Annual Report 2017
ITT Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics
Technology Arts Sciences TH Köln Annual Report 2017
ITT Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics
Technology Arts Sciences Cover photo by Heike Fischer Master students at their graduation ceremony TH Köln 2 29 Lars Ribbe 15 Director ITT 17 171 11 3 Greetings 33 12 111 278 Dear partners and friends,
Universities assume an important role in society, creating and trans- 75 ferring knowledge. We are proud to have again accompanied many 19 1 master and PhD students towards graduation in 2017! Regarding 3 research, we developed and started new projects, while others were 8 continued or brought to a successful end. This publication aims at 115 sharing our results and experiences from the past year and we hope 2017 in Numbers Applicants by region it spurs your interest in learning more about us or engaging with us! Intake14 by region 26 The ITT at a glance The Network Featured Master Graduates The majority of our projects take place abroad and in fact, a central element of our education and research activities is the way we 16 cooperate with our partners and with stakeholders. In recent years, we have refined our collaboration model, which typically Water Security and Climate revolves around a concrete challenge, or case, of natural resources Change conference 2017 management in a given region. Under the coordination of our local partner universities, we link to the relevant stakeholders, and through this dialogue, derive research questions which are subse- quently addressed through MSc and PhD theses or through funded research projects. Furthermore, the cases serve as input to our teaching and provide key ingredients to our problem and project based learning approach. This model relies on long-term cooper- ation and on a bidirectional knowledge exchange with mutual benefits. Ideally, over the course of such a cooperation, our students learn, research is conducted and results fill knowledge gaps while contributing to evidence based decision making! We are convinced The ITT at a glance Research that this is the right path and we will advance with this cooperation Contents model in the future – elaborating and improving it. We are keen to 8 2017 in Numbers 68 Science Policy engage further with you to build up more examples of collaborative learning and research! 14 The Network 71 Research Projects
In 2018, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ITT – taking some time to look back but also inviting to jointly look into the Education Annex future! It will be a great opportunity to discuss with you how we can advance together and we would be extremely happy to receive you 28 Featured Master Graduates 88 Masters Graduates on 11 October at our university! 51 Featured PhD Graduates 90 PhD Graduates Lars Ribbe 53 Educational Projects 91 Publications 62 Intercultural Activities at ITT 6 | ITT at a glance Back to the top Go to ITT at a glance Go to Education Go to Research Go to Annex ITT at a glance | 7
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2017 in Numbers 800 641 Applicants for 75 580 First Semester Master Students Graduated 325 4 PhD Students 137 Graduated 86 88 97 94 49 49 First Semester Intake 2015 2017 2013 € 2,282,379 2016 2014 Third-Party Funding
€ 3,524,379 2 29 15 Total Annual Budget 17 171 11 3 33 € 1,242,000 12 111 278 Internal (University) Funding 75 19 1 3
115 Applicants by region Intake by region
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New staff members joined the ITT
Khalid Mehmood Research Associate, Renewable Energy Systems
Suha Al-Madbouh Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer Public Health/ Environmental health and sociology, PALGER Project
Mohammed Basheer Research Associate, Water Resources Modelling, WaterSec project Bhunesh Kumar Research Associate, Renewable Energy Systems
Vittorio Sessa Research Associate, Renewable Energy Systems
Joschka Thurner System Administrator
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Our Alumni around the World
The growing Alumni network currently consists of over 1000 professionals who finished their studies at ITT and are now successful professionals working on natural resources management challenges around the world.
Information and communication networks serve as a basis for prosperous collaborations. Our Alumni act as important embassadors for the institute and its goals. It is therefore a fundamental objective of the ITT to strengthen connections among its graduates to expand and enrich the Alumni network. This is done through intensive exchange of alumni experiences in the labor market, project cooperation in alumni home countries, alumni summer schools and a mentoring program with current students. The ITT provides a basis for an active information and communication forum to discuss questions concerning international development cooperation. It focuses not only on the extension of the relationships to the graduates, but also to former employees. 14 | The ITT Network Back to the top Go to ITT at a glance Go to Education Go to Research Go to Annex The ITT Network | 15
The ITT and its network 55 University Cooperations
The worldwide university network Centers for The CNRD is coordinated by ITT in Cologne and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the In 2017, six additional partner universities Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) is supported by the German Academic Exchange Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the joined the network. These include the University promotes cooperation and academic exchange in Service (DAAD) and the Ministry for Economic Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction. of Cape Coast, Ghana; German Jordanian Cooperation and Development (BMZ). CNRD University, Jordan; Shahid Beheshti University, natural resources management, in particular related sees itself as a global knowledge hub for local CNRD’s efforts are directed especially at the Iran, University of Costa Rica (UCR), Univer- to water, land, ecosystems or renewable energy action and development. Its aim is to train co-creation and sharing of knowledge to sidad de la Frontera (UFRO) and University of 10 resources. It fosters interdisciplinary and inter- future leaders in natural resources management develop practical solutions for tackling the Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA. We are very Cooperation national approaches by linking universities from relevant key positions. To this end, the network natural resources-related challenges of today. pleased with these new additions and the different continents and professional backgrounds. follows the concept of a multilevel stakeholder The network develops joint learning programs enrichment they bring to our network and Partnerships platform. CNRD’s vision is internationally imple- and material, provides scholarships for study expertise. mented through the activities and services and research purposes, didactical training, offers conducted by its partners, in order to provide a policy advice and organizes special conferences valuable contribution to the post-2015 Agenda, in order to disseminate knowledge. 16 | The ITT Network Back to the top Go to ITT at a glance Go to Education Go to Research Go to Annex The ITT Network | 17
CNRD Water Security and Climate Change (WSCC) conference 2017 Strengthening universities as local actors, knowledge resources, and intermediaries 1 2
The conference on Water Security and and manage the risks of climate change. and treat wastewater cannot keep up with photo 1 - 3 Climate Change was organized by the Climate change has a massive influence the rapidly growing population. A further Public Session "Meet the Scientists" Centers for Natural Resources Development on how the limited resource of drinking result of this migration flow is the excessive (by Costa Belibasakis) (CNRD) under the auspices of the ITT in water is managed. At the same time, well- and uncontrolled exploitation of surrounding photo 4 - 5 cooperation with the Food Security Center at designed water management is a key factor water resources. This leads to poorer water WSCC Conference 2017 the University of Hohenheim (FSC) and the in enabling societies to adapt to climate quality due to the drop in groundwater level. (by Heike Fischer) Center for Sustainable Water Management in change. Due to this complex system, with Technology to combat these problems on Developing Countries at Technische Univer- its many natural and man-made influencing site is already available. Implementation, sität Braunschweig (SWINDON). factors, we require a comprehensive, inter- however, often fails due to corruption and disciplinary approach. mismanagement in the affected countries or As a result, about 200 researchers from 45 even because sustainable water projects are countries have adopted the ‘Cologne Decla- How diverse but closely linked these major not a priority for the local government.” ration on Water Security and Climate Change’. topics of our time are is demonstrated in the They confirmed that a concerted collabo- core messages on individual aspects which The researchers are demanding that signif- ration between science, politics, business, the researchers have formulated, such as on icantly more efforts and resources be 5 and civil society is required at all levels in cross-border water management, urban- invested in projects, organizations, and order to ensure the water supply worldwide ization, and migration. scientific institutions in order to develop research- and fact-based solutions. Univer- for universities. “They are anchored locally, adopted, academia is sending a clear signal “Water availability and migration sities must be founded and financed, above they generate knowledge, and their task is of its interest in collaborating with partners at flows are often mutually all in developing countries, in order to to educate and pass on their knowledge,” various levels.” dependent,” says Andreas generate knowledge in the countries that emphasizes Lars Ribbe. Haarstrick from TU Braunschweig. are most severely affected by climate change The ‘Cologne Declaration on Water Security “We thus observe in African and and water shortage. Especially at a local “The conference is a good example of how and Climate Change’ can be accessed in its 4 Asian countries that extreme and regional level, there is a lack of struc- we see ourselves at TH Köln. We want to original English version via the following link: weather events such as droughts tures to enable collaboration between a devise innovative solutions together with http://www.watersecurity.info/declaration2017 trigger migration flows within a wide range of partners and thus to make politics, business, and civil society on the Christian Sander country, specifically from rural sure that strategic goals decided at an basis of substantiated scientific findings,” to urban regions. The local infra- international level can actually be imple- highlights Klaus Becker, Vice President at TH structure to provide clean water mented. The researchers see a key role here Köln. “With the declaration that has now been 3
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CNRD network CNRD network Path to Sustainability Annual Network Meeting in Bali
An objective of the CNRD network for 2017 was to the members’ interests and expectations, their capacities The CNRD network members get together every year but creates synergies in the CNRD network. The meeting strengthen its structure towards a sustainable network. and contributions from and to the network. During the to discuss network issues, achievements, as well as ended with the establishment of a schedule for 2018. The sustainability elements were integrated in the meeting, the members had a closer look at the success future joint activities. The CNRD completed its 7th Annual activities proposed and implemented by the network of different measures and activities of the network and Meeting, from 20 - 24 November 2017 in Bali, Indonesia. Three new CNRD partners were confirmed during the members. Considering that the CNRD Exceed project identified the required modifications and improvements, This year’s network meeting, hosted by the Univer- ANM, namely the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, the funding period will end by 2020, the members identified especially in the field of joint research. sitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), brought together 17 CNRD University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA and the the necessity of a more formal network structure and the university partners and the Adivsory board to plan the Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. The fact that all new need to develop the CNRD network constitution, post Rooting of the program at the partner universities was activities for 2018 and to revise the network funda- partners will be integrated into the activities 2018 is a 2019 strategy development plan, financial strategy plan another topic that gained significance in 2017. Expanding mentals for a sound future perspective. The development milestone in the consolidation of a prospering network. and operational framework. the cooperation among the partners from individual of a sustainable network concept was a prevalent topic New working groups were formed and common interests to an institutional level, and the development of a new throughout the 5 days, and was adressed in the welcome have been transferred into joint workshops and other A series of sessions and workshops were allocated to the communication strategy were identified as key criteria to notes by the vice-president of the TH Köln, Sylvia activities. topic during the CNRD 2017 annual meeting to recali- achieving sustainability. Heuchemer, the dean of the Faculty of Geography at brate the networks objectives and values according to Sudeh Dehnavi UGM, Muh Aris Marfai and CNRD project lead and director At every network meeting, it is common practise of ITT, Lars Ribbe. to present the CNRD to the public or the academic community in order to attract potential new partners The meeting served as a platform to exchange new and increase the visibility of the network. In 2017 a ideas and cooperation possibilities among the members. conference on "Environmental Resources Management” During the poster sessions, partners presented their ideas was attached to the annual meeting. Organized by the and discussed its implementation and build the consor- UGM, more than 100 participants took advantage of the tiums. Numerous activities for joint development of opportunity for scientific exchange. The conference was curricula and research projects were defined. Particular opened by Lars Ribbe, who presented the CNRD to the attention was paid to the further development of the interested audience. Research Data Infrastructure, which is intended to share Sudeh Dehnavi research findings within the CNRD network. The joint creation and use of learning materials was another central issue. The basis for this is the Shared Educational Resources Repository. This online data collection contains templates, presentations and guidelines that can be used in jointly developed modules in different master courses. This not only simplifies the access to learning materials
Annual Network Meeting in Bali
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CNRD project “Interdisciplinary Master’s Program on Resource Efficient Cities” (IMaREC)
Since the beginning of the second CNRD project phase, five governance. System thinking paradigms build a common base member universities have joined forces in developing an inter- for interdisciplinary collaboration in IMaREC. Following a focus disciplinary master course of studies within the network on on urban metabolism, urban resources sectors such as water, the topic of “Resource Efficient Cities”. In a deliberate sequence waste and mobility are analysed towards higher efficiency. An of international workshops of the partners involved, the job integrated scaled approach from household to buildings and market demand and graduate profiles were defined, their neighbourhoods, up to the scale of the city and its region, will necessary competencies compiled and the curriculum and include planning approaches and concepts such as urban resil- master modules’ content and respective didactics jointly ience. Finally, the third track includes multi-stakeholder gover- developed. Ultimately, this led to the first accreditation of the nance and urban management approaches, among them program at Ain Shams University (ASU) in Egypt. the smart city. The program is designed to enable graduates to contribute in interdisciplinary teams to the planning and In the fall of 2017, the first 17 students took up their studies in management of cities towards efficiency, resilience and social the “Interdisciplinary Master’s Program on Resource Efficient inclusion. Cities” (IMaREC). This is a novelty in two respects: it is the first Master’s program that was jointly launched by CNRD partners The interdisciplinary curriculum attracted students from various from Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Egypt and Germany. And disciplines: architecture, urban planning, civil engineering and secondly, it is one of only two interdisciplinary study programs energy technology. Among them is also an Egyptian university in Egypt, both at the Faculty of Engineering at ASU, for which lecturer with a doctorate degree.CNRD provides further even the Egyptian national higher education regulations had to support: students can apply for CNRD Master’s scholarships to be reformed to accommodate the new format. study for one semester at a partner university or do research abroad for their thesis. It is not only the high demand from CNRD project As in many countries of the global South, Egyptian cities are students that shows IMaREC's relevance; the team has already facing problems such as steady population growth, water received interest from UNDP and several universities, inside and IWRMnet scarcity, poor wastewater management or inadequate public outside CNRD, to collaborate and also adopt the program. The transport systems. Specialists have to join forces in a common program will be promoted with the other partners so that it A Global Network for Integrated Water understanding of cities as complex adaptive systems, a can be established at their university, not least in order to offer Resources Management Education perspective that lies at the core of the program. The Master’s and intensify exchange between students and lecturers and to program integrates perspectives from the engineering, social develop joint research on resource efficient cities. and economic sciences and imparts knowledge in the field of Johannes Hamhaber, Sven Tönsjost In 2017, the CNRD network established the IWRMnet program in response to the high demand of its members to establish Educational Resources (SERR) joint MSc programs in Integrated Water Resources Management. More CNRD projects on page 53 and 58 > The objective of the Initiative is to establish compatible master The CNRD network maintains a Shared Educa- programs at partner universities that would ease student and tional Resources Repository (SERR) which is lecturer exchange as well as cooperation among the members. accessible online to all members. Each partner The members would gain the required knowhow and expertise develops specific content according to their Tools for source water protection and exchange experience to develop their own curriculums in specific competences. Educational material IWRM. The developed curriculums should fulfill the requirements consists of slides, movies, exercises, case studies New cooperation between of the member universities and at the same time follow a general and literature databases on selected IWRM topics. structure that enables the exchange of the students, lecturers and teaching material among the members. An important feature of The Nature Conservancy and ITT the program is the uniqueness of the offered elective modules at each university according to their scientific strength and Natural Labs Watersheds supplying cities are under increasing pressures which threaten urban expertise. water security. ITT cooperates with TNC in monitoring source watersheds. Each member of the CNRD network supports local In 2017, the CNRD network implemented curriculum devel- or regional case studies – typically river basins – In August 2017 ITT signed a cooperation agreement with The With the “Water Funds”, TNC - together with several other opment workshops and several meetings to support the which address prevalent societal challenges. Each of Nature Conservancy (TNC) with the idea to start a compre- partners - developed an approach connecting stakeholders IWRMnet. The current members of the IWRMnet are TH Köln the so-called Natural Labs is linked to research and hensive bilateral cooperation. Initially the cooperation will from the water supplying and water demanding areas and (University of Applied Sciences) from Germany, Vietnam Academy teaching activities. An online database makes public focus on developing innovative monitoring and modeling generating funds to be invested in maintaining the provi- of Water Resources (VAWR) from Vietnam, German Jordanian domain and other secondary data as well as newly solutions for source watersheds of urban areas. sioning services of watersheds. University (GJU) from Jordan, Independent University of acquired knowledge available to the research and Bangladesh (IUB) from Bangladesh, University of Khartoum (KU) development community represented by a multi- Any urban area in the world demands a reliable water supply ITT and TNC agreed on a pilot project in Brazil to demonstrate from Sudan, University of Costa Rica (UCR) from Costa Rica and stakeholder platform. providing a continuous source of sufficient water of good the utility of the Water/Agriculture and Weather monitoring Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) from Iran. quality. Water provisioning services are performed by water- system “ITTSmartSense”. Günther Straub, Sudeh Dehnavi sheds, which collect and deliver water to rivers, reservoirs, lakes Lars Ribbe or aquifers for subsequent domestic, industrial, agricultural, and environmental uses.
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Alumni Seminar ITT – DAAD "Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America: Translating Paris" in San Jose at the University of Costa Rica
The interest was so high that to the date the participants are still working on a network proposal concept to promote the communication among the Alumni in an efficient, simple and useful way that reflects the needs and interests of all participants.
