Cooperation: Strategic, Mercantilist or Profiteering |
| Amount | £24,080 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | ONE Planet NERC Doctoral Training Programme |
| Amount | £6,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | TRANSCEND: Transformational and robust adaptation to water scarcity and climate change under deep uncertainty |
| Amount | £576,105 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10044695 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2026 |
| Description | UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) - University of Manchester |
| Amount | £194,880 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | UoM Research England GCRF QR Fund |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Department | Research England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Title | Filling Africa's largest hydropower dam should consider engineering realities |
| Description | This repository contains engineering data for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, including reservoir geometry, evaporation rates, tailwater curve, and outlet capacities. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3989571 |
| Title | Filling Africa's largest hydropower dam should consider engineering realities |
| Description | This repository contains engineering data for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, including reservoir geometry, evaporation rates, tailwater curve, and outlet capacities. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3989572 |
| Title | Flexible collaboration on the Nile increases benefits and enhances economic resilience |
| Description | The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable. The data are not publicly available due to state restrictions and contain information that could compromise research participant privacy/consent. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3928049 |
| Title | Flexible collaboration on the Nile increases benefits and enhances economic resilience |
| Description | This repository includes a 2019 social accounting matric of Egypt and inflow, water demand, and reservoir data for the Eastern Nile Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3928050 |
| Title | Flexible collaboration on the Nile increases benefits and enhances economic resilience |
| Description | This repository includes a 2019 social accounting matric of Egypt and inflow, water demand, and reservoir data for the Eastern Nile Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4086130 |
| Title | Future Nile infrastructure development should consider the "whats" and "whens" |
| Description | This repository includes inflow, water demand, and reservoir data for the Eastern Nile Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4033454 |
| Title | Future Nile infrastructure development should consider the "whats" and "whens" |
| Description | This repository includes inflow, water demand, and reservoir data for the Eastern Nile Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4033455 |
| Title | Ghana Water Model |
| Description | Using data from Ghana a functioning real world water model has been built in the python software and has been tested on the graphical user interface. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Having this fully developed will allow modelling of Ghanaian water resources using the simulator software and GUI. it will allow for the adddition/inclusion/intergration of a future energy model and subsequent models. |
| Title | Hypothetical Water-Energy Model |
| Description | Using the software developed under the programme an initial hypothetical water-energy model was built to test proof of concept. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Proved the software and GUI are operational and functioning. |
| Title | Manuscript code & data: Foster et al. (2020) "Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy" |
| Description | Data to reproduce results presented in Foster, T., Mieno, T. and Brozovic, N. (2020). Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy. Water Resources Research. In Review. Files provide include: "ReviewMetadata_FosterWRR_2020.xlsx" - data needed to reproduce meta-analysis presented in the paper "MeasurementErrorCode_FosterWRR_2020.m" and "Foster2018_ProductionFunction.mat" - Matlab code and data needed to reproduce welfare loss analysis presented in the paper. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4079026 |
| Title | Manuscript code & data: Foster et al. (2020) "Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy" |
| Description | Data to reproduce results presented in Foster, T., Mieno, T. and Brozovic, N. (2020). Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy. Water Resources Research. In Review. Files provide include: "ReviewMetadata_FosterWRR_2020.xlsx" - data needed to reproduce meta-analysis presented in the paper "MeasurementErrorCode_FosterWRR_2020.m" and "Foster2018_ProductionFunction.mat" - Matlab code and data needed to reproduce welfare loss analysis presented in the paper. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4079027 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | International Finance Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | International Hydropower Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | The Nature Conservancy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | UK Department for International Development |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | World Bank Group |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group |
| Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provides the working group with updates on the project progress and access to models on development. FutureDAMS convenes the group and allows a space for the high level policy makers/inluencers to discuss their needs and requirements as stakeholders |
| Collaborator Contribution | The FutureDAMS Working Group is intended to: • Influence the formulation and content of the intervention design and assessment approach and associated online analytical and training toolkit; • Further and promote a systems scale design to hydropower system investment • Influence case-study designs and project deliverables; • Review, advise on and learn from the application of the framework to case-studies; • Consider adopting and/or promoting the project deliverables (i.e. approach, toolkit, training platform). Members of the FutureDAMS Working Group will be expected to: • Meet annually (x4) in person at side-meetings of popular sectoral gatherings • Participate in intermediate 2/3-monthly progress call • Review documents provided for the purpose of informing the Working Group of progress and decisions • Collaborate more intensively in particular areas of the project if desired, and as opportunities arise |
| Impact | The inaugural meeting raised significant interest and enthusiasm for the programme. This is a step towards adoption of the approach in the long term. Other organisations and individuals that may be invited to FutureDAMS working group events • NDC partnership (national determined contributions), UNFCCC, NDCI (London investors) • Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) (World Bank), SAWI • International agency of river basin organisations (Marseille) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank , • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • EIB (European Investment Bank) • EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development): • UNECE (U.N. Economic Commission for Europe) • FAO (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation) • GIZ Abu dhabi dialogue • UK CDC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanaian Modelling Partners (Stakeholders/Practitioners) |
| Organisation | Bui Power Authority |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This partnership/collaboration is facilitated by CSIR in Ghana, the lead partner in the case study country. The programme will provide training on modelling in workshops and through ongoing interactions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The named partners above will contribute data and with the consortium partners co-create a Ghana specific water-energy-food-environment systems model for use in slecting, designing, building an operating dams and WEFE mega-systems. The group is likely to expand as the modelling progresses. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to co-create a Ghana specific model of WEFE systems based on the open source software platform that is being developed. The group has been inaugurated and will hold its first of a series of meetings to iteratively develop the model in Octoiber 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanaian Modelling Partners (Stakeholders/Practitioners) |
| Organisation | GRIDCo Ghana |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This partnership/collaboration is facilitated by CSIR in Ghana, the lead partner in the case study country. The programme will provide training on modelling in workshops and through ongoing interactions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The named partners above will contribute data and with the consortium partners co-create a Ghana specific water-energy-food-environment systems model for use in slecting, designing, building an operating dams and WEFE mega-systems. The group is likely to expand as the modelling progresses. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to co-create a Ghana specific model of WEFE systems based on the open source software platform that is being developed. The group has been inaugurated and will hold its first of a series of meetings to iteratively develop the model in Octoiber 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanaian Modelling Partners (Stakeholders/Practitioners) |
| Organisation | Ghana Energy Commission |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This partnership/collaboration is facilitated by CSIR in Ghana, the lead partner in the case study country. The programme will provide training on modelling in workshops and through ongoing interactions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The named partners above will contribute data and with the consortium partners co-create a Ghana specific water-energy-food-environment systems model for use in slecting, designing, building an operating dams and WEFE mega-systems. The group is likely to expand as the modelling progresses. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to co-create a Ghana specific model of WEFE systems based on the open source software platform that is being developed. The group has been inaugurated and will hold its first of a series of meetings to iteratively develop the model in Octoiber 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanaian Modelling Partners (Stakeholders/Practitioners) |
| Organisation | Volta Basin Authority |
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This partnership/collaboration is facilitated by CSIR in Ghana, the lead partner in the case study country. The programme will provide training on modelling in workshops and through ongoing interactions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The named partners above will contribute data and with the consortium partners co-create a Ghana specific water-energy-food-environment systems model for use in slecting, designing, building an operating dams and WEFE mega-systems. The group is likely to expand as the modelling progresses. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to co-create a Ghana specific model of WEFE systems based on the open source software platform that is being developed. The group has been inaugurated and will hold its first of a series of meetings to iteratively develop the model in Octoiber 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanaian Modelling Partners (Stakeholders/Practitioners) |
| Organisation | Volta River Authority |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This partnership/collaboration is facilitated by CSIR in Ghana, the lead partner in the case study country. The programme will provide training on modelling in workshops and through ongoing interactions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The named partners above will contribute data and with the consortium partners co-create a Ghana specific water-energy-food-environment systems model for use in slecting, designing, building an operating dams and WEFE mega-systems. The group is likely to expand as the modelling progresses. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to co-create a Ghana specific model of WEFE systems based on the open source software platform that is being developed. The group has been inaugurated and will hold its first of a series of meetings to iteratively develop the model in Octoiber 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Myanmar National Partnerships |
| Organisation | Open University |
| Department | Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributing to the development of research capacity and knowledge/information dissemination and uptake on water and energy management in Myanmar. Co-organising workshops and co-producing learning materials on and offline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Convening key stakeholders, creating political goodwill and opportunity for expanding impact. The Irrawaddy Policy Exchange (IPE) and Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) facilitated connections and networking with the ministry of education and the Universities Rectors Committee, culminating in a letter of support from the Union Minister. This will enable the programme to work with universities across Myanmar to conduct the research and capacity development exercises that will help us achieve long term impact. The IPE/TIDE projects will helps convene workshops for capacity development and disseminate learning materials. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Myanmar National Partnerships |
