Publications
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World Register of Dams / Registre Mondial des Barrages
Achat d'un accès de 3ans pour le Registre Mondial des Barrages (RMB).
Le RMB est la meilleure base de données répertoriant des barrages dans le monde et nous travaillons constamment à son amélioration
Registre des barrages
La meilleure base de données mondiale sur les barrages, établie à partir des inventaires nationaux envoyés par les pays membres à la CIGB. Le Registre est mis à jour continuellement et comporte actuellement plus de 55 000 Barrages.
Événements
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Webinaire: Lessons learnt from the Lower Lliedi Dam Incident
Webinaire - En ligne (en anglais seulement)
29 juillet 2024 13:00 - 14:00 Heure d'été britannique (BST)
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International Symposium on Dams and Earthquakes
Athène, Grèce
12 - 13 Septembre 2024
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92ème Réunion Annuelle et Symposium Int'l
New Delhi, Inde
27 Sept. - 3 Octobre 2024
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HYDRO 2024 Secure technology for turbulent times
Messe Congress Graz (MCG), Autriche
18 au 20 Novembre 2024
Voir le site web dédié (en anglais seulement)
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17e atelier international de référence de la CIGB sur l'analyse numérique des barrages
Sofia, Bulgarie
9 - 12 Avril 2025
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28ème Congrès & 93ème Réunion Annuelle de la CIGB
Chengdu, Chine
15 Mai au 23 Mai 2025
Better dams for a better world
With climate change, flood protection provided by dams will be ever more important.
Prague (July 5 2017)
Climate change is impacting the variability of water resources with more severe and frequent droughts and/or more flood. To lessen the consequences of those events, Dams and Reservoirs are the most efficient solution. That is adaptation. For example, Dams are an essential tool for protecting the populations against the disastrous floods, like those affecting the Czech Republic in 2002 and 2013 with terrible consequences.
Climate change also makes urgent the need to develop clean (carbon-free) energies to meet growing needs for power. Fortunately, solar and wind energies are becoming competitive and will be largely developed, provided there is enough energy storage to compensate for their intermittence. The only solution available today for massive storage at a reasonable price is to use reservoirs associated with pumped power stations. Hydropower is also a clean energy in itself. That is mitigation.
The services provided by dams (irrigation, hydropower production, water storage, flood protection, leisure…) are equally important for developed and developing countries. In Prague General Assembly, ICOLD will welcome three new countries in its family: Angola, Afghanistan and Bhutan. Thus reaching the mark of 100 country members.
ICOLD is working hard to disseminate knowledge through the work of its technical committees, the Science Congresses and Symposiums it organizes. Exemplary of this is the Symposium organized by the Czech National Committee on Large Dams today, on “knowledge-base dam engineering”.
You will find photos of the 85 Annual Meeting on Social Medias:
https://www.facebook.com/icoldcigb
https://www.instagram.com/icoldcigb/