The Paris Agreement adopted by the UNFCCC focused on the development and preparation proposals between the participants, 32 Alumni framework and already ratified by 174 parties, of research project proposals related to climate from Latin America and Germany were selected aims at the reduction of greenhouse gas change aligned to the Paris Agreement. to join the attendance phase in San Jose, Costa emissions to keep global warming below Rica from 6 - 10 November 2017. The event 2°C compared to pre-industrial times, and to The seminar consisted of an online phase, an took place in the University of Costa Rica, strengthen country's ability to deal with climate attendance phase in Costa Rica and an online where the participants had the opportunity to The attendance phase encompassed a site visit feedback regarding their project proposals. change impacts. post-event evaluation phase. present their project proposal and participate to the region of Santa Maria de Dota, where the The meeting also enabled them to discuss a in a bid simulation exercise to select the most Alumni visited a rural electrification cooper- concept for future collaboration to formalize As Latin American countries are particu- During the online phase, the Alumni had the suitable and most relevant project ideas. The ative “Coopesantos” which is running a windmill the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)-ITT larly susceptible to climate change impacts, opportunity to join webinars and receive advice seminar included presentations from experts energy generation project financed by the Alumni network. The interest was so high that the development of projects to address such on how to write project proposals, comple- in academia and consultants who presented carbon market due to the Clean Development the participants are still working on a network impacts in the region will not only contribute mented with a practical exercise according measures to mitigate and adapt to climate Mechanism - CDM and the emission reduction proposal concept to promote the communi- to the global action plan to avoid dangerous to the different topics of interest related to change. Likewise, a roleplay game allowed the credits. The participants also visited CoopeDota, cation among the Alumni in an efficient, simple climate change effects but will strengthen local resources management in Latin America. participants to improve their understanding a local coffee cooperative, which earned recog- and useful way that reflects the needs and coping and adaptive capacities. In groups of two or three, alumni from two of the climate change negotiations during nition in 2011 as the world’s first carbon neutral interests of all participants. different study generations joined efforts the simulation of a UNFCCC Climate Change coffee producer. Laura Noriega Under this principle, the ITT Alumni Seminar to prepare a project proposal including the Conference - COP, in which the Alumni repre- “Climate Change and Sustainable Development selection of the call and the development of the sented different parties seeking to achieve a The closure of the event included a pleasant in Latin America: Translating Paris” carried project idea. global compromise on a new climate change dinner in a country house outside San Jose, out from the 15 May to 31 December 2017, After the evaluation of the different project action plan. where the different Alumni groups received
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Education at the ITT 75 800 Master Students 641 Applicants for Renewable Energy Management International Graduated* 580 First Semester MSc held in Cologne International Natural Resources Management held in Cologne and Development MSc Latin America and the Carribean held in Cologne/Mexico 325 South East Asia 4 held in Cologne/Vietnam PhD Students 137 Integrated Water Resources International Graduated* 94 Management held in Cologne 86 88 97 49 MSc Middle East and North Africa 49 First Semester held in Cologne/Jordan *the full list can be found in the Annex Intake South East Asia 2015 2013 2017 2016 held in Cologne/Vietnam 2014
In 2017 a total of 94 students were registered graduated in 2017, including the last students research of the master thesis but also through for the master programs in Cologne as well from the previous master program Technology excursions. In 2017 a group of students was as for the cooperative programs with Jordan, and Resources Management in the Tropics and allowed to join a trip to Iran to gain a deeper 29 Mexico and Vietnam. This year's intake is very Subtropics (TERMA). Three graduates were understanding about the water related 2 interdisciplinary with academic backgrounds honored for the best master thesis award within problems in the country. Another group joined 15 ranging from engineering and natural sciences their study field. The award is sponsored by the Green School in Bali (Indonesia) for an to social and political sciences. In addition, the the Verein der Freunde und Förderer des ITT, applied renewable energy project work and 17 group is also very intercultural – joining the providing 500€ for each winner. one group joined the Atlas Workshops of Agdz 171 postgraduate courses at ITT from 40 different (Morocco) for a scientific-cultural dialogue. The 11 countries. The majority of students are from 2017 also marks the 10th anniversary of the Following pages will provide an insight into Germany, followed by Colombia, Vietnam and master program Integrated Water Resources some of the education highlights of the ITT. 3 Ecuador. Management with focus on Middle East and Jörn Trappe 33 Northern Africa (IWRM MENA). The master 12 111 278 The master programs receive continuous program, initially started as a three semester support from the DAAD, which provide schol- double degree program in cooperation with arships for students from developing countries, the University of Jordan, developed nowadays 75 as well as from Conacyt in Mexico and through to a fourth semester joint exchange program 19 the European Union within the Erasmus+ and in cooperation with the German Jordanian 1 Erasmus Mundus exchange programs. University. 3 On 4 October, ITT celebrated the Master Beyond the studies and lecturing within the 115 graduates from the last academic year in an classroom ITT is supporting the students to go Applicants by region official ceremony. 75 students successfully abroad. This mainly happens within the field Intake by region 26 | Education Back to the top Go to ITT at a glance Go to Education Go to Research Go to Annex Education | 27
The graduation ceremony on 4 October 2017 The farewell address by Sabine Schlüter Nexus: the Case of the Blue Nile Basin”, for NRM Congratulations was attended by an exceptionally large number expressed the pride of the ITT family in it was Anna-Maria Weinhold’s thesis “Assessing of 36 graduates who finalized there studies releasing so many qualified young people to Structural Diversity of Riparian Forests in at the ITT. The graduates attended the master face the global challenges of the future. They Anthropogenic Landscapes of the Upper Xingu courses Natural Resources Management (NRM), were reminded of their ITT-alumni status which Watershed Using UAV and T-LiDAR” and for to our Graduates! Integrated Water Resources Management turns them into ambassadors of ITT and TH Köln REM David Yannis Schick was awarded for his (IWRM) and Renewable Energy Management and more importantly for themselves individ- MSc thesis “Adequate Location and Technology (REM) between October 2016 and September ually, inter members of an active network of Choice for Small and Micro Hydro Power in In the Academic Year 2016/2017, 2017. The ceremony included a farewell ITT alumni. Some of the fresh graduates will Remote Areas of Colombia”. address, the presentation of the master thesis return to ITT for further qualification as partic- 75 students successfully graduated and topics of the attending graduates, the handing ipants in workshops, doing research with the The ITT invites all graduates to keep in touch! out of the certificates and the proclamation of help of the re-invitation program by DAAD, or We are not saying farewell but rather “Auf achieved the title of Masters of Science. the winners of the Best Theses Awards issued by as researchers aiming for a PhD. We trust that Wiedersehen” – See you again! the Association of ITT Friends and Supporters, all graduates will benefit from the connec- Sabine Schlüter concluding with an informal come-together. tions they have made during their time at ITT, meeting colleagues from their own country/ The atmosphere of the graduation ceremony region, and many that bring invaluable 2017 can be described as a mixture of experience from other parts of the world. excitement and melancholy. The graduates radiated excitement as they were summoned The official ceremony was concluded with the Featured Master Graduates > individually to receive their certificates. The handing out of the Best Master Thesis Awards to List of graduates on page 88 > ceremony was followed by a get-together with the ones selected by the award committee from drinks and snacks in the presence of ITT staff, each study program. For IWRM Mohammed family members and friends. A touch of melan- Adam Abbaker Basheer received the Best choly accompanied the evening as students Master Thesis Award for his thesis on “Quanti- and ITT staff were approaching the moment of fication and Valuation of the Impacts of Dam’s goodbyes. Operation Rules on the Water, Energy, and Food
Graduates at the graduation ceremony 2017 Photos by Heike Fischer Graduates at the graduation ceremony on 4 October 2017
Winners of the Best Master Thesis Award David Schick (REM), Mohammed Basheer (IWRM) and Anna-Maria Weinhold (NRM)
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Best Master Thesis Award Renewable Energy Management Master Thesis Adequate location and technology choice for small and micro hydro power in remote areas of Colombia - applying the height above nearest Master Thesis Implementation of a didactic methodology David drainage elevation model to the Chinchiná River Camilo for the career “authorized electric installer and in Manizales, Caldas Schick Rodríguez photovoltaic” using a 40 kW PV plant at the Master Program Supervisors: Lars Ribbe, Jorge Julián Vélez Upegui Renewable Energy Management Region/Country: Manizales, Caldas, Colombia Landa Fundación Cristo Vive in Chile Nationality The power demand in South America is river offers a long record of historical data and Master Program Supervisors: Ulf Blieske, Sebastian Bayer | Region/Country: Chile German estimated to double until 2030. Hence, new information on both the river itself and the Renewable Energy Management power plants have to be installed, while three small hydropower plants installed along The 40 kW PV plant installed at the Fundación tasks to be solved by the students, which are conforming to the specified reforms in law its path. The HAND model was applied to the Nationality Cristo Vive in Santiago de Chile pursues the based on the “Revised Taxonomy of Bloom” and regulation. These circumstances are an river and the derived data and information Peruvian objective of educating and training PV installers and on the “Dimensions of the Competence incentive for the installation of small and micro were used to verify the results. Furthermore, to strengthen their chances of getting a job of Action”. In this way, the students can review hydropower plants due to their economic the average monthly discharge of one of the in the growing PV market in Chile. This Master the content of the PV lectures and complete and ecologic value. The process of identifying plants was analysed to re-enact and correct the Thesis employs all the components of the tasks by themselves, using an actual PV plant. possible sites as well as choosing between decision process for the chosen turbine type. installed PV plant for the creation of learning Moreover, this Master Thesis details the results components is continuously being improved by stations, where the students solve tasks that will of a technology comparison analysis, which was new models and methods. The procedure showed positive results for contribute to their professional and personal performed to determine the electricity gener- both the HAND model as well as the validation development. The skills to be developed by ation degradation, due to dirt and dust accumu- I applied one of these models called “Height through monthly discharge values. It was the students as well as the competences to be lating on the plant. Furthermore, this work Above Nearest Drainage (HAND)” in a not only fast and functional, but also highly strengthened were defined based on research presents the results of the monitoring of the PV Geographic Information System to allow for a accurate at the same time. Thus, it appears to undertaken on-site, where companies from plant for April 2017, which were also employed fast and safe first evaluation in the decision be a feasible, transferable and efficient method the PV branch, students, teachers and other for the creation of certain tasks for the learning process for location and technology choice to estimate the potential for small and micro topic-related collaborators were consulted. The stations. in remote areas of Colombia. The Chinchiná hydropower plants, where just the elevation result is a didactic methodology that follows River, located in the department of Caldas, was and flow are known. the “Learning-in-Stations-Approach.” It provides chosen as the research area. The 68,25km long Didactic Wall - Inverters, Junction Box, Cluster Controller, etc. and representation of PV panels for didactic purposes (photo by Camilo Landa)
Francis Turbine at Sancancio Hydropower Plant
Photovoltaic Plant - PV plant composed of three different technologies (monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin film modules) (photo by Camilo Landa) Tailrace - Water is being led back to the Chinchiná river and to another Hydropower Plant (photos by David Schick) Connection of Inverters The Intake at Sancancio (photo by Rudolf Gecker) Hydropower Plant
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Set up of a model for forecasting wind Master Thesis Maria Andrea generation profiles for Germany Sayed Mustafa Feasibility study for a solar-PV- (hybrid) system Fernandez Company: Uniper Global Commodities | Supervisor: Thorsten Schneiders Sadat for small businesses in Lagos, Nigeria Supervisor in Uniper: Gesine Bökenkamp | Region/Country: Germany Master Program Supervisors: Ingo Stadler, Andre Moeller | Region/Country: Nigeria Bastos A transition to a low-carbon energy system is simulation of different scenarios to evaluate Renewable Energy Management taking place, in which carbon intense fossil fuel the impact that the variation of certain param- The feasibility analysis under the scope of this were assessed to derive the optimum supply Master Program plants are being replaced by renewable energy eters have on the shape of the wind generation Nationality thesis investigated the suitability of a renewable system. The optimum power supply system was Renewable Energy Management technologies in the energy system. The contin- profile of the country. This thesis demonstrates Afghan energy based hybrid electricity supply system further checked for sensitivity cases in terms of uously increasing contribution of wind energy that the impact of the geographical expansion for micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) technology and economical parameters. The Nationality to cover the electricity demand raises the need of the wind sector is negligible whilst a greater in Nigeria, with its corresponding economic integrated technologies included diesel gener- Colombian to predict the electricity to be generated from impact is to be expected with the technological and environmental implications on substituting ators, PV technology, lithium ion batteries and this source. For utility companies like Uniper this upgrade of the wind turbines. The model was highly fossil fuel based practices with green the locally available grid electricity modelled is particularly important due to the significant set-up in R programming language for which and sustainable energy technologies. The liter- in HOMER PRO, one of the powerful microgrid impact that wind power has on the electricity an extensive data collection of weather param- ature and market research showcased electricity optimization tools. market price. The dependence on weather eters and wind farms characteristics can be poverty in Nigeria and its associated negative conditions and the variety of factors affecting performed. The Wind Model is able to support effects on successful operation of SMEs in The results unveiled immediate impacts on wind generation in wind farms makes the the activities of market analytics facilitating the Nigeria. By employing net present cost (NPC) SMEs hosted at Sura Market. The optimum estimation of wind power production substan- acquisition of a fundamental view of the devel- and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) concepts microgrid design comprised of Solar PV, lithium- tially challenging. The purpose of this thesis opment of the wind sector in the country. for economic evaluations, security and reliability ion batteries with a diesel generator and the was to develop a fundamental wind power of power supply for technical evaluations and local grid as back-up source has shown leverage forecasting model for Germany that allows the the CO2 emissions for environmental analysis, over other combinations in all techno-economic the study revealed significant results in all afore- and environmental indicators. Technically, the mentioned dimensions. optimum system provides an uninterrupted power supply system with all components Sura Market, located in Lagos, one of the operating at optimum efficiency. Economically, biggest commercial cities of Nigeria, was the optimum system has around 50% lower cost chosen as the case study area to perform the of electricity when compared to base case cost analysis. Six distinct power supply alternatives of electricity from local grid and independently including a 100% renewable power supply, a owned diesel generators. Environmentally, the complete fossil fuel based technology and harmful emissions are reduced to 78% (48000 hybridization of renewable and non-renewable kg/year) when compared to the base scenario of technologies parallel with battery storage over 2.2 million kg/year CO2 emissions.
Small and Medium Enterprises at Sura Market (photo by Andre Moeller)
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Master Thesis Development of a renewable energy based Vittorio Energy supply security - sustainable city Rebecca Maria decentral mini-grid for a remote village in Sessa modelling for Niamey, Niger Besser Mexico Master Program Supervisors: Ramchandra Bhandari, Rabani Adamou | Region/Country: Niamey, Niger Master Program Supervisors: Ramchandra Bhandari, Gerardo Sánchez Torres Esqueda Renewable Energy Management Renewable Energy Management Region/Country: Mexico In Niger, electricity is not a service available to a sustainable development point of view and Nationality the whole population. Among the reasons for assess the proposed system to find both what Nationality In Mexico, two to three million people (mainly with long-term functionality and sustainability, Italian / Salvadoran this are an insufficient generation capacity, as was missing and how to improve it to be satis- German settled in remote regions of the country) are the suggested final mini-grid design is a combi- well as the lack of a nation-wide distribution factory in all dimensions of sustainable devel- not connected to the public grid, and for many nation of a ground mounted PV array and a system to reach the remote villages spread opment as proposed by the UNESCO. of them a timely change of the situation is biogas plant with a battery storage as back-up. throughout the country. doubtful. The intention of my research project The approach developed for the design of a The final system proposed was a solar PV was to carry out a prefeasibility study of an hybrid mini-grid might serve as orientation With the use of renewable energy technologies, system to supply the electricity for a “communal” independent and principally renewable energy and initiation for similar projects to tackle both of these issues can be targeted at once by scenario, where the biggest demand, namely based mini-grid for a case study. With the the situation of more than one billion people providing on site generation without the need food storage and refrigeration, was owned by support of the wonderful team of “Engineers worldwide who are living without connection to extend the national grid. the community instead of one per household. without borders – Mexico”, we found an appro- to the central grid and for whom accessible, When assessing it with the indicator system, priate off-grid village in the state of Tamaulipas. reliable electricity could be beneficial and The purpose of this thesis was to assess the the project was found lacking in both social The current energy supply of the inhabitants could lead to a significant improvement of their viability of one such project, that is, the electri- and political dimensions as it was designed to is mainly based on some old and too small PV living conditions. When assessing it with the fication of a non-electrified village, design only supply the basic electric needs in the most systems along with a few gasoline generators, indicator system, the project was found lacking possible demand scenarios for it and propose economical way possible. which are run just a few minutes per day due in both social and political dimensions as it was electrical systems to supply for those scenarios. to the high costs of gasoline. After interviewing designed to only supply the community with Then, design an indicator-based rating system all households of the community and analysing the basic electric needs in the most economical to measure and compare electrification projects its energy demand as well as the renewable way possible. energy potential in the region, I developed in several consecutive steps different concepts for mini-grids. By taking into account social, economic and environmental issues together
Niger River in dry season. During rainy seasons all sand visible is covered by water
Village in Niger. Agricultural waste is often used as fodder and building material (photos by Vittorio Sessa)
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Best Master Thesis Award Integrated Water Resources Management
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Master Thesis Remote sensing approach to evaluate the Quantifying and evaluating the sensitivity of variations of precipitation and evapotranspiration Mohammed water-energy-food nexus to cooperation in Ali in relation to drought in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basheer transboundary river basins: The Blue Nile Basin Al-Luaibi basin Master Program Supervisors: Lars Ribbe, Kevin G. Wheeler, Mohammad Majdalawi Master Program Supervisors: Nadir Elagib, Jackson Roehrig | Region/Country: Syria, Iraq and Turkey Integrated Water Resources Management Region/Country: Ethiopia and Sudan Integrated Water Resources Management (with focus on the Middle East (with focus on the Middle East During the last decade, two severe droughts hit in precipitation have been detected for some and Northern Africa) The global pressure on Water, Energy, and requirements, and water allocation to irrigation and Northern Africa) the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Although historical months (Apr-May). Occurrence and extent Food (WEF) is projected to increase rapidly and hydropower generation. extreme weather events do occur in the region, of drought were investigated using both the Nationality because of population growth, economic devel- Nationality their occurrence at this frequency has been Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Sudanese opment, urbanization, and climate change. This study reveals that raising cooperation Iraqi unprecedented. The evidence shows that these and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI). Results WEF in stressed transboundary river basins are in transboundary river basins from unilateral drought events caused terrible damage to the show spatial disparities in the system. While subject to even higher pressure due to compe- action to some higher cooperation level is likely ecosystem, agriculture, the economy and even some parts experience favourable conditions, tition between riparian countries over the three to increase the overall economic gain from health due to the lack of safe water in some especially over the mountains in the Tigris, resources. Efficient utilization of the limited WEF WEF. Nevertheless, the distribution of benefits parts of the region. Further, additional multi- other parts experience unfavourable conditions resources in stressed transboundary river basins and costs among riparian countries is unique plying factors exacerbated the problem. Uncoor- and do not seem to have recovered from the requires understanding their interlinkages in for each transboundary river basin. The results dinated management of water resources and previous drought episode. This is particularly different transboundary cooperation condi- show that the economic gain of the Blue Nile political instability intensified the impact. evident in Syria and northern Iraq where most tions. This study sets out to exemplify the sensi- Basin from WEF decreases with raising the Several concerns have been raised that this of the essential commodities such as wheat are tivity of the WEF nexus in transboundary river cooperation level between Ethiopia and Sudan will be the norm rather than the exception. It usually produced through rainfed agriculture. basins to degrees of cooperation between from unilateral action to coordination, and was therefore necessary to investigate contem- riparian countries. This sensitivity is quantified increases with raising the cooperation level porary climate variations in the Tigris-Euphrates Although it has been stated by other scholars, and evaluated for the Blue Nile, a transboundary from coordination to collaboration. However, river system in terms of precipitation and this research could not place less emphasis on river basin between Ethiopia and Sudan, to the economic gain of each of Ethiopia and evapotranspiration. the following recommendations: establishing different cooperation levels between the two Sudan does not follow the same pattern as the a common ground between riparian countries countries using a daily model that simulates economic gain of the basin. To facilitate data acquisition and overcome a to share data, continuous monitoring of hydrological processes, irrigation water major barrier in the region – lack of meteoro- climate variables and drought, and developing logical data, a remote sensing approach was emergency plans to provide adequate food and adopted. Precipitation trends were analysed water in case of shortages. using Man-Kendall’s test. Decreasing trends