| Organisation | University of Yangon |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributing to the development of research capacity and knowledge/information dissemination and uptake on water and energy management in Myanmar. Co-organising workshops and co-producing learning materials on and offline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Convening key stakeholders, creating political goodwill and opportunity for expanding impact. The Irrawaddy Policy Exchange (IPE) and Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) facilitated connections and networking with the ministry of education and the Universities Rectors Committee, culminating in a letter of support from the Union Minister. This will enable the programme to work with universities across Myanmar to conduct the research and capacity development exercises that will help us achieve long term impact. The IPE/TIDE projects will helps convene workshops for capacity development and disseminate learning materials. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Myanmar National Partnerships |
| Organisation | Yangon Technological University |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributing to the development of research capacity and knowledge/information dissemination and uptake on water and energy management in Myanmar. Co-organising workshops and co-producing learning materials on and offline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Convening key stakeholders, creating political goodwill and opportunity for expanding impact. The Irrawaddy Policy Exchange (IPE) and Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) facilitated connections and networking with the ministry of education and the Universities Rectors Committee, culminating in a letter of support from the Union Minister. This will enable the programme to work with universities across Myanmar to conduct the research and capacity development exercises that will help us achieve long term impact. The IPE/TIDE projects will helps convene workshops for capacity development and disseminate learning materials. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Myanmar National Partnerships |
| Organisation | Yangon University of Economics |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributing to the development of research capacity and knowledge/information dissemination and uptake on water and energy management in Myanmar. Co-organising workshops and co-producing learning materials on and offline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Convening key stakeholders, creating political goodwill and opportunity for expanding impact. The Irrawaddy Policy Exchange (IPE) and Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) facilitated connections and networking with the ministry of education and the Universities Rectors Committee, culminating in a letter of support from the Union Minister. This will enable the programme to work with universities across Myanmar to conduct the research and capacity development exercises that will help us achieve long term impact. The IPE/TIDE projects will helps convene workshops for capacity development and disseminate learning materials. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Nile Basin Partnership |
| Organisation | Eastern Africa Power Pool |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Core Partnership is developing links with NBI and EAPP to provide technical support and training for the application of the model to the Nile Basin and co-creating the Nile Basin model The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EAPP and NBI is providing personnel and data to the partnership to assist with the co-creation of the Nile Basin model. The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. |
| Impact | The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. The output will be the Nile Basin Model. The partnership involves the disciplines of water engineering, systems engineering, energy engineering and hydrology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Nile Basin Partnership |
| Organisation | Nile Basin Initiative |
| Country | Uganda |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Core Partnership is developing links with NBI and EAPP to provide technical support and training for the application of the model to the Nile Basin and co-creating the Nile Basin model The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EAPP and NBI is providing personnel and data to the partnership to assist with the co-creation of the Nile Basin model. The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. |
| Impact | The NBI and EAPP will become part of the core partnership. The output will be the Nile Basin Model. The partnership involves the disciplines of water engineering, systems engineering, energy engineering and hydrology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Ghana |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | Institute of Economic Growth |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | Jordan University of Science and Technology |
| Country | Jordan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Ghana |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Newcastle |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Core Partnership |
| Organisation | Yangon Technological University |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is the core partnership |
| Impact | This is the core partnership |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Hydra - an open software platform for managing networked resources (water, energy, transport, etc.) |
| Description | Platform that enables data management for large scale resource networks. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | May be adopted by water companies and resource management agencies world wide |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104538 |
| Title | Nexus-strategy.org, a website for the design and management of water-energy-food-energy (WEFE) nexus systems |
| Description | www.nexus-strategy.org is a proprietary portal that helps develop, organise and share simulations of water-energy systems built with the open-source Pywr simulator. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Just launched, no impacts yet except that it was shown at several 2022 online events to policy-makers and researchers. |
| URL | http://www.nexus-strategy.org |
| Title | PyEnSys |
| Description | The python Energy Systems Simulator (pyEnSys) was developed to provide key functionalities for (i) power system analysis such as economic dispatch, power flow and optimal power flow studies (ii) dedicated modelling of water use through hydropower (e.g., storage, pump and run-of-river) and cooling and (iii) seamless integration with other software packages developed in FutureDAMS for integrated water-energy-environemnt studies. PyEnSys has been developed as an open source model which does not require the use of paid licenses, and can be freely downloaded from its distribution website. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The python Energy Systems Simulator (pyEnSys) has become the building block for current training and teaching activities associated with power system studies (e.g., electrification planning) led by Manchester University. Key advantages of the tool for this types of application are its open source characteristics (license free) and the option to execute online (without installation). PyEnSys is also being deployed for research activities beyond FutureDAMS. |
| URL | https://libraries.io/pypi/pyensys |
| Title | PyNSim, PyEnergy, PyWR |
| Description | The core of the modelling software/tool currently consists of three Python based simulation engines Python Energy and Networks Engine (pyEnergy) has been developed solely through the programme. pyEnergy is a python based mathematical programming simulation model that optimises electricity use in light of (i) economic and environmental criteria, (ii) integration of hydropower as well as intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar, (iii) technical constraints imposed by the energy and water networks (e.g., losses, thermal limits and hydraulic routing) and (iv) customisable spatial and temporal resolution (e.g., for local and multi-country studies). pyEnergy is being developed as an open source model (does not require software licenses) and is currently available, upon request, to FutureDAMS partners and stakeholders. The model is fully compatible with existing open source engines, e.g., pynsim and pywr, facilitating applications to electricity systems, as well as integrated water-energy-food-environment systems. These different applications are the basis for our current publication strategy, and will be explored by stakeholders (e.g., study of water management in Ghana). pyWR is a water simulation model similar to that above. It was developed prior to the programme but has been continually developed with FutureDAMS support. PyNSim is a software model that integrates or connects the pyWR and pyEnergy modelling simulator software tools in order that they can interact properly. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Firstly this is a proof of concept - this kind of integration of complex model simulator software is feasible, it works and FutureDAMS has the technical capacity to do it successfully. An integrated water-energy-food-environment modelling simulator is at the heart of the online software tool FutureDAMS is proposing to create. The Graphical User Interface that makes this tool easily accessible through an online web app is under development. |
| Title | The Graphical User Interface (GUI) |
| Description | The Graphical User Interface is a web based tool/application which will provide an accessible means to accessing the modelling simulating software PyNSim, pyWR and pyEnergy. This is a new product being designed udner the futureDAMS Programme and has been shown to work with pyWR. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The GUI will allow those without the technical capacity for using complex modelling software an easy way in which to use the modelling software to build models. This will democratise the process and allow for more inclusive participation. |
| Title | WaterStrategy.org is a online platform for collaborative water management and planning. |
| Description | WaterStrategy is an online collaboration platform for water-energy-food-environment analysis and planning. Its simulations help explore options and make decisions from local water supply systems to international river basins. Water models are built, updated, run, visualized, and shared in a web interface. Use cases - Assessing interventions (new infrastructure and policies) in water resource systems. - Multisector evaluation of water supply and allocation in water-energy-food-environment systems. - Climate change impact assessments. - Integrated water resources management (IWRM) studies and river basin planning studies. Features - Easy-to-use graphical user interface for water-energy-food-environment system modeling. - Cloud computing to securely manage large datasets and models on Microsoft Azure. - Track system evolution over space and time (flows, storages, abstractions, transfers, etc.) and report on system performance (reliability, resilience, vulnerability, cost, etc.). - Share models and results in a secure and controlled way within teams and with decision-makers and stakeholders. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Platform will be used by water managers and planners to evaluate and optimise water system interventions. |
| URL | http://www.waterstrategy.org |
| Company Name | NEXSYS ANALYTICS LIMITED |
| Description | This is a University of Manchester spinout company that was created to maintain the software tools created by the FutureDAMS project (and other projects from the University of Manchester Water Resources Group, PI: Prof. J. Harou). |
| Year Established | 2022 |
| Impact | The company is using FutureDAMS approaches and sofware tools on international projects, e.g., funded by the World Bank and other UK and international organisations. These projects relate to the assessment and design of water resource infrastructure investements. The company also maintains the www.waterstrategy.org portal, which is free for use. This online design tool allows simulating water resource systems in order to evaluate interventions to them (such as new dams, or new management of dams). The tools allows to investigate how water developments impact other sectors (energy, food production, environment) and vice-versa. |
| Website | https://uk.linkedin.com/company/nexsys-analytics |
| Description | "The New National Development Planning". Presentation at the World Bank, Washington DC, 18 January. (https://youtu.be/qXMHsgs-LYc ). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of an upcoming paper to be published as a journal article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMHsgs-LYc&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | 19 September 2018 'Improving decision-making for hydropower', International Hydropower Association (IHA) Conference, Paris, France, at Unesco offices |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IHA convenes hydropower professionals and policy-makers globally. this was a specialty conference about decision-making. Julien Harou gave two talks which was well received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/watch-prof-julien-harou-on-how-to-improve-dam-decision-making/ |