Blue Nile outlet in Khartoum, Sudan (photo by Waddah Hago)
Blue Nile origin near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (photo by Mohammed Basheer)
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Drought assessment in Orontes River basin using Master Thesis Carol satellite-based meteorological and vegetation Jan Green growth diagnostics for future water sector Abou Skhaila indices Engelmann strategies. An example from Jordan Master Program Supervisor: Lars Ribbe | Region/Country: Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon Master Program Supervisors: Johannes Hamhaber, Mohammad Alsaidi | Region/Country: Jordan Integrated Water Resources Management Integrated Water Resources Management (with focus on the Middle East Drought is a recurring natural phenomenon Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (with focus on the Middle East Environmental challenges, such as severe assess green growth potentials in various indus- and Northern Africa) that reflects extended periods of no or products. The MIs results revealed that the and Northern Africa) water scarcity, coupled with slow economic tries within the Jordanian water sector. below-normal precipitation in a certain region. ORB has only encountered extreme droughts growth are two major challenges that Jordan is Nationality This study aimed at assessing the temporal in 1989 and 2014, while severe droughts Nationality currently facing. As a consequence, the national Wastewater treatment, independent water Palestinian and spatial patterns of drought in the Orontes occurred 13 times, taking into account that German government is taking strategic decisions to and power producers, and energy-efficient River Basin (ORB) using Meteorological and almost half of the events took place during the pursue green growth which seeks to harmonize pumping technology were among the indus- Vegetation-Temperature drought Indices. The last decade. Both the MIs and VTIs showed a economic growth with environmental sustain- tries identified with high potential. To illustrate Meteorological Indices (MIs) were used to consistency in terms of identifying the worst ability. Nonetheless, there is a necessity to gain those potentials, I provided four exemplary quantify the severity, duration, intensity and agricultural drought episodes in the basin since required insights into action steps for green business models that reflect best practices in frequency of the meteorological, agricul- 2001. Overall, the satellite-based products have growth implementation in the water sector. some of these industries. High energy and water tural, and hydrological drought events in the shown a capability of providing data that to subsidies and a lack of financial capacity are key basin during the period 1981-2016. Due to the some degree may substitute the on-ground In order to get a comprehensive overview on challenges that need to be overcome by policy lack of land-based observations, the MIs were data in case the latter is unavailable or inacces- green growth implementation on the ground, I interventions to pave the way for green growth calculated using gridded precipitation and sible, where the identified drought events were first conducted several semi-structured inter- implementation. The findings of the thesis help potential evapotranspiration data. On the other highly consistent with documented drought views with key experts. Afterwards, I analysed to identify the correct prioritization of future hand, the Vegetation-Temperature Indices (VTIs) events in the countries that share the ORB, their responses on a qualitative level. The investments and efforts of the public and were used to identify the temporal and spatial namely; Syria, Turkey and Lebanon. Yet, the second part involved a conceptual approach. private sectors. extent of agricultural droughts between 2001 accuracy of the findings needs to be checked I developed a green growth diagnostics tool and 2016, and were derived from the Moderate against on-ground measurements. with key criteria and performance indicators to
Green growth is still in the early stages in the capital city Amman Green Growth Diagnostics Tool (photo by Hanna Schultz) (developed by J. Engelmann) Wastewater treatment has become a valuable source of water for irrigation (photo by Jan Engelmann)
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Master Thesis Integrated management of ecosystem services Jazmin Hydrological headwater responses to land use Sze Yie using treated wastewater: a case study at upper Campos changes in the Rio Dois Rios basin, Rio de Janeiro Chan Zarqa River, Jordan Supervisors: Lars Ribbe, Juan Ramirez | Region/Country: Brazil Master Program Supervisors: Lars Ribbe, Marwan Al-Raggad | Region/Country: Upper Zarqa River, Jordan Zeballos Integrated Water Resources Management The natural water balance and the development the agriculture activity in the Grande River. The (with focus on the Middle East Jordan is deemed as one of the least water- opportunities, and threats of TWW reuse for Master Program and survival of living beings depend on the water sources to cover the city's demand are and Northern Africa) endowed regions in the world. The acute water agriculture in the local context. In recognition of Integrated Water Resources Management natural ecosystem cover. The changes in land mainly located in the Grande River upper basin, shortage, accompanied with changing climatic the projected growth of treated effluent to more use can have a large impact on the health of which faces a significant impact from agricul- Nationality conditions have necessitated the increasing use than 135 MCM in the coming ten years, and how Nationality rivers and threaten the quality and quantity of tural activity. Malaysian of treated wastewater (TWW), predominantly in it would affect water use on the study region, Bolivian water. the irrigated agriculture sector. This is especially several plausible development scenarios were To analyse the changes and assess the impact, true with the upper Zarqa River. The ample proposed based on expected developments on The study focused on the Land Use changes and local data and remote sensing data were used to supply of TWW resources can be found there; the ground. Considering the vital role of TWW its impact on the Rio Dois Rios headwater sub- run three hydrological models (SWAT) for each paradoxically, the practical implementation of in sustaining multiple ecosystem services, this basins located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The basin sub-basin (1985 – 1996, 1997 – 2005, 2006 – TWW reuse is hindered by the enforcement of an study addresses the need to review the current analysed had two main rivers, the Negro River 2015), which were calibrated using SWAT CUP. To irrigation water quality standard, compounding standard, encourages managed aquifer recharge and the Grande River. The study focused on the create the Land Use maps, satellite images were pressure on the dwindling groundwater with TWW, recommends crops type modification, Grande River headwater which in turn has two processed for the years 1996, 2005 and 2015 resources. In light of the large potential source and enhances knowledge on suitable practices main rivers: the Grande River upper sub-basin through eCognition. The study was completed of TWW, this study aims to supply knowledge at farm level. Each of these factors is needed to and the Bengalas River sub-basin. with the local support of the basin committee on maximizing the safe reuse of TWW while deliver a range of ecosystem services to sustain (AGEVAP), the State Environmental Institute minimizing environmental impacts on the local rural communities and to advance them in The relevance of both basins is related with (INEA) and the local water supply company upper Zarqa River. A SWOT analysis was the face of profound challenges, thereby leading the development of the city of Nova Friburgo (Águas de Nova Friburgo). conducted to identify the strengths, weaknesses, to stability and increased productivity. along the Bengalas River and its tributaries, and
Discharge of ample supply of treated wastewater from Zarqa River upstream (photos by Sze Yie Chan)
Existing local agricultural practices include greenhouse farming and open field farming equipped with drip irrigation technique
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Best Master Thesis Award Natural Resources Management
Master Thesis Master Thesis Drought impact modelling - an evaluation of Assessing structural diversity of riparian forests Daniel the resilience of the water supply system of the Anna-Maria in anthropogenic landscapes of the upper Xingu Metzke Paraíba do Sul River basin, using WEAP Weinhold watershed using UAV and T-LiDAR Master Program Supervisors: Lars Ribbe, Juan Ramirez | Region/Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Master Program Supervisors: Udo Nehren, Georg Lamberty | Region/Country: Mato Grosso, Brazil Technology and Resources Management Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics In 2014 and 2015, the Paraíba do Sul River Basin In this master thesis, a river basin model was in the Tropics and Subtropics Riparian forests play a disproportional role in (UAV) and Terrestrial Lidar Scanner (T-LiDAR) experienced one of the most severe droughts built to evaluate the future resilience of the protecting water and land resources through technologies to assess structural differences Nationality in the last 100 years. The water storage of the water supply system of the Paraíba do Sul for Nationality buffering and regulating nutrient input, that indicate a certain degradation status due German main reservoirs dropped to historical low levels, different extreme drought scenarios, including German maintaining stream temperature, preventing to human interference. Results showed that in jeopardizing the water supply of more than 9 an increase in drought frequency and length. soil erosion, and providing diverse habitats agricultural landscapes riparian forests differed million inhabitants in the metropolitan area of These were coupled with sub-scenarios investi- for flora and fauna in aquatic and terrestrial structurally from undisturbed riparian forests Rio de Janeiro. Given the increased likelihood gating the impacts of: (1) water demand incre- ecosystems. Despite their crucial role, they surrounded by extensive upland forest. A more of extreme drought events in the future and ments, (2) an adjustment of the reservoir have been fragmented and narrowed due to open canopy cover, a higher number of canopy a projected increase in water demand, it is operation rules and (3) the planned withdrawal agricultural expansion, cattle ranching and road gaps, a lower vegetation height, as well as an essential to forecast possible future drought of water towards São Paulo. construction. It is unclear how these narrow overall reduced structural diversity were found effects and find adequate strategies to cope strips of forests are degraded over time by in riparian forests surrounded by intensively with them. The model revealed that the reservoirs' storage neighbouring land use such as soybean fields. In used agricultural land. These structural differ- capacity would collapse if two years of extreme this research it was assumed that riparian forests ences indicate that edge effects reduce the drought return after less than four average in agricultural landscapes change structurally capability of riparian forests to buffer external A walk through the dried out area of the rainfall years. Any one-year increment in over time and thus are degraded. The structure climatic conditions which will in the long run Jaguari - Jacareí Reservoir in São Paulo drought length can lead to the total depletion of of disturbed riparian forests surrounded by decrease structural diversity and increase (photo by Fernando Salis) all reservoirs. On the other hand, an adjustment intensive land use (soybean, soybean-maize tree mortality. Consequently, a riparian forest of the reservoir operation rules would secure fields) with a widely undisturbed riparian forest buffer width between 150 and 200-meters in a minimum storage of 40%, regardless of any stand surrounded by intact forests (= reference) headwaters is considered insufficient. increase in drought frequency, length or initial was compared by using Unmanned Arial Vehicle storage conditions. The study showed that establishment of integrated river basin models, like WEAP, can be a vital tool for the function- ality and preservation of water supply systems.
Dried out area of the Funil Reservoir in Rio de Janeiro (photo by D. Metzke)
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Master Thesis Master Thesis Evaluating the adaptation potential of urban Examining climate change in Mubuku River basin Ann-Marlen gardens for climate resilient cities - the case of Joshua Kaliba in Uganda Halling Cologne, Germany Katalimulingo Supervisor: Jackson Roehrig | Region/Country: Uganda Master Program Supervisors: Johannes Hamhaber, Sven Lautenbach | Region/Country: Germany Master Program The main objective of the study was to annual rainfall. The study also revealed that Natural Resources Management Natural Resources Management determine climatic changes in Mubuku river there was a concentration of rainfall in the and Development The combination of increasing global urban- Findings showed a significant difference and Development basin located in the western part of Uganda. The mountainous areas (Rwenzori mountain) of ization and the threat of climate change impacts between ecosystem services that are perceived methodology was based on local community the river basin which led to several flash floods Nationality put urban areas under great pressure to develop as relevant for climate change adaptation and Nationality perception on climatic patterns, analysis of downstream of the basin even though there German successful strategies. Strategies to make urban those that are actually present in urban gardens Ugandan regime shifts in meteorological data, and glacier was no significant increase in annual rainfall of areas more climate resilient. One of them is today. For urban gardens to become relevant assessment on the Rwenzori mountain peaks the basin. the adaptation of urban ecosystems to climate in climate change adaptation, a chance might of Stanley, Speke, and Baker, using Landsat change, which has the potential to contribute be to restructure current urban gardens into a satellite images. In the study, it was estab- Analysis of regime shifts in the mean of annual to a city's resilience. Urban gardening has been more climate regulative way of functioning. To lished that the glaciers have been receding at an temperature indicated an average increase discussed in connection to urban resilience in achieve this, further research needs to inves- average rate of 0.057 km2/year, and 77.9% of the of 0.53ºC between 2002 and 2016 above both developing and industrialized countries. tigate socio-economic aspects of redesigning glacier area was lost between 1987 and 2016. the long-term average temperature for the However, little research has focused on their the gardens, such as the acceptance of stake- 1964-2016 period. 82% of the local people inter- potential to provide climate adaptive ecosystem holders and the integration in the overall urban Analysis of regime shifts in the mean of annual viewed also reported an increase in temper- services, those services of an ecosystem that planning concept of Cologne. Further ecological rainfall using a regime shift detector software by ature of the area. It was deduced that increase in contribute to human well-being in many ways. components must be evaluated for their impor- Radinov (2015) detected no significant changes temperature, and other factors are contributing tance, such as the extent of necessary biodi- in annual rainfall patterns between 1964 and to glacier retreat on the Rwenzori mountains. Through expert interviews with city represen- versity, soil formation and the use of climate 2016 although the majority (83%) of the local tatives and ecologists and by collecting data resistant vegetation. people interviewed reported a reduction in on the current build-ups of community and allotment gardens in Cologne, my aim was to find out different aspects that could lead to the integration of urban gardens into climate adaptation strategies for the city of Cologne, Germany.
Vitalisgarten Köln
CampusGarten Köln (photos by Ann-Marlen Halling) Pantaleonsgarten Köln
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Master Thesis Master Thesis Analysing the sources of wood supply to sustain Livelihood and environmental changes Mary domestic wood demand: a case study of Ursula assessment in the Peruvian Andes at community Adu-Sarpong selected wood markets in Kumasi-Ghana Cockburn level, San Isidro Chicón, Peru Master Program Supervisor: Sabine Schlüter | Region/Country: Ghana Master Program Supervisors: Udo Nehren, Johannes Hamhaber | Region/Country: Urubamba Valley, Cusco - Peru Natural Resources Management Natural Resources Management and Development Ghana’s timber industries have traditionally Interestingly, 73% of processed legal lumber is and Development The Peruvian Andean populationis highly As a result, 95% of the interviewed people work focused on meeting international demand to exported whilst the remaining 27% is shared dependent on rainwater, and in the dry season in agricultural production and consume the Nationality the detriment of domestic wood consumption. among the domestic market and other sectors Nationality almost solely on melting water from the glaciers, products they grow. The majority of the people Ghanaian The legal supply of domestic use is insufficient with a demand for lumber. However, the carving Peruvian which assures them a continuous flow, allowing sell their products on the market, as agriculture to satisfy the needs of the population. My aim industry obtains wood directly from the farmers. them to produce food almost the whole year is one of the main income sources for the study was to identify the sources of wood supply to In the domestic timber market, two main supply round. However, climate change is a big threat area. 66.7% of the people have income sources the domestic wood markets focusing on the sources were identified. Formal (Authorized to the glaciers and with this to the peoples’ which depend on the environment. Since the contribution of legal wood by the mainstream Logging 16. 7%) and Informal (Unauthorized livelihoods. agrarian reform in 1969, other dynamics have timber companies. Logging 83.3%). been evident due to economic need and some A participatory livelihood assessment workshop alterations in the environment. Because of I employed random and purposive techniques Owing to the immense contribution of the and household interviews were held in the this, the people adapted and started planting for selecting the respondents in the domestic domestic wood market to livelihood support, San Isidro de Chicón community to ascertain less time-intensive crops, changing slowly in wood market, wood producers as well as and the proliferation of products from what changes related to the crops they plant, that way the use of the land. Yet, as the results consumers. Additionally, semi-structured unauthorized logging in the market, a call for a water supply and environmental conditions show, the awareness about environmental questionnaires and interviews were applied policy review to streamline and regulate these had occurred and why, in comparison with the changes has not spread among the majority of to seek views from experts and regulators in activities is timely, since the 20% supply from previous generation. the people. However, they realize the glacier Ghana’s wood industry. formal producers to the domestic market has has been melting faster in recent decades, and outlived its usefulness. By these measures, 79% of people are aware of the importance of nation stands to gain substantial revenue to the glacier in their daily lives, and the lack of embark on vigorous afforestation programs to San Isidro de Chicón community water availability is a problem they are starting sustain the domestic wood market. (photo by Mattias Giese) to perceive.
Stock of lumber of various sizes at Sokoban wood market (photo by Mary Adu-Sarpong)
Sokoban wood market. The biggest domestic timber market in Ghana (photo by http://www.tropenbos.org/news/ communication+facility+inaugurated+at+t he+sokobhan+wood+village )
Daughter of a farmer on the way down to the market (photo by Ursula Cockburn) Segundo (farmer) harvesting corn (photo by Ursula Cockburn)
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Mountain communities’ perception of climate Master Thesis change adaptation, disaster risk reduction Participative development of a sustainable vanilla Yaremi Karina and ecosystem-based solutions in the Chicón Clemens pod dryer for small scale vanilla producers in the Cruz Rivera watershed, Peru Brauer Huasteca Potosina, Mexico Master Program Supervisors: Udo Nehren, Ana Bozena Sabogal | Region/Country: Urubamba, Peru Master Program Supervisor: Ramchandra Bhandari, Humberto Reyes Hernández, Steffen Rolke Natural Resources Management Environment and Resources Management Region/Country: Huasteca Potosina / San Luis Potosí / Mexico and Development Located in the Urubamba mountain range, The results show that people perceive changes (with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean the Chicón glacier is the third highest tropical in the climate such as an increase in temper- between Mexico and Germany) A solar dryer for vanilla pods was developed for To prove the applicability of solar drying under Nationality glacier of the area and the source of water for ature, lower precipitation and shifts of the rainy the vanilla producers in the Huasteca Potosina these prerequisites and circumstances, two Nicaraguan the Chicón watershed. Moreover, from this and the dry seasons. Climate-related disasters Nationality to allow a faster and more efficient drying. models of solar dryers were constructed and watershed four communities obtain water for that were identified are Glacier Lake Outburst German Drying is an important step in the traditional tested by drying one batch of vanilla in each human consumption and agriculture, which Flood (GLOF), droughts, frosts and hailstorms. Mexican vanilla curing process as here the model, and one in the open sun. is their main economic activity. In the last few However, GLOFs are not frequent in the area vanillin develops. years, glacial retreat is evident in the area and and drought is the hazard that people expect With the results of this test run and the feedback threatens the livelihoods of mountain commu- will be more frequent. Several ecosystems Traditional sun-drying results in marketable of the vanilla producers, a direct solar vanilla nities because it affects the availability of fresh services can be obtained for EbA and Eco-DRR high-quality vanilla, and the vanilla producers pod dryer was developed. water. from forests, especially if native trees such as highly identify with that technique. However, Qiwiña (Polylepis spp.), Chachacoma (Escal- sun-drying has some disadvantages, such as At the end of the process, this dryer was The general objective of the research is to lonia resinosa) and Aliso (Alnus jorullensis) are slow drying and discharge because of mold or assessed following four principles of sustainable analyse the perception of people living in this used in ecosystem management. People in disintegration of pods. development: Technical, economic, social, and watershed on the impacts of climate change the study area are to some extent aware of the environmental. The assessment was performed and climate-related disasters as well as the role impacts of climate change, but only partially The challenge in the development of the solar by measuring and calculation e.g. drying of ecosystems for risk mitigation. The specific understand the causes and effects. Further, they dryer was to eliminate these disadvantages performance, vanilla quality, CO2 emissions objectives are to identify natural hazards and recognize most of the ecosystem services that while respecting the local traditions and living and financial benefits, as well as by asking the the effects of climate change in the community, forests provide. Therefore, they are starting conditions of the vanilla producers in to ensure vanilla producers for their perception with the to recognise potential ecosystem services to implement ecosystem-based solutions in its sustainability. In participatory workshops help of a questionnaire. suitable for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) the watershed with the support of external with the vanilla producers, the traditional vanilla and Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction institutions. curing process was analyzed, and the basic (Eco-DRR), and to assess which effects of climate constructional and functional parameters for a change and disasters the communities are most The research was done in collaboration with Construction in Teamwork vanilla pod dryer were defined. vulnerable to, based on their own perceptions. the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and (photo by Karina Lizbeth Trinidad García) Methods include literature review, expert inter- the support of the Non-governmental organiza- views, a household survey, a workshop with tions: Corazones para Peru and CARE Peru. local residents, and field observations.
Presentation of Dryer Models (photo by Karina Lizbeth Trinidad García) View of Chicón glacier from the San Isidro de Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) Chicón community, Urubamba, Peru workshop with women from the communities of (photo by Yaremi Cruz Rivera) San Isidro de Chicón, Chichubamba, Ccatan Pino and San José, Urubamba, Peru Test of Prototypes (photos by Ursula Cockburn) (photo by Clemens Brauer)
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Master Thesis Master Thesis Assessment of water quality and quantity for Spatia analysis of land use change in Biosphere Mayra Daniela agricultural requirements during drought periods Victor Reserve La Campana – Lago Peñuelas, Chile Peña Guerrero in the Maipo River Basin, Chile Cobs Muñoz Supervisor: María Guadalupe Galindo, Jackson Roehrig, Manuel Fuenzalida Region/Country: Región de Valparaíso, Chile Master Program Supervisor: Lars Ribbe, Carlos Muñoz, Francisco Meza Master Program Environment and Resources Management Region/Country: Metropolitan region, Chile Environment and Resources Management Dynamics within the Biosphere Reserve La Evidence shows a large presence of soils devoid (with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean (with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean Campana - Peñuelas (RBCP) of different order of vegetation, with an average of 48.11% of between Mexico and Germany) In Latin America, the Andes have been water quality parameters. The threshold level between Mexico and Germany) and nature have been documented, which have the total area of the RBCP for the four years identified as a key region that will be affected method was used to compare physicochemical influenced the constant transformation of the of analysis (1985, 1995, 2005 & 2015), which Nationality by climate change. It is projected that, under parameters during hydrological drought periods Nationality land use of this geographic space. However, the decrease towards 2015, except for 2005, when Colombian warmer temperatures, an increase in the with the established Chilean regulation for Chilean study area lacks spatiotemporal information they increase by more than ten percentage severity and frequency of drought will occur, agricultural water uses. Meteorological (SPI) that focuses its efforts on analyzing land use points over the previous year. Agricultural land intensifying the existing stress on water avail- and Hydrological (SSI) drought characterization change, consistent with the management doubled in 2015 based on 1985, starting with ability and agricultural systems, particularly in indicated a negative trend in most of the basin, guidelines of this Biosphere Reserve, estab- 6.73% of the total area of the RBCP, passing by semi-arid environments. Drought impacts on with a general reduction in the river flows (SSI) lished by the Regional Government of Valparaiso, 6.66% in 1995, 7.13% in 2005, and ending with water quantity are well known, however, the more acute in the last five years (2010-2015). (2009). 12.67% of agricultural land by the year 2015. The consequences on water quality are not fully The highest correlation of SSI was found in the land has gone from being 16,205.56 hectares recognized yet. The degradation of water quality accumulation period SPI-12, indicating the A critical problem identification of the context to 30,535.85 hectares. Urban category experi- Irrigated agriculture in due to low water levels could trigger additional dependence of the streamflow to the previous is proposed, followed by the implementation of ences an increase in its extension, expanding 2.5 Buin Municipality (480 m.a.s.l), stress in irrigated agriculture. The purpose of year of precipitation. A significant (p <0.05) detection of analogous categories by individual times over the base area, from 3,444,73 hectares Santiago Metropolitan Region this study was to investigate drought impacts negative relationship between discharge and processes of extraction of spatial information. in 1985; 3,786.81 hectares in 1995; 6,628.6 on water quantity and quality for agriculture electrical conductivity and major ions, were Processes such as Spear Vegetation Delineation hectares in 2005 and 9,341.76 hectares in 2015; during drought periods in the Maipo River found in most of the basin. Discharge stations and Modified Normalized Difference Water 1.43%, 1.57%, 2.75% and 3.88% of total area, Basin, located in the semi-arid central Chile. located in the irrigation districts, exceeded the Index are applied. respectively. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and established thresholds in these parameters the Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI) were during hydrological drought periods, which used to characterize meteorological (below- could mean potential impacts on irrigated normal precipitation) and hydrological droughts agriculture of the region. (below-normal streamflow) in the period 1985-2015. Correlation coefficients between Key words: Climate change; Meteorological the indices were used to assess the meteoro- drought; Hydrological drought; Standardized logical and hydrological drought relationship. Index; Irrigated agriculture; Water quality Considering that hydrological droughts can impact surface water quality, we study correla- Project and Institutions involved: tions between daily discharge and basic surface -- EDUNEXUS – Education and Research related to the Water-Energy and Food Security Nexus at River Basin Scale -- Institute for Technology and Resources Management in Tropics and Subtropics -- Centro de Cambio Global UC – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
RBCP Land use in 1985 & 2015 (prepared by Victor Cobs Muñoz)
El Yeso reservoir, (2500 m.a.s.l) located in the Andes, Santiago Metropolitan Region
Hydrometeorological station Río Molina, (1158 m.a.s.l), Santiago Metropolitan Region (photos by Mayra Daniela Peña Guerrero)
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Doctoral Program PhD Thesis Mahsa Prospects of cooperation in the eastern Nile on Natural Resources Motlagh basin: case of experimental game application Supervised by Tensions over the use of Nile waters have to study the particular case of the Eastern Nile Featured PhD Graduates > Janos J. Bogardi (University of Bonn) recently increased and no comprehensive Basin, shared by Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. This and Develoment List of graduates on page 90 > Joachim von Braun (University of Bonn) agreement till date acceptable to all Eastern series of laboratory experiment used trust game Lars Ribbe (TH Köln) Nile Basin states exists. After years of escalating algorithms to explore the role of trust building Anik Bhaduri (Griffith University) tensions between downstream and upstream as well as transparency in data sharing among Karin Holm-Müller (University of Bonn) countries in the Nile basin, in particular, given decision makers of the riparian states in a role- Ethiopia's construction of Grand Ethiopian playing game. The result of the study demon- The Doctoral Program on Natural Resources and frame including four components: Supervision Region/Country of PhD thesis Renaissance Dam (GERD), a sense of mistrust strates that basin-wide efficiency requires Development (DNRD) is supported by the CNRD. and Mentoring, Educational Field Research Nile Basin hangs over the dam's ultimate use. Preventing regional cooperation and cooperative decision- With a worldwide network of partner univer- and Exposure. The student conducts research any transboundary water conflicts cannot making is possible in a transparent environment sities, CNRD offers the PhD students guidance under the supervision of a doctoral committee Nationality be realized without adequate cooperation in under a variety of compensation options, insti- through leading experts and support in the while writing the PhD thesis. The Educational Iranian managing those waters which are built through tutional changes, and incentive-compatible field work activities. component equips the student with helpful robust and equitable structures, improve water considerations. In the end, key conclusions are knowledge and skills on core research disci- governance and institutions for collaboration. that sustained and open communication can The doctoral program is inspired by the plines and soft skills for communicating science. This research evidences the fact that trans- lead to cooperation and to establish cooper- UN Sustainable Development Goals, which In the Exposure component, students have the boundary cooperation requires a long-term ative decision-making, understanding of the serve as a reference for the program design and possibility to produce peer-reviewed articles capacity and trust building between riparian economic benefit of cooperation, willingness research portfolio. Another reference of DNRD and present the results in international confer- countries to create new opportunities through to cooperate and trustworthiness of decision are the ITT research lines: ences. In 2017, four PhD students graduated cooperative decision making. As a decision makers are the key issues. from the DNRD program! support tool, laboratory game experiment was − coping with climate change, variability and Rui Pedroso developed to simulate the real-world scenarios environmental risks − improving resource use efficiency, and − maintaining ecosystem functions and services
The doctoral research is typically embedded into multilateral and interdisciplinary research projects developed together with CNRD and other partners. PhD students make use of the Research Data Infrastructure (RDI) developed in the network attaining access to documented case studies from around the world and enjoying a range of data sharing possibilities.
The program is designed in a three-year time
The Blue Nile Falls: a source of the Nile's water (photo by Mahsa Motlagh)
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The MOOC on ‘Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate’ has been relaunched! PhD Thesis Assessing impacts of land use land cover and climate change on hydrological regime in the Woldesenbet headwater region of the upper Blue Nile basin, Tekalegn Ayele Ethiopia Supervised by The changes in water availability due to land At the outlet of the Tana sub-basin, streamflow Jürgen Heinrich (Universität Leipzig) use/cover (LULC) and climate changes (CC), response is amplified under concurrent LULC Lars Ribbe (TH Köln) compounded with rapidly growing population and CC scenarios compared to the baseline will adversely affect the food, water and energy scenario; but the streamflow has an augmenting Region/Country of PhD thesis security of Eastern Nile basin countries. The Tana response at the outlet of the Beles watershed eastern Nile basin, Ethiopian and Beles sub-basins, main contributors of the under future CC and LULC. It could be possible Nile River, are characterized by high population to alleviate floods or droughts due to future CC Nationality growth and high temporal variability in the by planning LULC to achieve particular hydro- Ethiopian hydro-climatology. The dynamic water balance logical effects of land cover in the basin. of a catchment is analyzed by hydrological model. Continuing expansion of cultivation land and decrease in natural vegetation, coupled with In the Tana sub-basin, expansion of cultivation increased rainfall due to near-future climate Drastic weather-related events in 2017, such as flooding in South introducing growbags that provide vegetables even if their fields land and decline in woody shrub are the major change, would result in high surface runoff Asia and Texas in the United States, have led to a great amount of are under water. And, in Pakistan, Naeem Shahzad at the National contributors to the rise in surface run-off and in the main rainy season, which would subse- discussion about the role that urban sprawl and the loss of green University of Sciences and Technology developed a new graduate to the decline in the groundwater component quently increase flooding and erosion in already spaces and wetlands played in aggravating these disasters. It is program based on what is covered in the course. from 1986 to 2010. Expansion of cultivation land degraded lands. Sound mitigation measures critical that we learn more about the links between development and decline in woodland also contributed to the should therefore be applied to reduce these and disasters through improved ecosystem management. This In this MOOC, Erik Solheim, UN Environment Executive Director, decrease in groundwater and actual evapotrans- adverse environmental consequences. is what the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Disasters tells the story of Ravi Sangarappilai of the Disaster Management piration components in the Beles sub-basin. and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate” is about, and Center in northern Sri Lanka who started a campaign to improve we re-launched it with new materials and interviews with global coastal protection by planting hectares of mangroves. The MOOC leaders. also includes exclusive interviews with Inger Andersen, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The MOOC explores the linkages between ecosystems, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It aims to enhance knowledge and skills for tackling these complex issues and how they can be operationalized through ecosystem-based solutions for promoting disaster risk reduction, climate change resilience and adaptation.
It is designed for disaster managers and practitioners, natural resources managers, climate change adaptation professionals, development planners, project implementers, policymakers and The MOOC being launched at the Water students from around the globe. Security and Climate Change conference (photo by Michael Bause) The leadership track of the MOOC was launched on September 18, 2017. This was followed by the launch of the expert track, which Forest clearing at Beles sub-basin includes 15 more units of in-depth material, on January 15, 2018. When UN Environment and the TH Köln – University of Applied This MOOC is hosted on the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Sciences first launched the MOOC on “Disasters and Ecosystems: (ADPC) platform. Resilience in a Changing Climate” in January 2015, no one could Gully erosion and land degradation have anticipated its success. The first round of the course had More information under: www.th-koeln.de/drr-mooc at Tana sub-basin over 12,000 participants from 183 countries. The participants took (photos by Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet) the initiative to create their own online community, which now has over 13,000 followers, where people share their stories of working with ecosystems to build resilience. For example, in India, Heba Anna Philip prepares farming communities for floods by
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Delegates of ITT - TH Köln in the General Assembly Hall (Left to Right: Ms. Uyen Nguyen, Ms. Amrita Gautam and Mr. Alexander Biesinger represented the Committees- UNEA, WHO and UNICEF respectively)
IWRM Coordinators since 2007
IWRM MENA Young Scientists Conferences 10 years German Arab Last year, TH Köln took part for the first time in the National Model Furthermore, it was an unforgettable experience to be a part of United Nations (NMUN) Conference which was held in New York Conference Of Youth (COY) 13, Bonn and to host a session “ Youth Master Programs from 18 to 22 March 2017. Each University was given a ‘country Wisdom for Combating Climate Change and Water Challenges “ assignment’ and TH Köln was selected to work for the country representing ITT, ‘World Youth Parliament for Water’ ( WYPW ) & By request of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooper- With more than 120 graduates from 14 countries, the program assignment ‘Nepal’. Delegates from ITT submitted the position ‘Water Youth Network’ (WYN) and we were delighted and thankful ation and Development (BMZ), the German Academic Exchange has been successfully continued after the end of the financial papers for the committees GA1, GA2, UNDP, UNEA, UNICEF and to all other young participants who joined and made the event Service (DAAD) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale support from BMZ in 2015. In 2014, the program won the EPOS WHO. At the conference, the delegates covered various relevant meaningful with all insightful thoughts and ideas to be included Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have been jointly supporting the scholarship support program of the DAAD which supports appli- topics for the member state Nepal including the mitigation of for discussion rounds in the forthcoming World Water Forum 2018 establishment and implementation of five “German-Arab Master’s cants from developing countries and Germany to join the master public health effects of climate change, access to clean and safe at Brasilia, Brazil. Programmes GAMP” since 2006 with focus on water, economics, program and get the possibility to study a semester abroad in water, the promotion of the social inclusion of children, the imple- Amrita Gautam renewable energies, education and urban design. All GAMP Jordan. mentation of the Paris Agreement, the sustainable use of the courses are characterized by joint university cooperation between oceans, seas and marine resources, as well as the improvement in one Arab and one German university. In October 2017, GAMP celebrated its 10th anniversary with a joint coordination of health services in outbreaks and emergencies. Alumni Seminar with graduates from all five GAMP programs Since 2007, ITT offers the master program “Integrated Water followed by a Panel Discussion on “10 years GAMP Project – Best In March 2017, Amrita Gautam from the ITT was selected to Resources Management with focus on the Middle East and Practice and Lessons Learnt”. 18 IWRM MENA graduates joined the participate as one of the young professionals in UN Women Youth Northern Africa” (IWRM MENA). It is the first funded GAMP seminar as well as all former and current IWRM coordinators. Forum at CSW 61, New York, USA. This forum brought together program and the initial phase was implemented as a double dedicated and energetic young people from different parts of the degree in cooperation with the University of Jordan. This GAMP platform was supporting the master programs not world and created a common platform to exchange views and only financially but was and still is a great opportunity for all create a positive impact in today's most pressing global issues. In 2017, the IWRM MENA program was modified to a joint involved universities to exchange ideas and develop new strat- exchange master program choosing the German Jordanian egies for a successful and sustainable establishment of the University as the new cooperation partner. As part of the new programs. In addition, the program strengths the transdicipli- program, students are expected to accomplish their third narity of the master program by furthering university cooperation semester in Jordan and conduct their master thesis in joint super- among the members and networking among the students and vision of both universities and with focus on MENA region. graduates from all five programs. Currently the program is running with its eleventh intake of Sudeh Dehnavi, Jörn Trappe students.
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ITT students join the Green School Bali for a renewable energy project REM students contributed to the Green School Bali’s project "Operation Rain or Shine" from 24 September to 7 October 2017 – a project of the Zayed Future Energy Price
Scientific Joint Student Excursion to Iran The concept of IWRM in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
In February 2017, a group of students from the ITT attended a To better understand the development of water allocation about one-week scientific excursion to Iran organized jointly with the food production, municipal consumption, energy, and trade at Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics the basin scale, students had the opportunity to deepen their and Subtropics (ARTS) Master program from the University of knowledge on Integrated Water Resources Management at basin Bonn, starting from 17 February 2017. level by visiting the water and agriculture infrastructures within Timeline The Green School Bali is located in one of the emerging values. Educating for sustainability, through community- the Zayandeh Roud Basin. During the excursion, the group visited 24 September - 7 October 2017 and fast-growing economies of Asia: Indonesia. The integrated, entrepreneurial learning, in a boundary-free, The primary objectives of the field trip were to get an insight into several universities, affiliated scientific institutes and NGOs, country faces huge challenges to solve energy and natural environment, the Green School Bali follows a the country's culture from the socio-economic perspective, learn museums, historical attractions, irrigation schemes, wetlands, and Partner power outages. Hence, sustainable decentralized energy holistic, student-guided approach which inspires children about water and food security at the national and local level in a traditional irrigation systems (Qanats). The involved stakeholders Green School Bali solutions can be seen as one upcoming key element to at a young age to be green leaders. dry region such as Iran and receive a comprehensive knowledge in the basin, especially the farmers from the both downstream tackle unreliable grids in order to meet the supply and on the water resources management and associated challenges and upstream were interviewed by the students to get more Contact demand of electricity. In order to create an integrated hybrid renewable in the country. The specific objective of the excursion was to visit insight on the competition over the limited resource, the conse- Sibel Raquel Ersoy energy micro grid, five REM students from ITT joined the IWRM Zayandeh Roud project implemented jointly by Inter3 quences of the water shortage on local communities as well as [email protected] The Green School Bali is situated in an environment with the Green School Bali and worked within the Operation Institute for Resources Management and Isfahan Regional Water legislative plans and ongoing projects. a high potential of renewable energy sources such as Rain or Shine project. Almost 24% of the Green School´s Authority. Website solar, water and biomass. The School aims to increase electricity consumption is supplied by an existing 21 kWp All throughout the trip, excursion participants were accompanied www.greenschool.org/support-us/ the level of its share of the off-grid system, with the main PV power plant and a 72 kWh battery bank. The School´s During the excursion, students visited various sites in the by local experts and international scientists from the University operation-rain-or-shine/ target being to build a visible renewable energy solution target is to increase its self-sufficiency level by 40% by Zayandeh Roud Basin located in the center of the country in the of Tehran, University of Shahid Beheshti, Inter3 Institute for that meets the sustainability vision of the school´s the end of 2017. REM students worked on 5 objectives Isfahan Province. They followed the water transport from the main Resources Management and Isfahan Regional Water Authority. during the field trip: 1) analysis of the PV efficiency of the dam by canals and the river bed towards the south ending in the existing PV farm for the output optimization, 2) devel- Gavkhooni wetland. Before the Zayandeh Roud dam construction, After returning to Germany, students submitted individual reports opment of an energy monitoring system, 3) assessment a large quantity of the rivers flow gets stored to be able to control based on their own experience and knowledge gained. Moreover, of the renewable energy resources around the School in the outflow for agricultural purposes. Going further along the before the trip, students presented their aim and expectation order to estimate the optimal energy mix, 4) planning river, showed how these quantity changes have an immense of the excursion in the Winter School organized by The German and designing further PV generation systems for the impact on the life of the people. Nowadays due to low water Association of Postgraduate Programs with particular Relevance School, and 5) conducting a PV workshop for the Green availability and dam regulation, in Esfahan, the river is almost to Developing Countries (AGEP) (13-15 February). After the trip, School Bali students. The long-term goal of the School completely dried out throughout the year, as well as the wetland they provided a workshop as a side event in the Tropentag 2017 is the implementation of a smart grid that includes a wetlands which were the home of a broad range of biodiversity, (19-22 September) in Bonn (http://www.tropentag.de/). student village, a bamboo factory and a farm. The field extinguished within a couple of decades. Sudeh Dehnavi, Mahsa Motlagh research trip is part of Project 2 and 3 module of the master's program. Sibel Raquel Ersoy
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Curriculum development workshop “Master Program Integrated Water Resources Management” at Independent University of The 5th IMaREC workshop Bangladesh System theory and higher education didactics Project Leader CNRD and ITT are supporting the Independent University requirements and logistics, administrative and financial Abdul Khaleque, Dean of Bangladesh in launching a master program on support required to establish the program. On 22 July, Lars Ribbe Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). This the workshop participants took part in a field trip. The Timeline The 5th workshop of the Interdisciplinary Master Program scientific topics. The second (contact) phase in KU - new master program will be another pillar of IWRM participants of the workshop agreed that SESM has the 24 – 28 April 2017 “Resource Efficient Cities” (IMaREC), titled Training of April 2017 deepened the understanding of the IMaREC Project Coordination master programs of the CNRD network. necessary capacity to host the master's program, and Trainers (ToT) on “System theory and higher education concepts and teaching approaches. Topics covered Günther Straub suggested that SESM should forward the proposal to Partners didactics”, was hosted by Kenyatta University in Nairobi, were the city as a complex system, its metabolism, Sudeh Dehnavi A curriculum development workshop on IWRM was held IUB administration for further consideration and a final Kenyatta University (KU) Kenya during the period 24 – 28 April 2017. Representa- urban dynamics and the importance of interconnected at the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) from 20 decision on the program. They also underscored the Ain Shams University (ASU) tives from five partner universities of the CNRD network responses to face its challenges, system logic / system Contact to 24 July 2017. The workshop was jointly organized by value the program could add to both IUB and ITT/CNRD. Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) participated in the workshop: Kenyatta University (KU), thinking / system approach. The ToT also an introduction Günther Straub the School of Environmental Science and Management The workshop participants decided that if approved by Universidad Autónoma de San Kenya (host), TH Köln, Germany; ASU, Egypt; UGM, to and practice of Problem Based Learning (PBL), as an (SESM) at IUB and the ITT, TH Köln. A team of IWRM both IUB and ITT administration, the IWRM program will Luis Potosí (UASLP) Indonesia; and UASLP, Mexico. In addition, a represen- active learning approach. The third phase (online) May – Partners program experts from ITT and a team of SESM faculty eventually become a part of CNRD, and will eventually be University of Ghana (UG) tative from the University of Ghana attended, as an July planned to deepen the participants’ understanding Independent University members attended the workshop. The team from IUB was open to all CNRD partners. associate partner of CNRD. Blumbach from the regional and to apply the content learned through tasks and Bangladesh (IUB) led by Abdul Khaleque, Dean, SESM. The workshop was Abdul Khaleque, Feisal Rahman office of the German Academic Exchange Service assignments, which contributes to the curriculum devel- School of Environmental supported by the Centre for Natural Resources Devel- (DAAD), Nairobi office graced the official opening of opment of IMaREC. Science and Management opment (CNRD) project funded by the German Academic the workshop. All the participants were able to make (SESM) Exchange Service (DAAD). CNRD is a network of 14 a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor where they were The workshop took place in a very constructive and Universities across the World and IUB is the Bangladesh welcomed by Frederick Gravenir, the Deputy Vice friendly atmosphere in the campus of Kenyatta University. Funding partner of the network. Chancellor Research, Innovation and Outreach on behalf It included an excursion to Nairobi's peri-urban areas and Centre for Natural Resources of the Vice-Chancellor of Kenyatta University Paul K. Naivasha town, which gave the participants an insight Development (CNRD) The workshop explored the potential of establishing a Wainaina who was outside the country. into the challenges of urban rapid development and German Academic Exchange collaborative joint master's degree program on IWRM challenges in the rural areas. The participants were able Service (DAAD) between IUB and ITT. It also discussed regulatory The ToT workshop adopted a blended learning approach to enjoy the beautiful landscape of the Great Rift Valley with three phases comprising online (distantance) in Kenya. and contact phases. The first phase (online) February - April 2017 explored the background and REC-related As a next step after the workshop, the collaborating knowledge level of participants through a question- university partners will review all IMaREC modules based naire. Additionally, participants were provided with on the content learned in the workshop. preparatory reading materials in terms of didactics and Johannes Hamhaber