| Description | 1st RMetS Climate Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. Water Cycle Risks talk. 1st RMetS Climate Forum, London, 4th June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 5th Batch of Young Water Professionals (1st Batch of Myanmar Water Academy) training: Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 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 Academy. The YWP program is an eleven-month long term program, in which young graduates of Myanmar who have the ambition to become water professionals and government staff from various water-related ministries receive well-defined technical and on-the-job training through the Hydro-Informatics Centre (HIC) under the auspices of the National Water Resources Committee. Professor Aung Ze Ya's presentations gave an introduction to FutureDAMS and the project's work in Myanmar, including the development of the integrated modelling toolset and the Hydra Platform. He also delivered training for the AIRBM (Ayeyarwady River Basin Management) Project and FutureDAMS Hydra Platform to 15 participants from a range of Ministries. Professor Aung Ze Ya was able to share his experience in water and energy, climate change and hydropower development and Economic Impact Assessment guidelines for Myanmar, and also his knowledge about PowerWorld software regarding the Techno-Economic Analysis of Energy Systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/futuredams-training-myanmar/ |
| Description | A mountain of concern - How would limited resources and the fragile ecology of the hills contain the many-fold increase in tourists? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article by Shruti Jain on the Char Dham highway development project. Published in The Telegraph India Online on 2nd March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-mountain-of-concern-how-would-limited-resources-and-the-fra... |
| Description | AGU poster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Forsythe, N.D., Pritchard, D., Fowler, H.J. 2019. Demonstrating the potential for the climatic water balance, as applied to the Volta basin, to provide a framework to enable decision makers to understand water-energy-food (WEF) security. AGU Fall Meeting 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AGU talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Forsythe, N.D., Pritchard, D., Fowler, H.J. 2019. Applying the climatic water balance to the Volta basin to understand complementarity of grey and green infrastructure in ensuring water-energy-food (WEF) security. AGU Fall Meeting 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC World Service: Focus Africa/BBC Swahili. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for BBC Swahili and World Service programmes for a segment on the controversial proposed Stiegler's Gorge Dam, set for the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Blog post on hourly rainfall extremes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A review of the latest science on changes in rainfall extremes for the Carbon Brief website and what this might mean for flood risk Links: https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-hourly-rainfall-extremes-are-changing-in-a-warming-climate Outcome: the article was published to coincide with COP26. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-hourly-rainfall-extremes-are-changing-in-a-warming-climat... |
| Description | Briefing document on global water issues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to a report by Sainsbury's and PwC UK on addressing global water issues Year: 2021 A review of global water issues and how they might be addressed. Links: https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/plan-for-better/our-stories/2021/water%20report Outcome: the report was launched and published as part of their COP26 programme and features a series of recommendations to help address current water issues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/plan-for-better/our-stories/2021/water%20report |
| Description | Cedric Laize, CEH @ the 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, in Japan August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Cedric Laize gave an oral presentation to the 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, in Japan August 2018 titled INVESTIGATING RIVER WETTED HABITAT SENSITIVITY TO FLOW CHANGE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ise2018.com/pdf/20180820_ISE2018_SessionSchedule_oral.pdf |
| Description | Conversation article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Writing for The Conversation, Professor Hayley Fowler and Dr Colin Manning discuss why Storm Eunice is so severe - and whether violent wind storms will become more common. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2022/02/conversationstormeunice/ |
| Description | DW Radio's Living Planet radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS' researcher Dr Barnaby Dye was interviewed on Deutsche Welle's 'Living Planet' radio show and talked 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 project might look like. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://p.dw.com/p/3WgzD |
| Description | Dams development water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 2 day workshop with the economic cadre in India's civil service alongside academics and professionals. The aim was to introduce then to futuredams model and Development approach and research related to India and Indian policymaking It was organised and hosted by FutureDams partners in India: the Institute for Economic Growth, University of Delhi, in collaboration with FutureDams colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | David Hulme - Global Dispatches PodCast September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor David Hulme, CEO of the FutureDAMS project was interviewed for the latest Global Dispatches podcast. He discusses why an unprecedented number of dams are currently being planned and their prospects from promoting sustainable development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.globaldispatchespodcast.com/dam-building/ |
| Description | David Hulme lecture: Renmin University, Beijing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor David Hulme gave a presentation of FutureDAMS research ('Building better dams: the past, present and future of dams' to students and staff of Renmin University, Beijing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Delivered a Guest Webinar in a series run by the UK Data Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In the free seminar, Dr Kavin Narasimhan talked about their agent-based model called WATER user associations at the Interface of Nexus Governance (WATERING) developed to explore the functions, opportunities, and challenges of decentralised water management in Sub-Saharan Africa. She talked about the background, motivation and implementation of WATERING, initial results obtained, and implications for decision-making on community-based water management. Kavin briefly spoke about validating agent-based models, potential challenges, and the participatory approach they used to assess the implementation and usefulness of WATERING. Participants were invited to trial and explore sub-models of WATERING - implemented as Reusable Building Blocks (RBBs) - to reflect how open and reproducible research practices can improve transparency and efficiency in agent-based modelling endeavours. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdK3z94fKA |
| Description | Electric Scrambles in Rwanda and Tanzania: 'Meta-unrealism' in the Megawatt Mission? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at conference African Studies UK. To an international audience of scholars, practitioners and civil servants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Empowering Communities to Fight Climate Change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) is an institutional reform to devolve the authority and responsibility for irrigation management and service provision from government agencies to community-based institutions like Water User Associations (WUAs). IMT was first proposed in the 1970s and has continued gaining popularity and acceptance across world nations. Half a century later, how successful are WUAs and IMT in different countries? Motivated by our research focusing on the role and success of WUAs in West Africa, we organised and hosted a Festival of Social Science event on 16th November 2021 to explore the opportunities and challenges of community-based water management internationally. Our virtual event had two parts: an interactive participatory system mapping (PSM) session in the morning and a public-facing webinar in the afternoon, open to anyone interested in the topic. Our event brought together researchers and industry experts in water resources management, climate change and sustainability from the UK, USA, Germany, Sweden, Ghana, Zambia, Nepal, India, and Australia. Despite the significant time differences across countries, our speakers and participants explored important topics such as: (1) the need for better governance strategies to reframe the role of farmers as land stewards in the agricultural sector; (2) the role of scientists in delineating the cross-sectoral and cross-scale impacts of water resources management; (3) the need to improve vegetation and limit the impacts of urbanisation to improve groundwater availability; (4) the need for bottom-up interventions, which better appraise the values, beliefs and perceptions of individuals affecting their decision-making and sustainability behaviours, and how these are shaped over time; (5) the combined influence of soil and market conditions, nutritional value and food security on crop diversification, livelihood and climate change adaptation of small-scale farmers; (6) state-wide mandates and support for climate adaptive groundwater sustainability planning implemented locally; (7) the linking of social systems (irrigation and plantation) with ecological systems (monsoons and water availability), and local systems with broader (regional) systems to identify appropriate control mechanisms for water management; and (8) a transdisciplinary participatory modelling framework to support co-creation of innovations that leverage synergies between water security, food security and social justice within communities. Using the free and open source PRSM tool and the PSM approach, our speakers also identified the interactions between and influence of various factors on the success of WUAs (see image below). In summary, while our speakers and participants broadly agreed that community involvement, participation and ownership is critical to implement and succeed in sustainable water resources management, they also highlighted and advocated the important role of governments, funding bodies and external agencies to empower, educate and support communities in the process. They also underscored the role of scientists and scientific tools (such as satellite imagery, crop, hydrological and climate modelling, agent-based modelling, role playing games, PSM, etc.) in facilitating and enabling effective, sustainable, and climate-wise community-based water management |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empowering-communities-to-fight-climate-change-what-is-amiss-tickets-... |
| Description | Environmental Rights: Law, Science and Policy Symposium, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. talk on Climate and Water Cycle Risks. Environmental Rights: Law, Science and Policy Symposium, King's College London, 24th June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expert panel discussion on Climate and Weather Risks at Met Office Climate Science Conference - Science for a resilient future (online), 11th May 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Expert panel discussion on Climate and Weather Risks at Met Office Climate Science Conference - Science for a resilient future (online), 11th May 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/conferences/met-office-science-conference |
| Description | February 14-15 Resilient Water Decisions Workshop at The World Bank, Washington DC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An international group of experts was brought together to advise the World Bank on how to identify and support resilient water managment and planning activities and investments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2016/10/21/drmhubtokyo-knowledge-program-resilient-water-su... |