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Ahwash ceremony in Agdz
Developing capacities in the field of monitoring CapWater and assessment of water resources Timeline CapWater is a project coordinated by the ITT 2013 - 2017 with the overall goal of significantly contrib- Together with the CNRD network, a Moodle uting to the education of experts in the field platform was created to upload teaching Project Leader of water resources sciences and management, material: Shared Educational Resources (SER) Lars Ribbe especially in developing countries. To achieve Repository (https://elearning.itt.fh-koeln.de/ The Atlas this goal, the project focuses on three specific my/). The materials from the CapWater project Project Coordination areas within the framework of water resources were reviewed and uploaded to the platform. Santiago Penedo, Justyna Sycz management: The main idea is that each CapWater partner has Workshops 1. Environmental monitoring access to the learning material developed to be Partner Universities 2. Data management used in bachelor and master courses as well as Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), 3. Environmental modelling training and capacity development. of Agdz A model region for scientific–cultural dialogue Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), The final workshop included a technical Vietnam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR), In February 2017 the final workshop of this excursion of three days through the beautiful Timeline In the frame of the interdisciplinary project ‘The The Open Science Lab and the Art Lab in project was organized in Dhaka, Bangladesh. mangrove wetland ecosystem known as 2016 – 2018 Atlas Workshops of Agdz’ two Open Science Morocco were held in September, starting with Business Partners Each partner university presented the final Sundarbans in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. Labs and Art Labs were performed in Morocco the Art Lab in Agdz, a town located in the south Ribeka, SEBA Hydrometrie, DHI Wasy, Institute of version of the respective learning units. The During the excursion the participants had Project Leader as well as in Cologne to foster and underpin the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa-Draâ. Agdz Water Modelling (IWM), Bangladesh following list shows the titles of the six learning the opportunity to learn about ecosystem Udo Nehren scientific-cultural dialogue based on a scientific provides a perfect backdrop for the project units developed as well as the responsible management and protection strategies in and artistic exchange. hosting both the traditional heritage for land Funding institution: Bangladesh. Project Coordination uses of a palm oasis, as well as being a centre DAAD Santiago Penedo Claudia Raedig The ITT and their university partners from of the Ahwash tradition. The Ahwash, an old 1. Introduction to monitoring (ITT) Morocco and Germany amalgamated their Berber ceremony, combines rhythm, singing 2. Water quality monitoring (ITT) Website expertise and networks to establish a scien- and dance and is used as a celebration of the 3. Participatory water monitoring (ICCCAD-IUB) http://werkstaetten-agdz.web.th-koeln.de/ tific-cultural dialogue based on a scientific community. A video documentation of the joint 4. Riverflow monitoring (UFF/ITT) and artistic exchange. The four universities performance of Moroccan and German artists 5. Hydrological modelling (ITT) Contact cover a broad spectrum of activities to address was made by the filmmaker and dancer Michael 6. Water resources information systems in [email protected] challenges related to the relevance of tradi- Maurissens. It was presented for the first time irrigation (VAWR) tional land use practices and tangible and intan- during the Networking Workshop in Errachidia. Partner Universities gible cultural heritage in times of global change FST University Moulay Ismail, Meknes; FPO and transformation. In the model region of The Open Science Lab and Art Lab in Cologne University Ibn Zohr, Agadir (Morocco), Agdz in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region as well were hosted by tanzfaktur located in a former University for Music and Dance Cologne as in Cologne, Moroccan and German scien- industrial site of Köln-Deutz, which was a tists, artists and students work together on setting that underlined the cross-disciplinary Funding questions related to sustainable rural devel- character of the project. The workshop inaugu- German Federal Foreign Office; DAAD opment, cultural identity, and forms of artistic ration took place at the Campus Deutz of TH expression and communication. Central parts of Köln. An important step for the future cooper- the project are so called Open Science Labs and ation between the participating universities was Art Labs, which try to integrate knowledge from the signature of the Memorandum of Under- various fields, bridge cultural and disciplinary standing (MoU) signed by Klaus Becker, Vice divides, and explore the potential of music and President of TH Köln, and Youness Belahsen, dance for an intercultural and interdisciplinary Dean of the Polydisciplinary Faculty of the dialogue. University Ibn Zohr, Agadir.
An integral part of the project is the Joint Students Project with participants from Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding all four universities. This year’s guiding (from left to right: Vice President for Research and Knowledge Transfer TH Köln Klaus Becker, Dean of FPO Younness Belahsen) theme was the modernization of the higher education in Morocco with the focus on the role of women. Further topics addressed tradi- tional and modern oasis cultivation and water management. The artistic research is embedded in perspectives that accept ‘knowing and being’ as emerging and transforming and emphasise the embodied experiences and voices of the participants. Silke Lichtenberg, Claudia Raedig, Udo Nehren River oasis (photos by Silke Lichtenberg)
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Intercultural Activities at ITT At ITT around 40 different nationalities are studying together across three MSc programs.
Communicating across cultures can be challenging. in the Gimborn Castle Conference Center (IBZ). This year’s Cultural differences and the importance of intercul- topic of the seminar was “Negotiation Training: a political tural understanding has been acknowledged at ITT simulation game on a water-, land and energy conflict in since many years. It is well known, that the study success a fictious 5-country region”. The seminar was conducted of foreign students depends a lot on how well these by the trainer team Simon Raiser and Björn Warkalla students can integrate into study groups and into the from planpolitik. It teaches key soft skills and helps to host culture. Through intercultural trainings, ITT tries improve personal communication skills. The negotiation to prevent as many intercultural misunderstandings training is embedded in the context of a simulated inter- as possible and identifies further special assistance national conference were the students also have to apply programs and counselling at the university. the lessons learned from the earlier cultural awareness trainings. Last but not least, the seminar serves as an In 2017 the winter term for 1st semester students started opportunity to spend quality time together and to with a “Getting-to-know-you” Networking workshop, promote team building processes. followed by three Cultural Awarness workshops that Ricarda Burder Pedroso are embedded in the module of project I. The absolute highlight of the winter term for the 1st semester students was the Intercultural Weekend seminar, traditionally held
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Workshop Reintegration into job markets Finding an adequate job after graduating in Germany is a challenge for most Science and theatre students. This task gets even more challenging when it comes to students who intend to return to their home countries after studying abroad. Sustainability on stage
Can sustainability debates be advanced through theatre? In October 2017, Many questions arise, but a full study schedule does application strategy in order to apply best to the students at ITT had the opportunity to find out about this new workshop format. not allow the students to think in time on important international job market. The second workshop day career issues. Once again, this year the 3rd semester was conducted by Siglinda Oppelt, Management students from ITT had the opportunity to receive Coach, focusing on the development of each one’s The scientific theatre supports transdisciplinary processes. The “Sustainability on Stage”-Workshop many valuable impulses for coming up with an personal strategy for a successful job hunt giving knowledge and participatory learning. In the is an introduction to using theatre as a tool for individual strategy for the career planning. On the an essential focus on one’s vision for the future and workshop students can try out theatrical techniques communicating policy and scientific debates on first day of the workshop several speakers passed on questions like “How to find people and institutions to express and communicate important messages sustainability. The aim of the workshop is to offer their experiences: four ITT alumni participated and which need exactly what I want to render?”. The to the public, and promote discussion, in an participants a different perspective on sustain- gave reports about their very individual develop- students had time to reflect on their inner treasures, entertaining and engaging manner. The broad ability: by engaging with body, heart and mind, one ments after graduating and gave advices on how to their strengths, talents and capabilities and to find spectrum of their international and professional can begin not only to understand the complexity avoid typical obstacles. A representative from CIM out, what their inner wisdom tells them to do next. backgrounds enables them to understand the of sustainability, but also experience it at a human (The Center for International Migration and Devel- All participants felt very much provided with some complexity of global communication on sustain- level. From this perspective problem-solving opment) explained several founding programs for powerful new perspectives and were able to see the ability issues. Problem-solving will be experienced involves not only our intellectual abilities, but finding the first employment in the home country upcoming challenges in a whole new light upon not only as an intellectual process but as a process engaging ourselves and others as a person, with our and Ricarda Bruder Pedroso gave input on how finishing the workshop. of engaging oneself and others with our dreams fears and dreams, our capacity to empathize and to to improve with the application portfolio and the Ricarda Bruder Pedroso and the capacity to empathize to work together. work together. In this workshop students could learn how to Ricarda Bruder Pedroso combine science with creativity, global problems with touching emotions, sustainability with group
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Research at the ITT
Simulation Game UN Climate Change Conference, COP 23, Bonn 2017 Exploring new educational paths: Serious games in university classrooms 2017 was another rich year regarding ITT modelling the impacts of upstream human The kick-off of the project RARSUS research research events, like conferences, research alterations to the natural streamflow of rivers on component was yet again another African workshops, kick-off workshops of new projects, the downstream water users is crucial to solving highlight in 2017! The research component In October 2017, 3rd semester students were offered addition, they were trying to design the financing of applied research activities, and many more! water conflicts especially in a hydro-politically “Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies this interesting workshop format within the inter- climate measures and the possible use of technical The ITT was once again present in the World complex region like the Eastern Nile Basin. for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in cultural communication activities “Simulating the innovation in the fight against climate change. Water Congress World Water Congress in Sub-Saharan Africa” aims at identifying key UN Climate Change Conference, COP 23, Bonn They attempted to make decisions for their nation Cancun “Bridging science and policy”, and DRYTIP is another newly arrived project! It supply chains and assess risks related to water, 2017”. Simulations as an educational tool have to reduce CO2 emissions, but also had to keep in co-organized a congress thematic session. is concerned with the research question on energy and food supply in the city of Niamey, proven to be highly engaging for the partici- mind public and international approval, energy, Regarding research projects, the highlights “How to avoid reaching the tipping point in Niger. pants; they can promote teambuilding and they food, and financial needs. The new format of a were definitely the series of new projects rural Rio de Janeiro”, and addresses herewith offer insights into issues and processes into the blended learning workshop was very successful: starting this year. The ITT project “Risk social-ecological tipping points in the drought From this African series of new ITT projects perspectives and behaviors of others. In this the three-week online phase required a long term Assessment and Reduction Strategies for prone transition zones of the Mata Atlântica. starting in 2017, we also present the SEMALI particular simulation students were being enabled identification with the role the students play. This Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in The kick-off project workshop took place in the project on “Risk Assessment and Reduction to learn negotiating in an international, interdis- increased the quality of the game and the intensity Sub-Saharan Africa” (RARSUS) had his kick-off Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro city from 23 Strategies for Sustainable Urban Resource ciplinary and intercultural context focusing on of the personal experience many times over. The workshop in Cologne and Bonn from 26 to to 24 October. The second workshop took place Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa - Focus on global climate change problems. The aim of the student's feedback was outstanding! Everybody 31 March. Project researchers from Africa and in Cologne from 13 to 16 December. Sustainable Energy Supply in Mali”. Research conference simulation was to guide the students clearly saw the learning experience that the game Germany met to develop solutions and strat- efforts of the project will identify options and within the multitasking context of an international had made possible. The participants experienced egies for sustainable urban development with Many research activities are also started 2017 risk assessment of a renewable energy supply in conference and to teach them how to success- the complexity of political processes in a playful and for sub-Saharan Africa. in the African Continent through our PAUWES perspective with sustainable agriculture as well fully conduct negotiations, how to select and build manner. They took on the roles of relevant actors University cooperation with the Pan African as water supply infrastructure! up a team with opposing negotiators and how to and made politics themselves. Part of this was to The project “Eastern Nile Upstream” on University of Water and Energy Sciences. The detect and solve conflicting conference aims and assert their interests and to understand other points simulation of eastern Nile upstream develop- program aims at combining educational and Take a look inside for more information on all strategies. The participants were acting as repre- of view. And as the negotiations partly took place ments and their impacts on the inflow to the research experiences towards improving the these projects and activities! sentatives of nation-states, trying to negotiate online, the participants interact independently of Nile delta had as well his kick-off meeting in MSc programs at PAUWES (and the partners), Rui Pedroso a resolution on green-house gas emissions and time and place. 2017. The project aims at understanding and and establishing an interim PhD program. improving self-imposed emission targets. In Ricarda Bruder Pedroso
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World Water Congress, Cancun 2017 Bridging science and policy
Lars Ribbe presenting on water security and climate change
Alexandra Nauditt presenting in the session on "Water security in a changing world"
ITT co-organizes session at Empowering Young Water the World Water Congress Professionals through communities are far from centralized service areas. In this panel, speakers considered The ITT co-organizes the Capacity Development Day The World Water Congress, organized by the Engagement in the Global drinking water allocation case studies in Chile, International Water Resources Association Water Community as well as two different parts of Mexico (Oaxaca during the COP 23 in Bonn (IWRA), the National Water Commission of and San Luis Potosi). Mexico (CONAGUA) and the National Associ- Research Scholar at ITT and Nepal’s repre- ation of Water and Sanitation Utilities (ANEAS) sentative in World Youth Parliament for The first speaker analysed the efficacy of water The event brought together practitioners, took place in Mexico from 29 May to 2 June Water (WYPW)- Amrita Gautam was one of and land use planning processes in Chile. policy makers, researchers, students, and 2017. Around 1000 experts from around the the panelists in the special session “Empow- Mr. Cristian Palma Infante and his colleagues entrepreneurs to bridge the gap between world met for an exchange of knowledge under ering Young Water Professionals through created a qualitative and quantitative approach the need for capacities and those offering the guiding theme "Bridge Science and Water Engagement in the Global Water Community”. to analyse the connection between water capacity-building activities. This year's Policy Making". The ITT of the TH Köln, together This session strongly emphasized the role of planning and land use planning to see if each event focused on initiatives that enhance with Technische Universität Braunschweig and youth in the global water resources discus- plan took the other into consideration. This the implementation of nationally deter- the Asian Institute of Technology organized a sions. Aslam Khan, the advisor of the Pakistan approach is useful for objectively determining mined contributions (NDCs). special session on "Water Security and Climate chapter for youth, stated that water is the most the level of integrated planning for water and Change: Challenges and Opportunities for important component of all SDGs and that he could have interesting implications in other Capacity-building is central to effectively Asia" referring to the conference organized believes young professionals have the enthu- places. implementing policy and taking action on under the same title in 2016 in Bangkok. The siasm and energy to contribute to meeting climate change as recognized in Article CNRD network was represented by Lars Ribbe these SDGs. Networks of youth should be Moving from Chile to Mexico, Juan Carlos 11 of the Paris Agreement. The Article and Alexandra Nauditt from ITT and by Tran further developed, and indeed, Alice Colson Tejeda-Gonzalez presented his work on how stresses the importance of designing long-term, Duc Trinh from the Vietnam Academy of Water provided an announcement of IWRA´s forth- to improve integrated drinking water planning in-country capacity, that is country-driven Committee on Capacity Building which Resources. The Congress ended with a call for coming Young Professional Chapter. To provide for rural areas in the Altiplano. This research responses to the needs and contexts of devel- was formed at COP22 in Marrakesh to action titled the "Cancun Declaration" evidence of youth’s important involvement, involved a strategic environmental assessment oping countries. Lars Ribbe from ITT presented monitor, oversee and support the imple- four young professionals shared their experi- of the planning process for areas that are the Centers for Natural Resources and Devel- mentation of Article 11 of the Paris Lars Ribbe (Director, ITT), Rabi H. Mohtar (Texas ences and work on water-related issues such underserved by the government. Based on this opment (CNRD) as one example of how univer- Agreement. AM University), Mukand Babel (AIT, Thailand), as climate change, community-based water research, it was determined that stakeholder sities can jointly engage and support each Alexandra Nauditt (Senior Researcher, ITT) and quality monitoring and the Water Youth engagement at the local level has the potential other to increase their local capacities. Thus, Furthermore, Lars Ribbe also gave a presen- other representatives from the CNRD Exceed Network. to create lasting, community-driven solutions. CNRD aims to contribute strengthening the role tation at the COP23 side event "Role of Univer- Committee were speakers in the special session However, currently achieving meaningful stake- of universities to provide knowledge products sities in Implementing Article 11 of the Paris under the topic “Water Security in a changing Special session on “Water holder engagement is difficult in Mexico, where and services which help addressing societal Agreement" together with Dr. Saleemul Huq, world”. The session’s goal was to present and Sanitation and Health: necessary forums for such engagement are not challenges. (ICCCAD, Independent University Bangladesh), share the main outcomes of the previous always available. Dr. Eri Saikawa (Emory University), Dr. Marilyn conference “Water Security and Climate Change Ensuring Drinking Water” The event concluded that this first version of Averill (University of Colorado- Boulder), and Dr. – Challenges and Opportunities for Asia” that Water is vital for human health. Water is an These case studies all managed to effectively the Capacity Development Day should lead J. Timmons Robert (Brown University) was attended by over 150 scientists from Asia in essential and necessary component for all weave in the importance of bridging the gap into an annual event and be connected with Lars Ribbe November 2016. aspects of life, including drinking and providing between science and policy by focusing on the other activities in particular to support the Paris adequate hygiene and sanitation. Unfortu- importance of institutional, legal, and social nately, the provision of these two services aspects of water delivery services for human can be expensive and difficult to attain and health. maintain, particularly in rural areas where Lars Ribbe, Alexandra Nauditt
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German – African research project for sustainable resources supply in sub-Saharan Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies cities takes its path RARSUS for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in From 26 to 31 March researchers from Africa and Germany met for a kick-off workshop of a Sub-Saharan Africa – Academic Component research project in Cologne/Bonn. The main goal of the project “Risk Assessment and Reduction DAAD Strategies for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa” (RARSUS) is to develop Timeline Pressures from rapid economic growth and candidates, is organizing and supervising the solutions and strategies for sustainable urban development with and for sub-Saharan Africa. 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2019 increasing risks from climate related disasters actual exchange and compiles the developed pose a big challenge for development and research materials. ZEF’s role in the project is Project Leader resource supply in urban areas in Africa. The mainly in research of the water-climate-land This cooperative research project is financed by demanding challenges worldwide. The situation addressing key actors in the field of public Ramchandra Bhandari supply systems of essential resources like use issues. UNU is providing IT infrastructure the German Federal Ministry of Education and is of particular importance on the African administration, industry, finance and civil water, energy and food are highly vulnerable consisting of a Learning Management System. Research (BMFB) for the project period of three continent. Adaptation of fundamental urban society. Project Coordination to internal and external shocks. The RARSUS The case study based learning units will be years with the budget of about 800.000 Euros. supply systems including water, energy and Simon Corbeck project aims at establishing a long-standing prepared in form of eLearning Course building Three renowned institutes from Germany with food products are needed to address risks The RARSUS research project is combining Khalid Mehmood research-based higher education partnership the basis of an e-learning summer school to be their international networks are collaborating and impacts caused by progressive climate the areas of research, postgraduate training between German and African partners on the conducted under this project. Two curriculum with two of the most significant regional scien- change, transforming land-use dynamics and and networking. At the end of the project it is Partner Universities area of sustainable resources supply systems development workshops are also planned for tific and higher education networks from Africa. a rapidly growing population. Scientific issues expected that the research results contribute Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at the in urban contexts. The ITT, ZEF, UNU-EHS will revising a module handbook for a master course On the German side the partners are: the ITT at in this context are important areas of research to the efficient use of natural resources in University of Bonn; UNU-EHS (United Nation actively conduct research, exchange staff and at UAM. TH Köln, the Centre for Development Research and a crucial challenge for Africa of today and urban and semi-urban context. Also the digital University, Bonn); PAUWES, Algeria; University of students and develop learning units with (ZEF) at University of Bonn and the United tomorrow. “In order to assure sustainable urban teaching materials for different research topics Niamey (UAM), Niger partners from Africa. The UAM in Niamey is an Nations University Institute for Environment development in the region an understanding in the field of resource management (with focus important hub on energy and climate change and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn. The of the most exposed elements of urban supply on renewable energy, water and food security) Contact research. African partners are represented through the chain is necessary as well as insight into risks will be developed and be made available for Ramchandra Bhandari Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey in Niger occurring by maintaining a continuous function further use at all interested universities. In All activities planned within this project are and the Pan African University Institute of Water of supply systems” explains Ramchandra addition the project partners are developing Funding coordinated by ITT. It supports the mobility and and Energy Sciences (PAUWES) positioned in Bhandari from TH Köln who is project leader a new master course curriculum in the field of DAAD manages the selection process for exchange Tlemcen Algeria. The Project Management of the RARSUS project. Risk assessment for Energy and Climate Change. This new master Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) relevant urban supply chain systems could program is intended to be established at Abdou is supervising the research component of the provide important information on how techno- Moumouni University in Niamey. With this project and the German Academic Exchange logical and operational changes and renewals programme RARSUS is supporting to create Service (DAAD) is supervising the post graduate are to be implemented for effectively assisting long lasting university cooperation between education and training component in the a more sustainable development. In that Germany and Africa in the field of energy, water project. respect a pilot project for evaluation of signif- and food security. icant supply systems in urban and semi-urban Management of natural resources in urban regions in Africa is being implemented by Already in April two students of the ITT travel to and semi-urban regions belongs to the most Niger for three months to conduct field research within the framework of the RARSUS Project. One student will conduct research in the area of ‘Energy Supply System in Rural Commu- nities’ and another will conduct his research on the issue of ‘Modelling of the Energy Supply in Niger’.
RARSUS kick-off meeting in Cologne
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Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in RARSUS for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa – Focus on Sustainable BMBF Sub-Saharan Africa – Research component SEMALI Energy Supply in Mali Timeline Research efforts of the project will identify consortium will conduct research activities with Timeline Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa, is short term research stays provide orientation. 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2019 key supply chains and assess risks related to the common goal to find sustainable solutions, 1 September 2017 – 31 December 2019 confronted with a strong demand on adapting Additionally project workshops are conducted water, energy and food supply in the city of which will improve the overall supply situation to climate change impact and population on a regular basis. In this way the project Project Leader Niamey. Furthermore, viable risk mitigation and of urban systems. Finally, the partners work Project Leader growth particularly in urban and semi urban coordination and management will succeed Ramchandra Bhandari adaptation strategies will be highlighted using together to aggregate research findings and Ramchandra Bhandari areas. Research efforts of the project will in combing research, teaching postgraduate exemplary interventions in the water, energy complement data to establish a sound basis for identify options and risk assessment of a training and capacity building. Project Coordination and food sectors. The consortium seeks to inves- further research as well as teaching activities. Project Coordination renewable energy supply in perspective with Simon Corbeck tigate and locate risks and adaptation strat- Vittorio Sessa sustainable agriculture as well as water supply Khalid Mehmood egies by the use of multiple research methods infrastructure. Thematic research is naturally within five work packages. Project management Partner Universities conducted in close cooperation with appro- Partner Universities and research coordination will be performed University of Bamako (USTT-B), Mali; Centre for priate consortium partners. All research Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at the by ITT. UAM leads the activities to addresses Development Research (ZEF) at the University of results are, as far as possible, simultaneously University of Bonn; UNU-EHS (United Nation the challenge of identifying key supply chains, Bonn; UNU-EHS (United Nation University, Bonn); processed and integrated in the digital learning University, Bonn); PAUWES, Algeria; University of within the water, energy and agricultural sector, PAUWES, Algeria; University of Niamey (UAM), Niger environment. For tracking and structural deter- Niamey (UAM), Niger which are vital for sustainable urban devel- mination project progress can be put in line opment of Sub-Saharan cities. ITT further Contact with various main activities. To be mentioned in Contact leads the research activities to assess technical Ramchandra Bhandari this context is the Summer School conducted in Ramchandra Bhandari and operational risks in key supply sectors. 2018 as well as participation of Malian students To achieve sustainable supply of key goods, Funding at online Summer School provided within the Funding multiple innovative solutions within and across DLR RARSUS-Project (with Niger) in 2019. Further DLR the key sectors, (water, energy and agriculture) BMBF the exchange of researchers and students for BMBF need to be identified. Under the lead of ZEF, the
RARSUS kick off workshop participants at waste to energy plant
Semali Kick-off meeting in Bamako, Mali
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How to avoid reaching the tipping point in rural Rio de Janeiro? Water Security and Climate Extremes: Bringing Big Data into Action Social-ecological tipping points in drought- Pilot development of a water security toolbox in DRYTIP prone transition zones of the Mata Atlântica WaterSec Ethiopia and Sudan Timeline Joint development by Brazilian-German of this approach is the ecohydrological model, Timeline Making use of the continuously growing data order to study the knowledge gaps and derive 1 June 2017 – 31 May 2018 research consortium of a proposal for a three- and a second major component is a modular July 2017 – June 2020 volumes from remote sensing based global the research demand, the involved universities years interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary indicator set to assess the distance of the social- monitoring programmes, WaterSec aims at (TH Köln, University of Khartoum and Addis Project Leader research project in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. ecological system from its tipping point. For Project Leader developing information and tools needed for Abeba University) work in close cooperation Dieter Anhuf, different distances, measures will be developed Lars Ribbe better decision making towards water security. with local stakeholders from public institutions Universität Passau (overall project) Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil belongs to the nested into an overall strategy to stabilize the and NGOs as well as international development Sabine Schlüter (ITT) Atlantic Forest, one of the most diverse areas social-ecological system steering it away from Partner Water Scarcity and Droughts affect more and cooperation. A key question of this dialogue is of entire Latin America. Due to agricultural and the tipping point. Khartoum University, Addis Abeba University more people around the world. It is estimated which decisions to cope with water scarcity and Project Coordination industrial development, forest fragmentation is that by 2050 more than half of the global drought are actually taken or should be taken, Claudia Raedig (ITT) severe, and overexploitation of natural resources The first project workshop took place in the Contact population will live under water stress. In order and which information is required in order to Dietmar Sattler (Universität Leipzig) has led to increasing levels of land degradation. Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro city from [email protected] to cope with this challenging situation, decision take better decisions. This decision analysis will Although located in the tropics, in recent years 23 to 24 October. The Brazilian and German makers need reliable information on the status inform the development of the key knowledge Partner dry periods particularly in the eastern part of partners discussed DRYTIP and sketched the Funding of water and other related resources, their uses products of the project. Universität Passau, Universität Leipzig, Friedrich- the state put pressure on the dairy farmers. For pillars for the main proposal for the research Ministry of Education and Research, NRW and adequate response strategies. Schiller Universität Jena, Rheinische Friedrich- the future, more and longer dry periods are project. After the workshop, a transect was In 2017, the project started compiling funda- Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, United Nations predicted, and in the light of ongoing overex- crossed from Rio de Janeiro to Sete Lagoas, Many water scarce countries are at the same mental watershed data, identifying relevant University - Institute for Environment and Human ploitation of resources, additional pressure by roughly 500 km to the north, to get a firsthand time data scarce, making it extremely difficult to stakeholders and preparing for a science policy Security (UNU-EHS), Embrapa Solos, Instituto drier periods could head the social-ecological impression from the changing landscapes along develop adequate strategies towards increased workshop in 2018. Estadual do Ambiente INEA, Rio Rural Programme, system of rural Rio de Janeiro towards its the transect. In the second workshop which water security. Luckily, in recent years remote Lars Ribbe Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de tipping point. took place in Cologne from 13 to 16 December, sensing missions provide growing quantities of Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN-RJ), Associação the overall approach was agreed on and the environmental data which can partially fill the Pró-Gestão das Águas da Bacia Hidrográfica do In DRYTIP project, a research consortium proposal further elaborated together with the data gaps. Rio Paraíba do Sul (AGEVAP), Universidade de São consisting of Brazilian and German partners Brazilian partners. Paulo (USP), Universidade do Estado do Rio de jointly developed an approach to avoid Claudia Raedig For the pilot river basins “Rahad and Dinder”, Janeiro (UERJ), Universidade Federal de São Carlos reaching this tipping point. A crucial element partially located in Ethiopia and Sudan, (UFSCAR), Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Jardim Botânico WaterSec is firstly developing a knowledge Rio de Janreiro (JBRJ) base on the natural and human environment and subsequently derives relevant water and Contact drought information from remote sensing and [email protected] other sources of public domain information. In [email protected]
Funding Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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Assessment of agricultural solid waste management and opportunity for compost Simulation of eastern Nile upstream PALGER- use in agriculture: the case of Wadi al-Far`a Eastern Nile developments and their impacts on the inflow ASWWFP watershed in the west bank-Palestine Upstream to the Nile delta Timeline This project was implemented in Palestine in team also conducted five training workshops for Timeline Understanding and modelling the impacts be funded by the German Egyptian Mobility April 2017 - May 2018 partnership with Birzeit University to assess 97 farmers (27% were women) in the watershed 2018 - 2019 of upstream human alterations to the natural Program for Scientific Exchange and Excel- the current malpractices of burning and/or area on best practices of compost production streamflow of rivers on the downstream lence Development (GE-SEED) which is jointly Project Leader randomly disposing of agricultural solid waste and on-farm application. Preliminary findings Project Leader water users is crucial to solving water conflicts supported by the German Academic Exchange Lars Ribbe in open dumps in the area of Wadi Al-Far’a reveal a high potential of production and utili- Lars Ribbe especially in a hydro-politically complex region Service (DAAD) and the Science and Technology Watershed. It aims at promoting good waste zation of compost in agriculture, which attracts like the Eastern Nile Basin. Development Fund of Egypt (STDF). The aim of Project Coordination management practices among farmers in the farmers in WFW. Approximately, 40% of inter- Project Coordination / Contact the project is to analyse the impacts of infra- Suha Al-Madbouh watershed, including applying the organic viewed farmers (n=408) use compost in Mohammed Basheer The rapidly growing populations and economies structural developments in the Eastern Nile amendments of the waste (i.e., compost) in agriculture, whether self-produced or purchased of the upstream Eastern Nile Basin countries (i.e. Basin on water availability in Egypt considering Partner agriculture as a substitute for chemical fertil- compost, as they gain economic benefits mainly Partner Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Sudan) increased a set of synthetic and foreseeable scenarios Birzeit University (BZU), Palestine izers to enhance crop productivity and alleviate through avoiding purchase of chemical fertil- Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), their needs for water, energy, and food. The of reservoir operation, irrigation expansion, environmental contamination. izers and soil amendments. Data also discloses Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation high dependency of the economies and liveli- climate change, and landcover change. Funding a high acceptance level among farmers (71.4%, of Egypt hoods of the latter countries on the Nile water Federal Ministry of Education and Research Agricultural waste is produced on farms n=395) of applying the idea of reusing organic led them to undertake and plan several infra- The project is structured into two distinct (BMBF) through various agricultural activities. agricultural waste for compost production in Funding structural developments in order to bridge phases: The first phase, which shall be done Production of agricultural solid waste (ASW) the area of WFW. German Egyptian Mobility Program for the gap between their supply and demand in the first year, includes data collection in is noticeably increasing due to urbanization Scientific Exchange and Excellence Development of water, energy, and food. These upstream addition to modelling the baseline scenario and economic development. In developing The study findings will provide insights for (GE-SEED) developments, which include storage dams of the Eastern Nile Basin. The second phase, countries, including Palestine, two problems are academics and policy-makers on opportunities and irrigation schemes, undoubtedly pose which shall be done in the second year, associated with ASW including 1) disposal of the and constraints of on-farm compost production impacts on Egypt, which is located at the most includes scenario development and analysis, waste in open dumps where decomposed waste and application in WFW. They will also be used downstream part of the Nile River. Whereas infrastructure optimization, and scientific biomass emits methane and leachate, and 2) to further develop the Palestinian guidelines for these impacts could be positive or negative publication. burning the waste, which produces acidifying ASW management. Furthermore, the project and might last temporarily or permanently, and greenhouse gases. Proper management of can improve the livelihood of farming commu- quantifying them is of high importance to the An online kickoff meeting between the project ASW can alleviate environmental degradation, nities in WFW through alleviating adverse sustainable economic development of Egypt. team from both the ITT and the WRRI was protect the public health, and provide compost agricultural, environmental, and health impacts Although the Nile basin water resources have organized on the 7 November 2017 to discuss as a soil amendment, instead of chemical fertil- of inappropriate waste management. It will also been extensively studied during the last 125 the intended research activities and to agree izers. Besides assessing the current malpractices enable them to achieve economic benefits for years, detailed and transparent research on on a timeframe for workshops, meetings, field of ASW in Wadi Al-Far’a Watershed (WFW) and them when decreasing purchase of chemical quantifying the impacts of recent and planned visits, and deliverables. promoting good waste management practices fertilizers and using compost instead. upstream infrastructural developments on Mohammed Basheer among farmers, this study examined economic, Egypt is still lacking. agricultural, health, environmental, political, In December 2017, the research team submitted and institutional barriers of compost application a proposal for funding by the Federal Ministry of Therefore, ITT and the Water Resources in agriculture, as perceived by the farmers. Education and Research (BMBF) for the phase II Research Institute (WRRI) of the Ministry of project as a continuation of the on-going phase Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt started Field visits to the watershed area were I project. The former would investigate impacts planning this new project. The project will conducted in July and August 2017 to collect of agricultural application of compost produced The White Nile River at data through direct observations and face- locally in Palestine on a) plants' growth rate Jebel Aulia Dam, Sudan to-face interviews with 409 farmers of which and resistance; b) crop productivity and quality; 28% were women. Additionally, 30 samples of c) soil properties including soil-water-storage raw agricultural waste and locally-produced capacity; and d) irrigation water efficiency compost were collected and analysed for their uptake of the plant. organic and mineral composition. The project Suha Al-Madbouh
The source of the Blue Nile River, Training session for farmers in Wadi Lake Tana, Ethiopia Al-Far’a Watershed, Palestine (photos by Mohammed Basheer) The Main Nile River at the sixth cataract, Sudan
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Modelling and assessing the water-energy-food Education and research related to the water- security Nexus (WEF-Nexus) in the Indus River energy and food-security Nexus (WEF-Nexus) WEF-IND basin EduNexus at river basin scale Timeline This joint German-Pakistan project aims at approach for the Upper Indus Basin considering Timeline The project aims at elaborating innovative What happened in the January 2016 – December 2017 building capacities and promoting research water, food and energy interdependencies. 2015 – 2018 teaching materials and to develop innovative project year 2017? activities to develop an integrated river basin The Water-Energy-Food Nexus concept is used and quantitative research methodologies to Project Leader planning modelling approach for the Upper to assess the diverse interrelationships and Project Leader address the WEF Security Nexus. We prepared In January 2017, a second joint summer school Lars Ribbe Indus Basin considering water, food and energy conflicts related to these resources in the Indus Lars Ribbe, ITT river basin case study information to assess about WEF NEXUS case studies and approaches interdependencies. Basin and to develop strategies for sustainable Francisco Meza, GCC typical Nexus security conflicts. In 2017, results was organized by the GCC, University of la Project Coordination resources use. of MSc and PHD research conducted in the Frontera (UFF) and ITT in Temuco, Chile, bringing ABM Firoz 2017 was rich in various activities including The research structure of the project is based on Project Coordination Maipo and Imperial River Basins in Chile were together lecturers, experts and students from project workshops and exchange of students three key research questions: Alexandra Nauditt presented. the involved universities as well as represen- Partners and lecturers among both partner universities, - What if more efficient irrigation techniques are tatives of the local stakeholders. Basic WEF Institute of Geographic Information which brought interesting research results and implemented so that groundwater extraction is Partners concepts, methodologies and management Systems (IGIS), National University of Sciences highlighted a huge research demand on WEF - minimized? ITT, TH Köln Background and objectives strategies to quantify the components of WEF and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan NEXUS-related conflicts in the Indus catchment. - What if climate change alters demand and Centro de Cambio Global, The DAAD-funded EduNexus project, coordi- Nexus conflicts on river basin scale were intro- supplies of water or if there are reductions Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile nated by the ITT in cooperation with the Global duced. The workshop with local stakeholders Contact in stream flows from glacier fed or Indian Change Centre (GCC) at the Catholic University brought interesting and intensive discussions ABM Firoz, Justyna Sycz, ITT Background and objectives subwatersheds? Contact in Santiago de Chile was initiated in January on Nexus conflicts in the Imperial basin under In Pakistan, rapid urbanization, demographic - How will the energy-water demand and Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe ITT 2015. The project brings together students drought conditions. Furthermore, Nexus related Funding changes and shifts in production and supply change in the next years; in the next and researchers with different academic resources conflicts in the region were illustrated DAAD consumption patterns have placed unprece- decades? Funding backgrounds from ITT and GCC and their during a field visit to the Imperial River Basin. (Program: German-Pakistani Research dented stress on water and energy resources DAAD worldwide network to elaborate innovative MSc and PhD thesis research conducted by Cooperation) as well as threated the food security. There What happened in the (Program: Subject-related Partnerships teaching methods and new research concepts students at the involved universities in the is a huge demand for developing efficient with Institutions of Higher Education) for the WEF Nexus approach on river basin scope of the EduNexus project addressed WEF management strategies to effectively meet the project year 2017? scale. The international expert team works on Nexus issues in the Maipo River Basin and in challenges of growing resources needs and to To address the key research questions, master the improvement of quantitative Nexus related the Imperial River Basin focusing in particular ensure water, energy and food security. and PhD students at the ITT and NUST, as well research methodologies as well as the incorpo- on water availability for agricultural uses, To fill this gap, the joint German-Pakistan as other researchers and lecturers involved are ration of these Nexus approaches in the educa- water quality and drought risk management project WEF-Indus aims at building capacities currently conducting research in the Indus River tional programs at the involved universities. strategies. and promoting research activities to develop Basin focusing on the following topics: an integrated river basin planning modelling - Hydrological WEAP Modeling of Indus Basin Current project results and documented for Effective Water Management under Different case studies were presented by the MSc and Scenarios: An Assessment of Water Demand and PhD students as well as involved scientists at Supply; the international conference Water Security - Impact of present and planned water and Climate Change, organized by the ITT in resources development on current and future September 2017 in Cologne. water demand in Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan; Alexandra Nauditt; Justyna Sycz - Irrigation water management using Drone and Environmental Sensors in the Upper Indus Basin. - Furthermore, the framework of the Water Accounting Plus (WA+) was used in order to estimate water resources and consumption in the Indus Basin.