| Description | Fourth International Working Group (IWG) Meeting - A new approach & practical online toolset for investing in synergistic energy-river basin systems - 2 applications in Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Energy systems and river basins are typically planned and operated in silos, limiting the understanding and realisation of their synergies. This fourth International Working Group meeting demonstrated FutureDAMS' methods and tools to help identify better policies and investments for interlinked river basin and energy systems. This meeting demonstrated and summarised results from the East Africa (Eastern Nile / East African Power Pool) case studies and quickly demonstrated the software. We welcomed feedback from participants on the approach and results, how the work was presented, and on the policy implications. We sought their insights on how to promote this work and how it may integrate with their own organisation's work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FutureDAMS International Working Group September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS Working Group: meeting of leading stakeholders. The Working Group currently comprises IHA, DFID, IUCN, World Bank, IFC, The Nature Conservancy and WWF but membership is likely to expand. IUCN has agreed to chair this group. This group provides both strategic advice and a route to direct engagement with high level policy/practice decision makers, with a view to developing a FutureDAMS approach thgat reflects and takes into account stakeholder needs. It is hoped that the interaction will also vastly increase the chances of uptake of the research programmes findings and use of its approach as a global standard. It is too early to identify any objective impact as the meeting only recently occurred. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS Public Symposium and Programme Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS held its annual conference in Accra, Ghana a couple of weeks ago. This was an exciting opportunity to meet our colleagues from across the world and particularly in Ghana. With a vibrant and well-established network of researchers, this country will be the first to start implementing FutureDAMS research. The conference also offered the opportunity to conduct the first knowledge production session with the model developed by the project's technical team. The annual event was hosted by Centre for Science and Industry Research (CSIR), our official partner in Ghana. After two days of internal meetings, we hosted a symposium which included representatives from the research community at CSIR, from Universities in Ghana and from government organisations concerned with energy and water including the Volta Basin Authority. Representatives of government departments from Burkina Faso were also able to attend, and members of the non-governmental organisations like IWMI. It was brilliant to bring together a wide range of relevant actors in Africa for whom the FutureDAMS approach is ultimately intended. Two points particularly stuck out here: Many of the participants stressed the importance of FutureDAMS working across the entirety of the Volta River Basin. This crucially means engaging with the upstream countries of Burkina Faso and Togo who have often been less represented. However, these countries play a major role in water management and therefore need to be included in research and future decision making. Another point recognised the contribution of dams to Ghana's electricity production and irrigation. There were also strong statements made by engineers and social scientists about the costs of dams and the need to learn lessons from projects like Akosombo Dam. It will be important for FutureDAMS to continue to listen and work with these stakeholders to maintain its relevance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | FutureDAMS annual forum 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The FutureDAMS Annual Forum brought together more than 70 members of the consortium for three days of participatory activities and discussion. The objectives of the event were to: Develop a culture of inclusivity, participation, equitable partnerships and community in the consortium and build global networks Understand the commonalities and differences within and across basin case studies and identify the shared and contextual needs of stakeholders and consortium partners Explore the opportunities for interdisciplinarity within the research programme Reflect on progress to date and plan for the remaining two years |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/annual-forum-2019/ |
| Description | FutureDAMS capacity building workshop: Feb. MES, Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop delivered at Feb. MES on Feb 23rd |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | FutureDAMS lecture - Anna Mdee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The FutureDAMS seminar was delivered by Dr Anna Mdee, Associate Professor in International Development in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. She shared her research to postgraduate students from the University of Manchester and members of the FutureDAMS consortium. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/futuredams-lecture-anna-mdee/ |
| Description | FutureDAMS lecture: 'Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In December 2019, FututreDAMS welcomed Dr Jenny Hodbod to present 'Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach'. Jenny gave her presentation to 20 postgraduate students at the University of Manchester and other members of the FutureDAMS consortium. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session. The lecture was recorded and a video is available on the website to further the reach of the seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/futuredams-lecture-dr-jenny-hodbod/ |
| Description | FutureDAMS lecture: Have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tom Higginbottom presented his FutureDAMS' research 'have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?' to postgraduates and FutureDAMS consortium members from the University of Manchester. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session. The lecture was recorded and a video is available to further the reach of the lecture. In this presentation, Tom discussed findings from an ongoing FutureDAMS study that quantifies how the size of large-scale irrigation schemes successfully compares to the initial project proposals, and what factors contribute to any observed discrepancies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/lecture-higginbottom/ |
| Description | FutureDAMS training: Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS Co-Investigator in Myanmar, Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University (Ministry of Education), delivered training to the officials of the different departments of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) on 10th to 14th February in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Professor Aung's training aimed to give ministry officials an introduction to the FutureDAMS project and to build capacity to utilise the FutureDAMS project's modelling and simulation tools. His training also covers the concepts of sustainable hydropower development (SHD), techno-economic analysis of energy systems, application of power system flexibility considering the water-energy nexus, the investment planning considering multiple criteria, the Hydra platform, PyEnergy, and his current Myanmar case study model. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/futuredams-training-ministry-of-electricity-and-energy-myanmar/ |
| Description | FutureDAMS webinar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The FutureDAMS webinar series is an online presentation of our research. The average attendance is 65 participants, from various sectors, including policymakers, researchers and practitioners. The purpose is to share our findings and engage people in our research. Following the presentation from our researcher(s) there is a discussion afterwards which sparks further questions and an increased interested in related research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/webinars/ |
| Description | Ghana FutureDAMS briefing (Brooks visit) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | David Hulme visited Ghana with Rory and Elizabeth Brooks (charitable donors). They visited Emmanuel Odobie who briefed them on the work of FutureDAMS in Ghana to engage them in the research. The also visited Pwalugu dam site for the context of the research challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Ghanaian Integrated Assessment Modelling Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first workshop to co-produce the Ghanaian integrated model with key stakeholders from the Volta Basin Region. This was attended by participants from the Volta river Authority, Bui Power Authority, GRIDCo and many other involved in the Ghanaian stakeholder group (see partnerships). The event was monitored and evaluated using mentimeter software to track changes in knowledge, attitude and behaviours. Results are available from the programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ghanain Media Interview June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | David Hulme gave a media interview to Ghana print and TV journalists in Ghana. This raised the profile of the work in the country. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2018/june-19th/futuredams-lead-supervisor-wants-govt-to-rethink... |
| Description | Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Land and Ecosystems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is the largest annual knowledge-sharing event in the Greater Mekong. It presents research-based evidence to non-governmental organisations, policy-makers, the private sector, and development agencies. It does this through carefully designed and facilitated dialogues. The visit enabled member of the senior management team and the research team to network with key stakeholders. It led to forging new collaboration and partnerships - in particular from the research/higher education and third sectors. CEO David Hulme also attended the banquest as a guest of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Research Director Julien Harou presented to 60 high level practitioner delegates on "How system-scale energy, water, food and environment planning can help the Greater Mekong". the presentation was greated with enthusiasm and great interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/event/2018-greater-mekong-forum/ |
| Description | H70 Global Water Security Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event to debate how to best achieve the human right to water and sanitation for all. This global water security symposium combined keynotes by eminent speakers from industry and academia with lightning talks by participants and open forum discussions on key 21st century challenges for the global water sector. Including parallel sessions and poster presentations from FutureDAMS consortium members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/watersymposium/ |
| Description | High-Modernist Bricolage in the Dam-Building Resurgence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at conference African Studies UK. To an international audience of scholars |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | High-Modernist Bricolage in the Dam-Building Resurgence: Changes and Continuity in Justifications and Practises |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to international audience of academics and postgraduate students. Panel specifically tackling the resurgence of dam building Initiated contacts for further research within FutureDAMS. Audience and participants also reported change in knowledge and ideas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | How data collected from mobile phones can help Electricity planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This newsletter highlights the availability and importance of new sources of data (e.g., mobile phone data) to support electrification in developing countries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-data-collected-from-mobile-phones-can-help-electricity-planning-1108... |
| Description | Hydro 2019 panel discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Judith Plummer Braeckman and Dr Sanna Markkanen attended the 'Hydro 2019' international conference in Porto, Portugal on 14-16 October, 2019 to disseminate FutureDAMS research on the topic of hydropower finance. Sanna presented a paper looking at the complexity of structuring private finance agreements for large hydropower projects in emerging economies which is the subject of an upcoming FutureDAMS working paper. Sanna also participated in a panel discussion together with representatives from EDF, Mott MacDonald, IFC and AfDB. Judith chaired a session on Climate Finance, setting the scene with a presentation on the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure. Other presenters in this session included Clare Shaky and Sejal Patel from FutureDAMs partners IIED and a representative from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway, with papers focusing on climate challenges and opportunities for climate finance for hydropower. Across the sessions there was strong support for the importance of sustainable finance for hydropower in meeting the SDG goal of affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/hydro-2019-in-porto-portugal/ |
| Description | Hydro-finance seminar, Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organized and conducted the first joint seminar between the University of Manchester, CISL, and University of Yangon FutureDAMS Seminar on Hydro-Finance in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in November; the seminars included participation from local civil society, academics and civil servants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hydro2020 Keynote talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk at a Hydropower industry practicioner conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.hydropower-dams.com/hydro-2020/wp-content/uploads/hydro2020.pdf |
| Description | Hydropower & Dams AFRICA 2019: private finance panel discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AFRICA 2019, Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa conference, 2nd-4th April 2019, Windhoek, Namibia AFRICA 2019 brought together representatives of organisations active in hydropower and dams in Namibia, Africa and worldwide. The event focused on the challenges and opportunities in African hydro development. The session on private finance took the form of a panel discussion and was chaired by Dr Judith Plummer Braeckman. Brief presentations were given by each panellist, followed by a broad question and answer session with the audience. The focus of the discussion was facilitating finance and managing risk. The discussions and outcomes of the session can be read in more detail in the report by Judith Plummer Braeckman and Sanna Markkanen, published in Hydropower & Dams. Overall, the session highlighted the need for more research and fostered collaboration between participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AFRICA2019_panel_discussion_finance.pdf |