In collaboration with stakeholders, the researchers identified a huge research demand on NEXUS-related conflicts in the Indus River Basin. Considering this fact, in 2017 the Study area: Indus River, project partners applied for an extension of Mianvali District the WEF-Indus project. The project has been (Map created by Areesha Asgahar, Conguillio National Park, extended for one year until December 2018. National University of Sciences and Technology, Imperial River Basin, Chile Islamabad, Pakistan) The experts involved are currently working on (photo by Mauricio Zambrano, University of la Frontera) new proposals in order to continue the scientific work in the region and fill the gap of research demand and capacity building on NEXUS- related conflicts. Justyna Sycz
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Integrated technologies and services for a INTECRAL sustainable rural Rio de Janeiro Timeframe After four very fruitful and successful years allowed a valuable exchange of experiences and 2013 – 2017 of joint research and implementation of pilot lessons learned that enriched the closure of the measures, the project INTECRAL in the Brazilian INTECRAL project activities in the area. Project leader state of Rio de Janeiro came to an end with the Sabine Schlüter final workshop at the Guanabara Palace in Rio Training on the water monitoring de Janeiro. system applying GW-database® Project coordination Udo Nehren, Claudia Raedig and GW-Web® in Nova Final Workshop in Rio de Friburgo, 13-14 March 2017 Website Janeiro, 15 - 17 March 2017 A very well received training of academic and intecral-project.web.th-koeln.de The final INTECRAL workshop took place at operational experts, specifically addressing the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 17 the Basin management committees of Rio dois Contact March, hosted by the State Secretary of the Civil Rios plus representatives from the environ- sabine.schlü[email protected] House and Economic Development of Rio de mental agency of the Rio de Janeiro (INEA) Pilot of a Silvopastoral system in Italva [email protected] Janeiro, Christino Áureo da Silva and conducted and supportive staff from Rio Rural Project (photo by Berenice Fischer) together with both local and German partners was held by ITT, represented by Juan Ramirez, Project Partners of the INTECRAL project. The opening of the and our private sector partner RIBEKA, repre- Rio Rural Project – Rio de Janeiro State Secre- event was held by Sabine Schlüter from the TH sented by David Balmert. The workshop enabled tariat of Agriculture and Livestock, University Köln and Helga Hissa and Nelson Teixeira from the participants to implement the monitoring BIOSS training in Italva, of Leipzig/ 2a) Institute for Geography and 2b) the Rio Rural Project. Overall, 52 parti- toolset developed via diverse interfaces to Small Enterprises Promotion & Training Inter- cipants, researchers as well as practitioners the central database and hydrologic model in 14 March 2017 national Program, Friedrich-Schiller-University and stakeholders, got together to look at the Germany, thus allowing better responsive real The BIOSS tool supports the planning and Jena / Department of Geoinformatics, Geohy- results of the different activities performed time water operation. implementation of silvopastoral systems. On drology and Modeling, Training and Demon- within the INTECRAL project. The researchers behalf of the INTECRAL project, Berenice Fischer stration Centre for Decentralized Sewage presented the scientific results of the different Training on Good Dairy Practices presented the tool in Italva as part of the results Treatment e.V, TÜV Rheinland - Energy and work packages and discussed implementation from the research within the INTECRAL project. environment, Ribeka Software GmbH, SEBA strategies with the audience. The presenters (GDP) in Italva, 13 March 2017 The presentation was supported by EMATER Hydrometrie GmbH, Tilia Umwelt GmbH, highlighted the valuable cooperation between Farmers were trained by Maria Luisa Espinel, a Italva and included a training program on Vita34 GmbH, TMT GmbH all the involved institutions that resulted in a graduate from ITT, on management practices the use of the tool. The training program was successful accomplishment of the project objec- in dairy farming aimed at increasing hygienic addressed to technicians working with silvo- Funding tives. Pathways to continue joint research were standards of the milking process, thus pastoral systems in the municipalities of Italva, German Federal Ministry of discussed and as a result, further joint proposals improving animal health and milk quality at Itaperuna and Itaocara. With the tool producers Education and Research (BMBF) are being prepared. Master students of the ITT the same time. Further, they were provided can evaluate the feasibility of a silvopastoral will continue their research in specific fields, e.g. with a colour-based simple herd management system in an early stage of decision making in evaluating sugarcane technology options. tool to better monitor the performance of the through the simulation of biomass production By March 15 and 16, the project results had individual animal and improve reproduction with different species and expected implemen- technology for harvesting sugarcane, especially tipping points in drought-prone transition already been presented to local stakeholders planning. Also, training on detecting and tation costs. Participants had the opportunity for small and medium-sized producers, which zones of the Mata Atlântica. Moreover, the in the municipalities of Itaperuna and Italva. dealing with common diseases was provided. to share experiences and highlight the positive showed a great interest in this technology. DAAD project PEDES – Soil-related ecosystem The active participation of the local partners results and challenges of the already imple- services in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro mented fodder bank in Italva. received funding for 2018 and 2019. The PhD and master theses outcomes of the INTECRAL project and the book Sugar Cane Event in Rio de As in the preceding years, the INTECRAL project will be presented on the European Conference enabled several students to carry out their PhD of Tropical Ecology in Paris March. Janeiro, 21 September 2017 and master research in the frame of the project. Udo Nehren, Sabine Schlüter, Claudia Raedig The INTECRAL project participated in the largest In 2017 five ITT master students successfully sugarcane event in the state of Rio de Janeiro completed their thesis in the frame of the where the results of the activities related to project. Another master thesis is in preparation good agricultural practices and related to and will be defended in early 2018. sugarcane harvesting were presented. The event was organized by the Union of Industries Sucroenergéticas of Rio de Janeiro (Siserj) and Follow-up activities hosted by the Federal Rural University of Rio Main results of the INTECRAL project will be (UFRRJ). Among the more than 500 parti- published in the Springer book “Strategies and cipants were the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael tools for a sustainable rural Rio de Janeiro”, Diniz, policy-makers and key stakeholders of that will come out in mid-2018. Currently, Closing workshop in the Palacio Guanabara the Brazilian sugarcane sector. On behalf of the project partners continue their successful in Rio de Janeiro the INTECRAL project, Carl-Friedrich Gaese and cooperation in the first phase of the BMBF- Torsten Meyer presented the development of a funded project Drytip - Social-ecological
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Multilateral university cooperation on the PAUWES – University Cooperation with the Pan management of human impacted droughts in African University of Water and Energy Sciences TropiSeca tropical catchments - TropiSeca PAUWES including Climate Change Timeline TropiSeca is a university network project What happened in the Timeline A consortium consisting of the Center for the sector has supported conceiving research January 2016 – December 2019 focusing on postgraduate education and project year 2017? 1 January 2017 – 31 August 2018 Development Research (ZEF)/University of initiates on topics of relevance in Africa in the research about drought assessment and Bonn, the ITT/TH Köln, the United Nations field of energy issues (and their nexus) consid- Project Leader management in tropical regions. 2017 was rich In the second project year, MSc and PHD Project Leader University Institute for Environment and Human ering climate change and aiming at sustainable Lars Ribbe in research activities, exchange of students and students of the involved universities continued Ramchandra Bhandari Security (UNU-EHS)/United Nations University development. lecturers, workshops and field trips. their research in the river basins Tempisque in Vice Rectorate in Europe established a long- Ramchandra Bhandari, Vittorio Sessa Project Coordination Costa Rica, in the Columbian Magdalena as well Project Coordination standing, strategic partnership with the Pan Alexandra Nauditt The DAAD funded TropiSeca project (2016- as in the Machángara/Paute in Ecuador. Several Vittorio Sessa African University, Institute of Water and Energy 2019) is based on the cooperation between interdisciplinary student projects were carried Sciences (PAUWES). By combining educational Partner Universities the ITT, the Department of Geography/ Chair out to collect data and assess drought charac- Partner Universities and research experiences including respective ITT, TH Köln of Hydrology at the University of Costa Rica, teristics in the pilot basins. The scientific cooper- Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at the networks of the partners, synergies have been Department of Geography, the Faculty of Civil Engineering – Javeriana ation was strengthened by the exchange of University of Bonn, UNU-EHS (United Nation achieved towards improving the MSc programs University of Costa Rica University in Bogotá, Colombia and the students and lecturers between all involved University, Bonn), PAUWES, Algeria at PAUWES (and the partners), establishing Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Water Resources and Environ- partner universities. an interim PhD program (PAUWES) and devel- Javeriana University, Colombia mental Sciences (iDRHICA) at the University of Contact oping joint research initiatives, in the field Department of Water Resources Cuenca, Ecuador. After a number of bilateral meetings in Cologne, Ramchandra Bhandari of energy and water. Joint development of and Environmental Sciences (iDRHICA), in October 2017, the annual TropiSeca project teaching modules and e-learning tools as well University of Cuenca, Ecuador Background and objectives workshop was organized by the Javeriana Funding as summer schools have increased the effec- University in Colombia. We discussed joint DAAD tiveness and reach of education. Establishing a Contact Droughts and water scarcity are becoming research and the curriculum of the profes- BMZ community of practice with actors engaged in Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe ITT more frequent even in usually water abundant sional master program in Integrated Water tropical regions such as Central America Resources Management for Latin America and Funding and Brazil. Drought risk, however, is still not the Caribbean (IWRM-LAC). The master program DAAD addressed in water management and climate is expected to be inaugurated in August 2018 in (Program: Subject-related Partnerships change adaptation strategies. Stakeholders are San Jose, Costa Rica. Furthermore, we worked with Institutions of Higher Education) not familiar with efficient water allocation and on joint publications and follow up research management under water scarcity. Thus, there funding. is a strong demand for research and education in the field of drought assessment in Central Current scientific results of the TropiSeca project America. The TropiSeca project aims at filling were presented and discussed at the Water this gap by conducting research on tropical Security and Climate Change Conference at ITT, droughts, developing learning materials and Cologne in September 2017 as well as at the establishing a MSc programme at the University International Congress of Rivers and Wetlands of Costa Rica entitled Integrated Water held in Neiva, Colombia in October 2017 and Resources Management for Climate Change brought together 300 researchers, stakeholders Adaptation (IWRM-CCA) with a special focus on and representatives of political institutions from tropical drought management on catchment Central America. scale. Alexandra Nauditt; Justyna Sycz
PAUWES students visiting a biogas plant (kitchen waste to biogas)
TropiSeca workshop, Javeriana University Colombia, October 2017 (photo by TropiSeca project team)
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Water and Energy Security for Africa: Research “Adaptive drought risk management as strategy focus on Energy and Water-Energy-Climate to reduce climate change impacts” - the Paraiba WESA-ITT Change Nexus ADAPTA do Sul River Basin Timeline In collaboration with UNU-EHS, ITT and ZEF networks, closely linking of research activities Project Coordination In the scope of the ADAPTA project (2016- Four ADAPTA workshops were held in 2017: two 1 November 2016 – 31 December 2019 the overall project aims to establish PAUWES to academics teaching and capacity building Francisco de Assis de Souza Filho, 2018) we assessed the spatial and temporal stakeholder workshops, one in Rio at UERJ on and University of Tlemcen (UoT) as important at PAUWES / UoT (also at ITT) and providing University of Ceará (UFC) drought characteristics and risks in the 16 March and one at UFC in Fortaleza on 20 - 23 Project Leader players in the African and global research options for PhD research for PAUWES graduates contrasting semi-arid Jaguaribe and the tropical March. On 22 September, a research workshop Ramchandra Bhandari environment. ITT's thematic focus in this of the first batch as well as for UoT graduates. Contact ITT Paraiba do Sul river basins with the aim to was organized in Cologne and a larger meeting project lies in the energy field. Sustainable Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe derive adaptation strategies for drought risk was held in Florianopolis during the bi-annual Project Coordination energy supply is a major challenge in Africa for management. For the Paraiba do Sul River ABRH meeting of the Brazilian Water Association Bhunesh Kumar sustainable development. Use of renewable Contact UERJ Basin (56.000 km²), ITT has finalized the meteo- to present the results to a larger public. Joschka Thurner resources and appropriate policy could be the Rosa Formiga rological and hydrological drought charac- Alexandra Nauditt drives of clean, efficient and sustainable energy terization and is currently working on water Partners supply. Energy supply has strong interaction Funding allocation and hydrological modelling, drought Centre for Development Research with water use and climate change, therefore MCTI/CNPq (Ministry of Science/Brazilian scenario development and risk mapping. The (ZEF) at the University of Bonn; UNU-EHS these aspects are given high research priority in National Council for Science and Technology/ results will be published and in part be incor- (United Nation University, Bonn); PAUWES, the context of this project. Within the project, ANA (National Water Agency) porated in a drought management plan of the Algeria; UoT (University of Tlemcen, Algeria two PhD-theses in this thematic area have River Basin Agency AGEVAP. already started and are co-supervised by ITT. Contact The German government is supporting PAUWES Ramchandra Bhandari / PAU and UoT in these endeavors. Hence, the project can achieve positive effects for PAUWES/ Funding UoT by implementing the first elements of a DLR research agenda at PAUWES, strengthening BMBF the integration of PAUWES / UoT in research
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RiverMon Environmental monitoring with smartphones: participation in environmental research as Annex a motivator for STEM subjects and citizen participation
A group of school students walk alongside a local river and explore its physical, chemical and biological properties. In their hands they carry smartphone devices on which they run RiverMon, an interactive monitoring app, that guides the young scientists with questions about the biotope, offers explanations and collects all gathered data on an online platform.
Timeline The constantly increasing availability of high-perform- With the support of the “Wasserschule Köln” and the 2016 – 2018 ance mobile devices all around the globe opens up many “Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln (StEB)”, RiverMon new possibilities in environmental education and data prototypes were tested in 2017 with students from Project Leader collection. Therefore, the fields of (mobile) eLearning and middle schools and universities. The majority of students Lars Ribbe (ITT) Citizen Science have rapidly gained popularity in recent reported to have had a fruitful monitoring and learning Karl Schneider (UzK) years and are now starting to influence each other. While experience with most teachers claiming to see great André Bresges (UzK) Citizen Science focuses mainly on data collection through potential in the concept. volunteers and eLearning's main goal is to educate the Project coordination user, the RiverMon project aims to combine both and In 2018, RiverMon will be further developed and tested. Justyna Sycz thereby opens new doors for science and education. While all previous case studies were conducted in the RiverMon combines and simplifies all river-related Cologne area, new studies in different climatic zones are Partners monitoring methods that can be executed without planned to validate RiverMons' universal applicability. Universität zu Köln (UzK), professional equipment. Its main component is an inter- Alexander Biesinger Wasserschule Köln, Stadtent- active survey which contains user-friendly visualizations wässerungsbetriebe Köln and a large repository of explanations, facts and figures (StEB) that give insights about the biotope. To avoid redundancy and give each user a unique monitoring experience, Contact RiverMon is programmed to only show content that Lars Ribbe matches the entered observations.
Website The survey consists of three main parts: River Habitat rivermon.com Assessment, Discharge Calculation and Identification of cbwm-info.come Indicator Species. The River Habitat Assessment includes hydro-morphological, water quality and surface pollution monitoring. For the Discharge Calculation, the geometry of the river and its flow speed are measured and result in an approximate discharge value. The Identification of Indicator Species provides the user with a list of common insects that serve as reliable biological indicators for the water quality.