| Description | IWMI (International Water Management Institute) Panel for Launch of their 2021 Water Storage report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel member on a major webinar for a major IWMI (International Water Management Institute) report launch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/events/storing-water-a-new-integrated-approach-for-resilient-development/ |
| Description | Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on power systems and interdependent critical services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This newsletter highlight the impacts of shocks (e.g., Covid-19) on interdependent infrastructures and services: |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/power-systems-covid19/ |
| Description | International Water Power Magazine article: Financial Risk and FutureDAMS, Plummer Breackmann & Skinner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plummer Braekman J, Skinner J, 'Financial Risk and FutureDAMS'. International Water Power Magazine, pp. 32-33. Article to introduce the FutureDAMS research partnership and present findings from a roundtable meeting to the large readership of an international magazine and to encourage participation in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/International-Water-Power-Magazine.pdf |
| Description | International Water Power and Dam Construction magazine article - resettlement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Based on Sarah Vaughan's FutureDAMS webinar, FutureDAMS research was featured in International Water Power & Dam Construction Magazine. The magazine has over 4000 international readers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview for German TV programme about the 2021 German summer floods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TV programme will go out on German and French TV on 28th June 2022 for anniversary of the July 2021 German floods. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited Presentation at "Ask the experts" seminar at The University of Manchester - "Development and Assessment of Sustainable and Resilient Energy Systems" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 70 international students attended the seminar and were presented with key areas of research in Manchester, which they could explore if they take the relevant postgraduate studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited expert for Roundtable with Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP for World Environment Day, 14th July 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited expert for Roundtable with Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP for World Environment Day, 14th July 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited expert panel member at session on Climate Services to build prosperity and inform security at Civil Service Live 2021 (online), 17th June 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited expert panel member at session on Climate Services to build prosperity and inform security at Civil Service Live 2021 (online), 17th June 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited panel member for session on "Inclusive transition and circular economy" at the NE Green Economy Summit, 23rd June 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited panel member for session on "Inclusive transition and circular economy" at the NE Green Economy Summit, 23rd June 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited panelist at WIG Webinar: Maintaining Momentum in Climate Action post-COP26: the Race to Resilience, 14th December 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited panelist at WIG Webinar: Maintaining Momentum in Climate Action post-COP26: the Race to Resilience, 14th December 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited panelist in Newcastle Debates: How will the North East confront the climate crisis? 5th October, 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited panelist in Newcastle Debates: How will the North East confront the climate crisis? 5th October, 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited participant in Panel discussion on "Do we need the fossil fuel industry to help in the transition towards net zero?", Newcastle public Lectures, 28th October 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited participant in Panel discussion on "Do we need the fossil fuel industry to help in the transition towards net zero?", Newcastle public Lectures, 28th October 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited public lecture to Royal Society of Chemistry Lancaster and District section, 7th December 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited public lecture to Royal Society of Chemistry Lancaster and District section, 7th December 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited to private round table for inquiry by JNSS on climate adaptation and critical national infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to private round table for inquiry by JNSS on climate adaptation and critical national infrastructure |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Jamie Skinner BBC World Service May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Jamie Skinner, FutureDAMS capacity director and researcher at IIED, features prominently in a new BBC World documentary looking at the big issues concerning dams around the world. He outlines the importance of making informed choices throughout the life of a dam, from its initial construction, to day to day management and its eventual decommissioning. Supporting effective long term decision making and incorporating for a wide range of different factors that may change over time is a key theme of the FutureDAMS programme. Watch this space for more as the research gets underway. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxfl5 |
| Description | Jamie Skinner and Barnaby Dye @ DSA Conference June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jamie Skinner and Barnaby Dye presented papers at the DSA Conference at the University of Manchester in June 2018. Papers were existing papers from prior programmes but much of the discussion concerned futurer research direction of future dams and how it is developing to consider many of the questions raised. The purpose was to raise awareness of FutureDAMS. It was also an opportunity to liaise with Advisory Board member Fillipo Menga and his co-presenter Julian Kirchherr to look for synergies in ongoing work and interests. The fourth presenter, Lucy Goodman, has since become (unofficially, unpaid) involved in the programme's economic analysis work enriching that study with her knowledge, expertise and econometricx approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6302/List |
| Description | Jamie Skinner, Julien Harou, Joseph Mutale @ Regional Nile Day February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Jamie Skinner (Capacity Development Director), Julien Harou (Research Director) and Joseph Mutale (Senior Energy Specialist) attended the Regional Nile Day in Addis Ababa hosted by the Nile Basin Initiative. The purpose of attending the event was to build networks and working relationships with stakeholder and develop a potential partnership with the Nile Basin Initiative and the Eastern Africa Power Pool. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.gcao.gov.et/web/en/-/the-12th-regional-nile-day-to-be-celebrated-in-ethiopia |
| Description | Julien Harou @ Water Resilience event World Bank 14/15 February |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Julien Harou attended and talked a Water Resilience event at the World Bank February 2018. It was an opportunity to mix with global solution group at the WB and encourage participation in the programme and the FutureDAMS Working Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Julien Harou @ World Water Week Stockholm August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Julien Harou attended the World Water Week in Stockholm August 2018 and networked with key stakeholder. The event also allowed links between IWMI and FutureDAMS t develop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Julien Harou Presentation at IHA World Hydropower Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UNESCO in Paris the International Hydropower Association held a meeting entitled 'Improving decision-making for hydropower'. FutureDAMS Research Director Julien Harou was an invited speaker and gave the following 10 minute presentation on the systems-scale hydropower planning approach proposed by FutureDAMS. The IHA event was followed by the first FutureDAMS international working group meeting, also held at UNESCO, where research project staff interacted with policy-makers from more than 10 international organisations that consider hydropower, river basin planning and/or energy system planning policy-making to be within their remit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/watch-prof-julien-harou-on-how-to-improve-dam-decision-making/ |
| Description | Julien Harou and team led a joint Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) and East African Power Pool (EAPP) 2-day workshop and report, Entebbe, Uganda, Jan 18-19, 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Julien Harou and team led a joint Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) and East African Power Pool (EAPP) 2-day workshop and report, Entebbe, Uganda, Jan 18-19, 2022. The UoM led a workshop of combined energy-water planning, and the future of energy exchanges and interconnections between the East African Countries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/UMWaterResGroup/status/1484483925003091973?cxt=HHwWioCyifiQ-ZkpAAAA |
| Description | Julien Harou chaired a session on water-energy planning at the April 2021 Biennial Nile Development Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Julien Harou chaired a session on water-energy planning at the April 2021 Biennial Nile Development Forum. https://twitter.com/UMWaterResGroup/status/1382237237371412480?cxt=HHwWgIC5jbXc2K4mAAAA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://nilebasin.org/nbdf/ |
| Description | Keynote lecture at the EuroHPC Summit Week 2019 - PRACEdays19 international conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This was a large 300 person+ conference about scientific computer; i delivered a plenary keynote for 30 minutes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://primeurmagazine.com/weekly/AE-PR-06-19-39.html |
| Description | Land Degradation and Food Security: Impacts and Adaptation Options |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alvaro Calzadilla was invited speaker at the webinar organized by the Department of Econonomic at the University of Strathclyde. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Liquidscapes conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Francois Edwards attended the Liquidscapes conference, an art and humanities conference on the theme of water. He gave a presentation on the theme of the ecological health of rivers, focusing on dams in human landscapes. The audience consisted of a wide array of people that had little or no prior knowledge of river ecology and the environmental impacts of dams. The presentation was followed up by an interactive session with the audience where the trade offs between society and environment that occur in the context of dam commissioning and operation were discussed. The talk received positive feedback and also led to several in depth discussions with postgraduate students working on art/environment and social science/environment research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://liquidscapes.info/ |
| Description | Meeting with Myanmar MOEE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Closed meeting with the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Ministry for Energy and Electricity in Myanmar. Research director Julien Harou had a personal meeting with senior officials from the ministry to discuss implementation of the programme in Myanmar and benefits to water-energy planning for the country. The programme found eager support from the ministry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting/talk at the World Bank |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This 1-hour meeting had World Bank people, a US State department representative, and 2 members of FutureDAMS: Robel Geressu and Julien Harou. William Rex, the former WB water lead ('water anchor'), who is now the lead of 'Cooperation in International Waters in Africa' (CIWA), http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/cooperation-in-international-waters-in-africa normally located in Nairobi Kenya, chaired this meeting. William Rex proposed that CIWA could help 'catalyse, stimulate and build demand for next generation approaches, tools, services' to • Africa Council of Ministries of water in Africa (AMCO) • African network of basin organisations (AMBO) The goal would be to: 'modernise the approach, change the culture'. The conclusion was that there will (could) be a meeting and/or agenda item on the FutureDAMS (FD) approach and tools ('system scale approach of water-energy infrastructure interventions') at the World Bank Water Week in April 2019. The idea would be that we run some of our FD 'capacity building events' as part of WB IWRM (integrated water resources management) courses. It's not clear to me whether any engagement with AMCO, AMBO would happen already in April 2019, or whether this would be a meeting at World Bank Water Week to plan and discuss how to influence/train people at AMCO/AMBO. My guess is the later. This was an valuable meeting that confirmed that WB, and government actors (like US government), support the FD approach and tools. This April meeting could allow us to 'test drive' any draft outputs (presentation, flyer, policy brief, etc.) that we would present the following month at IHA in Paris. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Modelling session in Kenya |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On 1st March 2019 Anthony Hurford conducted a FutureDAMS modelling and software co-development session at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultural Technology (JKUAT) at the invitation of Prof. Bancy Mati and Dr. James Messo. Participants in the session were JKUAT faculty, MSc students and 4th year undergraduate students. Around 35 people in total participated in the event. Participants were given a 20-minute introduction to water resource system modelling presentation then 2 hours of hands-on experience of model building and running and understanding the functionality of the suite of software for integrated assessment modelling. These users created accounts which will allow them to further explore the functionality of the software in their own time, with support from live YouTube instructional videos. They will be able to build and run models for whatever purposes they desire and interact with FutureDAMS to track progress of the software development, report bugs and request features which they find useful. They will be invited to periodic webinars to demonstrate new developments in software functionality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Newcastle Climate Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk on climate science and emergency at Newcastle Climate Summit in Feb 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Nile Talk Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mohammed Basheer presented at the Nile Talk Forum (15.03.21) 'Potential opportunities and risks of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to Sudan'. He presented FutureDAMS research to encourage peaceful transboundary water sharing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ny Alesund symposium 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Ny-Ålesund Symposium is a high-level event that brings together 45 global leaders from politics, science and business. This year's symposium theme is "Navigating Climate Risk", and is hosted by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ny-aalesundsymposium.no/2018/About_the_symposium_2018.shtml |
| Description | Paper presented at Hydro 2019 by Shakya/Patel and subsequent article in International Journal on Hydropower and Dams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IIED climate finance paper presented at a climate finance session chaired by Judith Plummer Braeckmann at Hydro 2019. Following the presentation a summary of the session as published in International Journal on Hydropower & Dams (2019), 6, 26-27. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Perceptions of risk and options for risk mitigation in hydropower investment: Roundtable, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tuesday 29th October 2019, 12:30 - 16:15, King & Spalding (Singapore) The roundtable discussion commenced with a brief welcome and introduction to the FutureDAMS project by Judith Plummer Braeckman. Judith then delivered presentations providing an overview of our ongoing work on the anatomy of risk in hydropower finance and various risk mitigation mechanisms that are currently available. The 'risk circle' presented by Judith divides various risk into four quadrants: technical, financial, environmental and social, and government. The degree and extent to which each risk (or category of risks) is perceived mitigatable or as a barrier to involvement in a given hydropower project varies between the groups of actors who may be involved in hydropower project development and finance. Past experience and familiarity with a country context also play an important role in the decision making and perception of risk. For private sector investors as well as multinational development banks, risky decisions generate a reputational risk which can present a barrier to involvement in an economically and financially viable project. The second presentation by Sanna Markkanen provided a set of examples to illustrate the complexity of structuring finance agreements for large hydropower projects, including an overview of the advantages and disadvantages associated with three most widely used financing models: fully public financed project, public-private-partnerships (PPPs) and project financed through new forms of bilateral arrangements. The availability of each of the financing approaches varies between countries and projects, and some disadvantages of PPPs can be mitigated by innovative solutions to project development or better understanding of risk and the reasons behind investors' and financiers' reluctance to engage in a given project, or to engage only in a very limited capacity. The discussion focused primarily on the relative attractiveness of hydropower as an investment and 'competition' from other renewable energy projects, new risks caused by extreme climate events, and the risks associated with political change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Podcast: David Hulme in conversation with Paul Ekins |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS podcast published through the Global Development Institute (213 followers on Soundcloud, and also available on Spotify, Apple podcasts etc.) to make the programme research accessible and to reach a wider audience. Featuring David Hulme (CEO of the FutureDAMS project) in conversation with Paul Ekins (Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy and Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources). They discuss the role of dams and their potential future use, including their part renewable energy, storing electricity and the politics of their development. Professor Ekins also talks about his latest work on GEO6 (UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook) and the fight against climate change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://soundcloud.com/globaldevinst/futuredams-podcast-an-open-source-data-manager-for-network-mode... |
| Description | Podcast: Innovative data manager for network models with Steve Knox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS podcast published through the Global Development Institute (213 followers on Soundcloud, and also available on Spotify, Apple podcasts etc.) to make the programme research accessible and to reach a wider audience. 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. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://soundcloud.com/globaldevinst/futuredams-podcast-an-open-source-data-manager-for-network-mode... |
| Description | Presentation at the Social Simulation Conference 2018 at Stockholm, Sweden - Kavin, University of Surrey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Social Simulation Conference August 2018 at Stockholm, Sweden. A conference presentation intended to communicate University of Surrey's FutureDAMS Social Simulation work, as well as the broader objectives of the FutureDAMS project, to an inter-disciplinary academic and scientific audience interested in agent-based modelling and computational social science. 150~200 people might have attended the conference but the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA), the hub of social simulation which organises the conference, reaches a much wider global audience. ESSA promotes its initiatives through its collaborators like CSSSA, the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas, and PAAA, the Pacific Asian Association for Agent-based Approach in Economic & Social Complex Systems. The conference was well-attended by participants from the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, USA and South America. We presented our work titled 'An Integrated Model to Assess the Impacts of Dams in Transboundary River Basins' to an inter-disciplinary audience in the 'Modelling social science aspects of socio-ecological systems' track at the conference. The talk sparked significant interest among attendees. Some useful professional links and references resulted from the discussion following the talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ssc2018.dsv.su.se/ |
| Description | Presentation in CS-Now Online seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The key work on resilience in power system and integrated systems from the University of Manchester was presented and discussed with key UK stakeholders (National Grid, ENWL, etc.) and academics. The presentation covered energy system modelling, hazard modelling and fragility considerations, as well as resilience measures and assessment metrics. Feedback about the modelling assumptions and results was provided by the stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation in Jump2Excel 2022 workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This presentation highlighted electrification planning methods used to deploy low carbon technologies, especially hybrid PV systems. Hybrid PV systems, where the renewable supply is supported with an additional energy technology such as batteries, offer various economic and environmental benefits when properly designed. However, the recommended approaches to size and operate hybrid PV systems changes as a function of the criteria under consideration, energy prices, and type of system, e.g., building, district or off-grid system. To illustrate the aforementioned points, this tutorial illustrates different hybrid system design optimisation approaches with various case studies taken from some of the latest research projects led by The University of Manchester. The studies show how to manage, through visualization techniques, trade-offs between multiple and variable criteria (e.g., costs, emissions, efficiency, peak demand, etc.) when optimising the design and operation strategies of different types of hybrid PV systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://jump2excel.eu/events/school3/ |
| Description | Presentation to Work in Progress Seminar series: Dam Building by the Illiberal Modernisers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to a student-led group of my DPhil work's conclusions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to policymakers and policy researchers at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), Delhi, India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to be the main speaker at a public event at the Indian Army's strategic studies, foreign policy and defence studies institute- the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) - on Indian dam building in Africa in the context of the wider India-Africa relationship. The panel was chaired by Dr Ruchitra Beri. The audience was made up of foreign policy experts, former ambassadors, army officials, think tank researchers and PhD students who wanted to understand India's foreign policy in Africa and how it manifests on the ground- what are the opinions and impacts in Africa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/IDSAIndia/status/1222860956998307840 |
| Description | Presentation to policymakers and policy researchers at the Observer Research Institute (ORF), Delhi, India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to be the main speaker at a public event at the foreign policy institute- the Observer Research Foundation - on Indian dam building in Africa in the context of the wider India-Africa relationship. The panel was chaired by former Ambassador HSS Viswanthan, with another former Ambassador and a senior think-tank researcher acting as discussants. The audience was made up of foreign policy experts, other former ambassadors, think tank researchers, PhD students, NGO officials and business representatives, who wanted to understand India's foreign policy in Africa and how it manifests on the ground. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/orfevents/status/1225367978373304320 |
| Description | Presenting PyEnergy to Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation by Wentao Zhu was given to Professor Aung and researchers from the electrical energy department at YTU. The purpose of the training was primarily to build the capacity within the energy team. The presentation was a brief introduction of PyEnergy and the students presented each on the progress (mostly understanding) of reliability study of the energy network. The workshop presented a better opportunity to understand the progress of the students, as they don't usually participate in the week discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Public Lecture in Newcastle on 4th Dec 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public Lecture in Newcastle on 4th Dec 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public Talk: The extreme future of extreme weather |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. Public Talk: The extreme future of extreme weather. Pint of Science Festival, Newcastle, 21st May 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Public lecture - Manchester Launch Event - Bill Adams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Public lecture at University of Manchester to formally launch FutureDAMS and raise awareness of issues in dam selection, design, building and operation. Included a lecture on World Commission on Dams and a panel discussion. approximately 200 students, faculty and others attended the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/designing-dams/ |