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Master Graduates of the Academic Year 2016/2017
Name Program Supervisor Thesis Title Name Program Supervisor Thesis Title Alejandra Yanalté Güitron Arredondo REM Bhandari Energy Efficiency Benchmarks for enterprises within the German producing Ilse-Katerina Brandes TERMA Hamhaber Determinants of adoption and use of a household water treatment sector: A comparison of energy indicators and its relation to energy management technology: The case of the biosand filter in a rural setting of India Alina Sofie Berger ENREM Bhandari The Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction in the Agro- Jakob Wilhelm Benjamin Hömberg REM Bhandari Life Cycle Assessment of Methanol Production based on Renewable Industrial Sector: A Case Study of Biogas Systems in Uruguay Hydrogen and Recycled Carbon Dioxide (Power-to-Methanol) Amr Ibrahim Hefny Korany IWRM MENA Al-Saidi Transboundary Water Management: Benefit-Sharing Anaiysis Jan Engelmann IWRM Hamhaber Green Growth Diagnostics for Future Water Sector Strat- Considering Cross-Sectoral Interlinkages in the Eastern egies. An example from Jordan Nile Basin Region (Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan) Jennifer Lizeth Bocanegra Diaz ENREM Ribbe HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHT ASSESSMENT IN THE TEMPISQUE- Andrea Ester Colina Blanco IWRM Sturm Biodegradation of monomers of non-sustainable plastic by bacterial isolates BEBEDERO CATCHMENT SYSTEM IN COSTA RICA Anna-Maria Weinhold TERMA Nehren Assessing Structural Diversity of Riparian Forests in Anthropogenic Johanna Nathaly Bonilla Castro REM Blieske Electrical Stability of PV Modules Operating in Various Open-Air Climates Landscapes of the Upper Xingu Watershed Using UAV and T-LiDAR Johannes Pörsch TERMA Sturm Sense and Nonsense of Centralized Water Supply Systems in Rural Arne Hintz TERMA Hamhaber Large-Scale Mining and Buen Vivir: A Sustainable Livelihoods Development Environments - A Case Sudy in Namalu, Uganda Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Mining Project Mirador Jose Carlos Tello Valle Hiriart ENREM Raedig Socio-Legal Assessment of the Establishment of Natural Heritage Private on Rural Communities in El Pangui, Southeastern Ecuador Reserves (RPPNs) in Seven Municipalities of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil Bhavin Anilkumar Soni REM Lambers Investigation of Market Potential of Polymer based PVT Collector Julian Bork TERMA Hamhaber Nachhaltiges Bauen weltweit - Eine Adaption von Zertifi- Bilal Hussain REM Hamhaber Development Of A Python Model For Electricity Retail Prices In Germany Under zierungskriterien in unterschiedlichen Klimazonen Present Regulatory Framework And Future Expectations Of High Re Penetrations Julio Eduardo Santos Zelada TERMA Bhandari Energy Conservation Supply Curve of a Sand and Gravel Chan Sze Yie IWRM Ribbe Integrated Management of Ecosystem Services Using Treated Producer in the District of Tlemcen, Algeria Wastewater: A Case Study at Upper Zarqa River, Jordan Laura Margaretha Brauer REM Hamhaber Assessing the Wind Energy Market Entry Potential in Tanzania Chang-Hong Tsao ENREM Nehren Carbon Sequestration under different land uses and Leon Lukas Becker REM Bhandari Cost-Benefit Analysis of an Evaporative Cooling System for On-Farm soils in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico Storage of Fruits and Vegetables - A Case Study of Cool Storage Daniel Metzke TERMA Ribbe Drought Impact Modeling - An Evaluation of the Resilience of the of Mandarin Oranges in the Western Mid-Hills of Nepal Water Supply System of the Paraiba do Sul River Basin, using WEAP Lydia Isabel Möhrle NRM Nehren Status and Potential of Urban Rooftop Farming for Food Security, Disaster Daniel Udo Neuhausen NRM Fekete Evaluating the hospital safety in face of hazardous events Prevention and Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Chennai, India - The case of Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia Maria Giomar Hidalgo Guillen NRM Pedroso The value of restoring upstream ecosystem services in the David Yannis Schick REM Ribbe Adequate Location and Technology Choice for Small and Micro Hydro Thiba watershed: a contingent valuation approach Power in Remote Areas of Colombia - Applying the Height Above Nearest Maria Isabel Meza Rodriguez ENREM Nehren Drought Risk Index in Rio de Janeiro State Drainage elevation model to the Chinchina River in Manizales, Caldas Marijana von Haugwitz NRM Hamhaber Indicators for Life Cycle Material Flows: Their Applica- Deniz Özhan REM Hamhaber Energy Retrofits for Residential Buildings in Different Climates bility for the Construction Sector of Global South Cities of Turkey: Adopting Cost Optimality Analysis in the Context of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Mario Hohensee TERMA Hamhaber Energieberatung für Privathaushalte Diana Birnbaum NRM Ribbe Applicability of a German Hydromorphological Assessment Mario Michael Held IWRM Ribbe Technical and Political Drought Assessment on Irrigation Method to Tropical Rivers - A Case Study in the Serrana Areas: Case Study of the Jaguaribe Basin and Fluminense Regions of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mathias Weidle REM Lambers Techno-Economic Assessment of Retrofitting Concepts for Dipankar Tapan REM Blieske Analysis of textured solar modules combined with mirror concen- Parabolic Trough Power Plants with Solar Towers tration under German (Cologne) climate condition Michael Kassing TERMA Ribbe Performance Evaluation of the Reservoir System in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin Edward Thomas Fatoma NRM Schlüter The impact of large scale land acquisition (land grabbing) on local food Mohamad Ibrahim Abdul- IWRM Elagib Flash Floods in Khartoum State: Environmental Consequences security: case of Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone gabbar Mahmood and People´s Perception of Causes and Responses Entisar Almasri IWRM MENA External examiner Recent Trends of Groundwater Levels and Salinity in Highly Mohamad Omar Mohammad Alawneh IWRM MENA Elagib Ground Water Resilience to Climate Change in North West of Jordan Variable Environment - North Jordan as a Case Study Mohammed Adam Abbaker Basheer IWRM Ribbe Quantifying and evaluating the sensitivity of water-energy-food nexus Farah Taleb IWRM MENA Nehren Sustainable Water Management in Refugee Camps: to cooperation in transboundary river basins: The Blue Nile Basin Status Analysis, Best Practices and Case Study Montserrat Ortiz Flores TERMA Schlüter Methods for the estimation of carbon balance in pasture and Frank Balzereit TERMA Hamhaber Management thermischer Energiebedarfe in Bauprozessen silvopastoral projects in Italva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friederike Louise Barthe IWRM Ribbe Evaluation of Endemic Colombian Wetland Plants for their Capacity to Nadine Stöcker ENREM Schlüter Value chain analysis of Bolivian Quinoa as an organic fair trade Product remove Emerging Contaminants: An Experiment in Hydroponic Medium Rebecca Maria Besser REM Bhandari Development of a renewable energy based decentral Giang Bui Nhat TERMA VN Roehrig Water Balance Calculation for Lo river basin using Mike Basin mini-grid for a remote village in Mexico Model, considering impacts of climate change Relja Zambelic REM Daldrup Desktop-based Due Diligence for PV Projects in Serbia Hassan Mahmoud Tolba Aboelnga IWRM MENA Sturm Integrated Non Revenue Water Management in Jordan - - Case Power Plant in Prokuplje 50 kW A Case Study from Madaba distribution network Renata Dos Santos Buriti NRM Ribbe Policy Analysis for Source Water Protection in Rio de Janeiro Henrik Otte IWRM Ribbe The persistent challenges of implementing drip irrigation in Tamil Nadu, India State: Assessing Institutions and Strategies
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Name Program Supervisor Thesis Title Renata Carolina Breitenfeld NRM Nehren Assessment of pasture degradation indicators through a partici- Scientific Publications of ITT Members patory monitoring approach in Itaocara, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Rene Alfonso Paz Guerrero REM Hamhaber Systems Thinking in Energy Efficiency Planning: Evalu- Technical papers by Professors, Post-Docs, PhDs, MSc for Seminars, Peer reviewed journal articles ation of a Framework for Energy Efficiency Action Plans Symposiums and Conferences Richard Alexander Orth NRM Hamhaber Assessing The Applicability Of Energy Recovery Technol- Bustillos Ardaya A., Evers M., Ribbe L.; 2017; What influences disaster risk ogies For Urban Wastewater Treatment In India Hamhaber, J. (2017): Water Smart Cities: Relating smart city approaches with perception? Intervention measures, flood and landslide risk perception of Robin Christopher Jeschall NRM Hamhaber Transfer of policies to foster energy storage deployment: the water sector. Water Security and Climate Change Conference, Cologne, the population living in flood risk areas in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; Inter- The case of concentrated solar power in Brazil 21.09.2017 national Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 25, pp. 227-237 Roger Florian von Randow IWRM Ribbe Development of a Community Based Water Quality Monitoring (CBWQM) Hamhaber, J., Straub, G. and Khalifa, M. (2017): The city as a system - Stream- Firoz, ABM, Nauditt, A., Fink, M., Ribbe, L.; 2017. Quantifying human impacts on and Information System for the Tabacay Microbasin in Ecuador lining inter-and multidisciplinarity in urban environmental higher hydrological drought using a combined modelling approach in a tropical Rupesh Shrestha NRM Fekete Post-disaster recovery in Nepal (A study and analysis of Recon- education by subscribing to system theory and thinking. World Environ- river basin in Central Vietnam, HESS discussion, No.: hess-2017-86, http:// struction Approaches vs People's Demand) mental Education Conference, Vancouver, Canada. 10.09.2017 www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2017-86/ Samara Evangelista Gomes NRM Schlüter Urban Agriculture and Urban Development in Hoi An, Vietnam Lamberty G. & Zumbroich T. (2017): Bewertungsrobustheit der Gewässerstruk- Hamhaber, J. and Khalifa, M.W. (2017): Educating for Efficient Participation Santiago Eduardo Hormazábal Delgado NRM Hamhaber Feasibility of a Collaborative Management for the Protected Area Salar del Huasco turkartierung nach dem Deutschen Vor-Ort-Verfahren. 33. Jahrestagung towards Urban resilience in societies in transition: The case of Egypt. – In: Sarah Tschanun TERMA Hamhaber Sustainable Consumerism in Disadvantaged Social Milieus - der DGL und SIL, 25-29 September 2017, Cottbus, Germany. Springer Resilient Cities Series 6, accepted. Assessment of the interdependencies between societal struc- tures and individual sociopsychological processes Lamberty G. & Zumbroich T. (2017): Nature based solution for near-natural Huq N., Bruns A., Ribbe L., Huq S.; 2017; Mainstreaming ecosystem services river development – The spreading effect concept. Water Security and based climate change adaptation (EbA) in Bangladesh: Status, challenges Sascha Kochendörfer IWRM Ribbe Political and Institutional Challenges of Agricultural Waste- Climate Change Conference, 18-21 September 2017, Cologne, Germany. and opportunities; Sustainability 9 (6) water Reuse: In-Depth Case Study of the West Bank, Palestine Sergio Eduardo Díaz Galleguillos IWRM Ribbe Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Nexus in the Mallarauco Valley, Chile Nauditt: Congresso Internacional de Engenharia de Saúde Pública e Saúde Kirchner, A. & U. Nehren (2017): Comment on: “Linked variations in sediment Sheena Ayne Calimlim REM Bhandari Analysis of Renewable Energy Policy Mechanism: For the Ambiental da Funasa : Desafios Globais para o Desenvolvimento Susten- accumulation rates and sea-level in Guanabara Bay, Brazil, over the last assessment of the Philippines' Renewable Energy Outlook tável, que ocorreu no Hangar - Convenções e Feiras da Amazônia, em 6000 years” by Alberto G. Figueiredo Jr., Mauro B. de Toledo, Renato C. Belém/PA, no período de 26/11/2017 a 01/12/2017. Planejamento e gestão Cordeiro, José M.O. Godoy, Fabiano T. da Silva, Sérgio C. Vasconcelos, Simon Lukas Witti TERMA Hamhaber The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Transition in a Developing Country de bacias hidrográficas na Alemanha Dr. Alexandra Nauditt Ricardo A. dos Santos. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Surendra Pandit REM Bhandari Modeling and Analysis of Long Term Energy Demand and Supply Projection 482, S. 114-116. and it's Environmental Impact (A case study of Algeria and Nepal) Nauditt: March 2017: ADAPTA workshops in Rio and Fortaleza: "Drought Loaiza, T., M.O. Borja, U. Nehren & G. Gerold (2017): Analysis of land Thuong Pham Thi TERMA VN Ribbe Water scarcity and water -use efficiency in Karst Landforms, characterization and low flow modellintg for the Paraiba do Sul Basin". management and legal arrangements in the Ecuadorian Northeastern the case of Dong Van Karst Plateau, Ha Giang Province Nauditt: Presentation during National water resources conference in Amazon as preconditions for REDD+ implementation. Forest Policy and Tien Nguyen Minh TERMA VN Ribbe The assessment of water shortage in Cai Bau Colombia, Neiva, Rios y Humedales: "Spatio-temporal drought character- Economics 83, S. 19-28. Island Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam istics in tropical regions and their implications for drought management" Tobias Stefan Axel Landwehr REM Schlüter Sugarcane Residue Flows in North Fluminense and their October 2017 Motlagh*, M, Bhaduri A, Bogardi Jand Ribbe L. 2017. The Role of Trust-building Energetic and Economic Potential for a Pyrolytic Upgrade in Fostering Cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin: A Case of Experimental Nauditt: Presentation on Bazilian National Water Resources Conference Game Application. Journal of Natural Resources and Development. 7 . Van Trinh Thi Thu TERMA VN Ribbe Assessing the capacity of receiving waste waterof Thuong River (ABRH, Florianopolis, December 2017). "Drought characterization and 73-83 Vicente Raúl Olavarria Baeza REM Bhandari Concept of a Resilient Smart Grid System Based on Ripple Control mangament tools for the Paraiba do Sul Basin". Víctor Oscar Leandro Cobs Munoz ENREM Roehrig Analisis espacial de cambio de uso de suelo en la Reserva Nauditt, A., Soulsby, C., Birkel, C., Rusman, A., Schüth, C., Ribbe, L., Álvarez, de la Biosfera la Campana - Lago Penuelas, Chile Nehren, U. (2017): Der Atlantische Regenwald von Rio de Janeiro – Fragmente P. & Kretschmer, N., 2017. Using synoptic tracer surveys to assess runoff der Hoffnung. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Tübingen, 30. sources in an Andean headwater catchment in central Chile. Environ- Viet Anh Nguyen Thi Vietanh TERMA VN Ribbe Assessing the impact of saltwater instrusion on rice September – 5. Oktober 2017. mental Monitoring and Assessment. (2017) 189:440 DOI 10.1007/ production in Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province s10661-017-6149-2 Vittorio Sessa REM Bhandari Energy Supply Security. Sustainable City Modelling fo Niamey, Niger Nehren, U.: Das Konzept ökosystemarer Dienstleistungen und seine Anwendung in tropischen und subtropischen Ökosystemen. Öffentliche Nauditt, A., Birkel, C., Soulsby, C., Ribbe, L.(2017) Conceptual modelling to Yaremi Karina Cruz Rivera NRM Nehren Mountain communities´ perception of Climate Change Adaptation , Disaster Ringvorlesung Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit, Universität Hildesheim, 10. Mai assess the influence of hydro-climatic variability on runoff processes in data Risk Reduction and Ecosystem-Based Solutions in the Chicon Watershed, Peru 2017. scarce semi-arid Andean catchments. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62 (4), Yen Vu Hai TERMA VN Ribbe Development of a near real-time satellite - based drought pp. 515-532 monitoring system for the Vu Gia Thu Bon river basin, Vietnam Nehren, U.: Ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, Experten-Workshop, Gopa, Bad Homburg, 17. Ndegwa, G.M., M. Iiyama, D. Anhuf, U. Nehren & S. Schlüter (2017): Tree Mai 2017. establishment and management on farms in the drylands: evaluation PhD Graduates of the Academic Year 2016/2017 of different systems adopted by small-scale farmers in Mutomo District, Nehren: Session: Nature-based Solutions for Water Resources Management, Kenya. Agroforestry Systems, 91(6), S. 1043-1055. Water Security and Climate Change Conference, Köln, 18. – 21. September Name Supervisor Thesis Title 2017. Nehren, U., W. Lange & S. Kupka (2017): Ökosystembasierte Maßnahmen zur JafarTrinh Alkhatib Prof. Dr. Ribbe An Integrated Approach of Analyzing Management Risikominderung und Klimawandelanpassung in Südostbrasilien. Geogra- Solutions for the Water Crisis in Azraq basin, Jordan phische Rundschau, Band Brasilien 04/2017, S. 26-31. Mahsa Motlagh Prof. Dr. Ribbe CNRD Stipendiat Pedroso, R., Tran, D.H., Quoc, T.V., Le, A.V., Dang, K.T., Le, K.P. (2017). Technical Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet Prof. Dr. Ribbe Assessing Impacts of Land Use/Cover and Climate Changes on Hydrological efficiency of rice production in the delta of the Vu Gia Thu Bon river basin, Regime in the Headwater Region of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia Central Vietnam. World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, (in print). Thi Giao Trinh Prof. Dr. Ribbe Flood-related health risk assessment: a case study in Hoi An City, Quang Nam province, Vietnam
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Pedroso, R., Tran, D.H., Thi, M.H.N., Le, A.V., Ribbe, L., Dang, K.T., Le, K.P. (2017). Tollin, N. and Hamhaber, J. (2017, ed.): Sustainable urbanization in the Paris Cropping systems in the Vu Gia Thu Bon river basin, Central Vietnam: On Agreement: Comparative review of nationally determined contributions for farmers’ stubborn persistence in predominantly cultivating rice. NJAS - urban content. UN Habitat. 82 p. (BUCH) Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 80, pp. 1-13 Viet, QT, Nauditt, A. Ribbe, L Firoz, ABM 2017. Biophysical and Socio-economic Phan Cao Duong, Alexandra Nauditt, Do Hoai Nam and Nguyen Tung Phong, Features of the LUCCi—Project. Region: The Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin 2017. Assessment of climate change impact on river flow regimes in The .pp5-20. in: Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam: Red River Delta, Vietnam – A case study of the Nhue-Day River Basin" has LUCCi, Nauditt, A., and Ribbe, L. (Eds.), Springer Book Series: Water been published in JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT Resources and Development, ISBN 978-981-10-2623-2 since Feb 16, 2017 http://jnrd.info/2017/02/10-5027jnrd-v6i0-09/ Zumbroich T., Lamberty G., Roehrig J. & Thurmann C (2017): Kausalanalyse der Wäger, J. , Hamhaber, J. and Ortiz, W. (2017): Nutzung von Kleinstbiogasan- Kolmationsproblematik in Salmonidenlaichgewässern. - In: Hartmut Leser lagen und Teilhabe im globalen Süden: Partizipative Evaluation durch das & Jörg Löffler, Landschaftsökologie, 5. Auflage, = UTB-Bandnr. 8718, Verlag Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) im Projekt Asproinca, Riosucio, Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2017: 303-310. (ISBN-10: 3825287181) Kolumbien. In: Radtke, J. and Holstenkamp, L. (in press): Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation, Springer. S 683-997 Contributions to Conference Transcripts Zambrano-Bigiarini, M, Nauditt, A, Birkel, C, Verbist, K, Ribbe, L (2017), ‘Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates across Cruz Rivera, Y., U. Nehren & A. Sabogal (2017): Mountain communities' the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile’, Hydrology and perception of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Earth System Sciences, vol. 21, pp- 1295-1320. Ecosystem-Based Solutions in the Chicón Watershed, Peru. Conference Proceedings, Tropentag 2017, Bonn.
Contributions to Book Publications Nauditt, A. Metzke, D., Ribbe, L., 2017. Spatio-temporal drought character- istics of the tropical Paraiba do Sul River Basin and responses to the Mega Castro, P., R. Pedroso, S. Lautenbach, O. Baez, R. Vicens (2017). Spatial patterns Drought in 2014-2016, Geophysical Research Poster, Vol. 19, EGU2017- of farmland abandonment in Rio de Janeiro State. In: Nehren, U., S. 18124-2, 2017 Schlüter, C. Raedig, D. Sattler, H. Hissa (2018) (eds.): Strategies and tools for a sustainable rural Rio de Janeiro., Chapter 06, Springer Series on Environ- Tollin, N. and Hamhaber, J. (2017): Sustainable and Resilient Cities: SDGs, New mental Management. Accepted manuscript. Urban Agenda and Paris Agreement. ENEA - Special issue on smart cities 2017 Nauditt, A., Firoz, ABM, Viet, T. Q., Fink, M., Stolpe, H., and Ribbe, L. 2017. Hydro- logical drought risk assessment in an anthropogenically impacted tropical catchment, in: Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam: LUCCi, Nauditt, A., and Ribbe, L. (Eds.), Springer Book Series: Water Resources and Development, ISBN 978-981-10-2623-2; http://www. springer.com/de/book/9789811026232#aboutBook
Nauditt, A., Ribbe, L. (Eds). 2017. Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam: LUCCi, Springer Book Series: Water Resources and Development,
Nehren, U., H.D.T. Hoang, C. Raedig, N. Duc Trung & S. Alfonso (2017): Sand dunes and mangroves for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the coastal zone of Quang Nam province, Vietnam. In: A. Nauditt & L. Ribbe (Hrsg.): Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam, Springer Series: Water Resources Development and Management, S. 201-222.
Nehren, U., D. Sattler & C. Raedig (2017): Der Atlantische Regenwald von Rio de Janeiro: Nutzungsperspektiven im Spannungsfeld von globalen Herausfor- derungen und lokalen Bedürfnissen. Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie, S. 51-67.
Raedig, C., H.D.T. Hoang & U. Nehren (2017): Connectivity conservation management: a biodiversity corridor for Central Vietnam. In: A. Nauditt & L. Ribbe (Hrsg.): Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam, Springer Series: Water Resources Development and Management, S. 69-82.
Ribbe, L, Viet T.Q. , Firoz ABM, Nguyen A.T., Nguyen Uyen and Nauditt A. Integrated River Basin Management in the Vu Gia Thu Bon Basin. Pp153-170 in: Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam: LUCCi, Nauditt, A., and Ribbe, L. (Eds.), Springer Book Series: Water Resources and Development, ISBN 978-981-10-2623-2
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