| Description | Race to Zero - Water Dialogues presentation By Julien Harou |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Water dialogues: "Vision of a zero-carbon, resilient future through water" organised by SIWI, AGWA, IUNC, CEO water mandate/UN Global Compact, CDP and others. The event showcased the water community's vision to a zero-carbon future and is a preparation meeting for COP26. Julien Haoru was invited to speak at this high level dialogue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Reform and Benefit-Sharing in the African Dam Resurgence: Cases in Rwanda and Tanzania |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to international audience of academics, students and development practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Revisiting Dams in Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This engaged an international group of academics, including a large contingent of academics in African universities. The theme was the past, present and future of dams, with a particular interest in the latest trends in dam building in Africa. The focus was on social science, the building of dams, impacts, politics. However, we also engaged professional advocate groups. I presented on my the changing justifications and practices in dams, the influencing high modernist and reformist ideas. This workshop effectively created a community of dam builders, expanding my network and preparing groundwork for future research on dams in Ethiopia. Also received very detailed feedback on my own work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Role of agriculture in economic development and sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speaker lecture/workshop event with a senior official from the governments planning agency. It was organised and hosted by FutureDams partners in India: the Institute for Economic Growth, University of Delhi, in collaboration with FutureDams colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Roundtable discussion "The Impact of Agriculture on Soil Health" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The roundtable discussion brought together policymakers, farmers, health professionals, economists, and researchers in a dialogue about: existing agricultural soil management approaches; current solutions to improve the health of soils; current policies / policy recommendations to implement these solutions; sustainability of these approaches; how technology can improve soil management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Royal Meteorological Society, RMETS Yorkshire Group talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. The reality of climate change: increasing extreme weather hazards. Royal Meteorological Society, RMETS Yorkshire Group, University of Leeds, 16th October 2019. public talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Royal Society hooke meeting organisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organised discussion meeting at the Royal Society on Intensification of sub-daily extreme rainfall and flash flood risks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Royal Society of Chemical Industry talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. Public Lecture: Climate Change: Increasing Extreme Weather and Impacts on Water Resources. Royal Society of Chemical Industry, London, 26th June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seminar Talk: The Politics of the Dam Resurgence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented the inaugural lecture to the Maregret Anstee Centre on the shifting ideology of development and its association with the rise of big dam infrastructure, with reflections on how this is both replicating and distinct, from the past. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seniior Management Team @ WISE-UP Conference 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Members of the Senior Management Team attended the WISE-UP to Climate Forum in Ghana (November 2017). The purpose of the visit was to build links with existing partners, network with regional stakeholders and build alliances with other like minded organisations. Important links were forged with the CSIR, IUCN, University of Ghana and regional stakeholders including policy makers and practitioners in the Volta Basin area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Senior Management Team @ Protocol governance committee of IHA September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SMT Members attended the Protocol governance committee of IHA in Paris in September 2018. FutureDAMS became a formal programme item on the executive workshop 'Improving decision-making for hydropower'. Julien Harou was part of two panel discussions on "Upcoming sector initiatives" and "Decision-making under uncertainty". This significantly raised both the profile and repuatation of the FutureDAMS programme, at a relatively early stage of the programme life cycle, amongst key stakeholders and policy/practice decision makers and influencers. It demonstrates that FutureDAMS is becoming well positioned in high level policy circles. The event has only just occurred as of writing so it is difficult to identify any solid objective impact or outcome beyond this, though it is possible this will influence decisions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.hydropower.org/events/executive-workshop-improving-decision-making-for-hydropower |
| Description | Senior Management Team Public meeting' on hydropower & energy planning Myanmar, Nay pi taw February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In February 2018 Julien Harou attended a Public meeting' on hydropower & energy planning Myanmar, Nay pi taw organised by the Directorate of water Resources and Improvement of River Systems. During the event and consequent stay Julien and member of the SMT were able to hold meetings with government officials facilitated by the WWF and Norad in order to try to define our work programme in response to Myanmar needs and research opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Senior Management Team and Mathaios Panteli @ CSIR FutureDAMS Ghana Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Between 10 and 13 June, Senior Management Team members David Hulme (CEO), Julien Harou (Research Director) and Jamie Skinner (Capacity Director) attended the formal launch of the FutureDAMS programme in Ghana, organised by our partners Emmanuel Obuobie, (Research Scientist at the Water Research Institute, Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research) and Dzodzi Tsikata (Director at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana). The first in a two day schedule of events was a symposium kindly hosted at ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana, by Prof Boateng Onwona-Agyeman (Dean of Engineering). The Symposium was enthusiastically introduced by Prof Boateng Onwona-Agyeman and Dr. Kwabena Kankam-Yeboah (Acting Director CSIR). The twenty six participants came from amongst the University's Schools of Engineering, Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies, Institute of African Studies, Agricultural Engineering and Geography Department were joined by staff from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research, International Water Management Institute and others. Presentations were given by the FutureDAMS team, which generated a lively discussion about the activities and prospects for the programme in Ghana. Amongst the many topics discussed were around what metrics social scientists could generate to assist decision-making when designing and assessing water-energy-food-environment (WEFE) mega-systems. Equally important, what kind of frameworks might be developed to enable a wider participation in decision making processes and how could guidelines be established to facilitate progressive and productive discussions and negotiations? On the second day the programme was officially launched at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research. Dr. Kwabena Kankam-Yeboah (Acting Director CSIR) opened the event with a speech which was followed by presentations by the FutureDAMS Senior Management Team and Mathaios Panteli, a lead lecturer in Power Systems within the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester. Forty six participants engaged with the programme at the event including senior staff from the Energy Commission, Forestry Commission, Fisheries Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Energy, Volta River Authority, GRIDCO, Bui Power Authority and many others. Those attending were introduced to the FutureDAMS project, its concepts and methodological framework, expected outputs, outcomes and impacts. The event helped to build interactions and establish relationships between participants and the project team. Through discussion it was possible to jointly identify how the project outputs can support relevant decision makers, planners and managers to address future dam decisions for improved economic, social and environmental impacts, and create public awareness of the implementation of the FutureDAMS project. Topics discussed included big vs small dams, the capture of informal agricultural schemes and data, and the importance of looking at how existing dams are operated, as well as what kind of new dams are built and where. Other discussions involved the involvement of stakeholders and methods to engage them in the programme and decision making processes, the future of renewables and optimising hydro-electric power as part of a wider green energy mix. The event ended with discussion and reiteration that dams should ultimately built for the purpose of providing social benefits and making people's lives better and this should drive decision makers to think about the wider range of legacy impacts, both beneficial and detrimental, at the planning and development stages of WEFE systems design. The visit also involved many bilateral meetings with potential partners and stakeholders and the FutureDAMS team left having created a strong network of interested individuals and institutions keen to engage with the programme as it develops. The visit was also successful in finalising the agreements with partners Water Research Institute, CSIR and IAS, University of Ghana for the next three and a half years of activities. The prospects for inter- and cross disciplinary and disciplinary work between the two core partners was particularly encouraging and exciting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/futuredams-launches-in-ghana/ |
| Description | September 21, 2018, 'Enabling a step-change in UK water planning with open-source tools' Workshop, London, UCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Open event attended by nearly 50 participants detailing our research's group suite of open-source water resources simulation and data management software |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Surrey Summer Showcase Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kavin Narasimhan delivered a presentation at the event called "Communities" - A Dialogues showcase event from Surrey Sociology. The presentation resulted in discussion afterwards regarding the use of social simulation for community based water management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20220518-summer-showcase-communities-dialogues-showcase-event-surrey... |
| Description | Talk for the British Tanzania Society: The Stiegler's Gorge Dam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented at a talk for the British Tanzania Society covering my research on the Stiegler's Gorge Dam in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It covered the project's history, recent development steps, impacts and contraveries. A 40 min discussion was held afterwards with a wide-ranging audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://ace.soas.ac.uk/stieglers-gorge-event/ |
| Description | Talk to Climate Change Committee (Newcastle City Council) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk on climate science to Newcastle City Council Climate Change Committee in Jan 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Challenge of Dams - BBC World Business Report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS researcher Barnaby Dye featured extensively in a BBC World report on 'the challenge of dams' broadcast. Following Egypt's recent call for international mediation with Ethiopia to help agree an operating framework for the GERD dam on the Nile, the World Business Report set out to explore the costs and benefits of large dams. Barnaby discussed the critical trade-offs that have to be made around dam decision making, and related FutureDAMS' research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172wx8vt008wnp |
| Description | The role of finance and financing conditions of large infrastructure projects: A CGE analysis of Ghana's Bui Dam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alvaro presented the paper "The role of finance and financing conditions of large infrastructure projects: A CGE analysis of Ghana's Bui Dam" at the 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis "Global Food System: Opportunities and Challenges" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Three day workshop on water management in transboundary systems, Amman Jordan. Under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal. HRH gave the main plenary speech. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 3-day workshop; started with a half day panel with the scientific leadership of Jordan, President of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). The event was officially under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal. The workshop launch was reported in the national press: http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/prince-hassan-calls-joint-database-strengthen-food-water-security and https://amman.today/2022/03/15/local/al-hassan-bin-talal-calls-for-the-creation-of-a-common-database-at-the-level-of-the-levant/ The workshop led to side-meetings about future work and funding with the Royal Jordanian Scientific Society (RSS), The Swill Development Cooperation (SDC), and the UK FCDO (at the British Embassy in Amman). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/prince-hassan-calls-joint-database-strengthen-food-water-secur... |
| Description | Tom Lavers Media interview by NewVision Uganda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TomLavers was interviewed for opinion in an article titled "Land deals threaten to impair river Nile" a media article published by NewVision "A globally respected African media powerhouse that advances society" based in Uganda. The online article has the potential to reach a large audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1497030/land-deals-threaten-impair-river-nile |
| Description | UKCDR COP26 Showcase booklet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS featured in UKCDR's showcase booklet: SUPPORTING THE COP26 PRIORITIES THROUGH RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE. UK-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT SHOWCASE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ukcdr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201112.4-COP26-Climate-Change-Research-Showcas... |
| Description | UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 - EU Pavilion panel session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 5 December 18:30-20:00 Venue: EU Pavilion Chair/Moderator: Judith Plummer Braeckman - Senior Researcher, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and FutureDAMS Research Consortium Speakers: Oscar Mendoza - Head of Business Development Iberia, Endesa Group (Enel Green Power Iberia) Solange Ribeiro - Chief Executive, Neoenergia Peter Hilliges - Head of the Climate and Energy Policy Unit, KfW Development Bank Sanna Markkanen- Researcher, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and FutureDAMS Research Consortium Hector Pollitt - Director and Head of Modelling, Cambridge Econometrics The panellists in this session explored the barriers and solutions to developing low-carbon electricity systems in low-and middle-income countries. The challenges associated with developing large energy infrastructure projects in a manner that is economically, socially, environmentally and financially sustainable was also be discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UN Climate Change Conference COP 25, UK Pavillion presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | FutureDAMS presented two sessions at this year's UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (Madrid, 2 - 13 December 2019). The first of which was 'Building Better Dams: the Past, Present and Future of Hydropower' at the UK Pavillion. FutureDAMS researchers Judith Plummer Braeckman (CISL), Julien Harou (University of Manchester), Sanna Markkanen (CISL) presented the session to around 50 COP attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Understanding the development impact of dams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This was an event to introduce Indian policymakers, academics and students to the FutureDams project, the engineering model and the policymaking guide. The Indian economic service (economist civil servants) were specifically invited and attended It was organised and hosted by FutureDams partners in India: the Institute for Economic Growth, University of Delhi, in collaboration with FutureDams colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | University of Bonn lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Bonn Water Lecture Series - presentation of FutureDAMS (Building better dams: the past, present and future of dams). Hosted by DIE, ZEF Bonn and the Eco-Hydrology and Water Resources Management Department of Geography. Attended by approximately 30 researchers and practitioners. Lots of insightful questions from the audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | University of Peking lecture by Prof David Hulme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | David Hulme presented FutureDAMS' review of dams and development. The lecture was well received and sparked interesting discussion with the audience of professors, PhDs and Masters students from the School of Environment and Engineering, who were particularly keen to discuss issues raised in the presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/peking-lecture-david-hulme/ |
| Description | University of Surrey Kavin @ International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) conference at Rome, Italy in July 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation focusing on people-environment studies and agent-based social simulation at the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) conference at Rome, Italy in July 2018 given by University of Surrey team members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://iaps-association.org/blog/call-for-post-conference-publications-iaps-25th-rome-call-for-spec... |
| Description | University of Surrey Kavin @ Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation final workshop June 2018 RS London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attendance, participation by University of Surrey team in round tables and networking at the Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation (TEDDI) final workshop attended by industry, government and researchers. Workshop held at the Royal Society London in June 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | University of Surrey blog: A Computational Model to Explore Decentralised Water Governance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Blog post on the University of Surrey website to promote the research of FutureDAMS and to encourage further dialogue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/2020/02/18/a-computational-model-to-explore-decentralised-water... |
| Description | Uttarakhand Polls: Concerns of Hill Areas Find No Mention in Parties' Development Agendas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article by Shruti Jain about the hills' ecological and developmental issues with regards to the coming elections in Uttarakhand. Published in The Wire, 12th February 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://thewire.in/rights/uttarakhand-polls-concerns-of-hill-areas-find-no-mention-in-parties-develo... |
| Description | Water Power Magazine: Revisiting the debate on large dams. Schultz |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article featured in International Water Power Magazine, published online. 'Revisiting the debate in large dams' by Christopher Schultz informs a wide audience about the research of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/features/featurerevisiting-the-debate-on-large-dams-7856450/ |
| Description | Water Power magazine article - risk framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Based on Judith Plummer Braekman's FutureDAMS webinar, FutureDAMS research was featured in International Water Power & Dam Construction Magazine. The magazine has over 4000 international readers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Water Resources Authority capacity building workshop, Nairobi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anthony Hurford travelled to Nairobi to deliver a workshop designed to understand how the FutureDAMS toolset, particularly the modelling and visualisation interface, can support the Water Resources Authority (WRA) and to build capacity for the FutureDAMS resources in the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/understanding-how-the-futuredams-modelling-and-visualisation-interface-can... |
| Description | Webinar: Resettlement of Gumuz Communities - Sarah Vaughan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 62 participants engaged in the FutureDAMS webinar 'Resettlement of Gumuz communities around Ethiopia's Blue Nile Dam' presented by Sarah Vaughan. The audience was engaged with more than 50 participants staying to the end and there were several interesting questions. The audience was made up of other researchers, both UK and internationally, with a large presence from Africa. There was dialogue between Sarah and the participants for half an hour after the presentation, with many people also contributing their comments through the chat facility. The webinar was recorded to increase the reach and impact of the presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/webinar-resettlement-of-gumuz-communities-around-ethiopias-blue-nile-dam/ |
| Description | Workshop - political economy of renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barnaby Dye participated and presented in a closed 2-part workshop on the electricity sector and developing countries using work from his FutureDAMS research on Rwanda (Chemouni and Dye working paper) plus work in Ghana. Barnaby specifically engaged with a World Bank official and the project is funded by DFID (energyeconomicgrowth.org). The call also included policy researchers and think tanks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | World Bank - Resilient Water Decisions talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The World Bank Office of the Chief Economist (GGSCE), Sustainable Development Vice Presidency Global Water Practice (GWAGP) Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) WORKSHOP February 14th and 15th, 2018 in Washington, D.C., USA 1. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE The purpose of the workshop is to share the experiences of the World Bank and similar water management and development organizations in dealing with climate and other uncertainties towards resilient water-related investments. The challenges and gaps in terms of practices, governance, finance, and other key factors being faced in the practice of decision making for planning, design and operation of water-related projects will be discussed. The workshop will also provide an opportunity to learn from practitioners and members of the academic and consulting worlds about the latest advances in this field, including how to integrate existing and new tools within this framework and how best to advance and mainstream these approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | World Water Week stand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | World Water Week, Stockholm, 25-30 August 2019 Julien Harou and Anthony Hurford attended Stockholm World Water Week to present FutureDAMS research. The theme for 2019 was Water for Society: Including all, which drew attention to broad solutions to humanity's major interlinked challenges and brought focus to good water governance. The FutureDAMS booth was well attended by people from a variety of international organisations with interests in water-energy-food-environment systems. We demonstrated progress to date on FutureDAMS online modelling and interactive visualisation tools and showed participants how the tools were being used on real case-studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Xth International Meeting of the Latin American Water Network (WATERLAT-GOBACIT) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Christopher Schulz participated in the Xth International Meeting of the Latin American Water Network (WATERLAT-GOBACIT), held at the University of Concepción, Chile in October 2019. He presented preliminary findings of the Cambridge Geography team from their ongoing research on the legacies and impacts of the World Commission on Dams. The conference reunited more than 250 researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from the Latin American water sector. The conference theme was 'Struggles over Water: Intersections of Class, Gender and Ethnicity'. It was an opportunity to exchange ideas with Latin America's leading environmental and social scientists working on dams, water governance and beyond. A noteworthy feature of the conference was the strong participation of non-academic partners; indigenous Mapuche were given the opportunity to recount their struggles for cultural autonomy, as well as land and water rights in a country where water resources have been fully privatised, and can be bought and sold just like land. Representatives from the state, utilities, and various other stakeholder groups were present, too, which made for lively debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.futuredams.org/xth-international-meeting-of-the-latin-american-water-network-waterlat-gob... |
| Description | iEMSs 2022 conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kavin Narasimhan delivered a presentation at the conference titled 'Reusable Components for an Agent-based Model of Irrigation Management'. The presentation attracted a lot of interest in the reusable software components we had developed to simulate irrigation and crop growth practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iemss2022.com/schedule |
| Description | keynote Atmospheric Science Conference 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fowler, H.J. 2019. Keynote: Global intensification in observed short-duration rainfall extremes. Atmospheric Science Conference 2019; Weather, Climate and Air Quality, Birmingham, 2nd - 3rd July, 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | media interest around storm eunice and sting jets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | during storm eunice - the day of the storm and previous day I was involved in a number of press interviews (TV, radio, newspapers) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | presentation to school science club on extreme rainfall and climate change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 27th Jan 2022 - gave talk and discussion to Corbridge Middle School science club on extreme rainfall and climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |