HH6 How the construction of large-scale dams is changing the hydropolitical relations in the Nile Basin?
1. Presentation to HH6 Workshop
London, 12 January 2013
Ana Elisa Cascão, SIWI
Multi-level counter-hegemony in the Nile:
how the construction of large-scale dams
is changing the hydropolitical relations
between and within the Nile countries
2. Pillars of hegemony
and counter-hegemony
Global
Regional
State-centric
approach
National
Local
3. Large-scale dams: for and against
• Hydropower agenda
Global • Activist agenda
• NBI energy
Regional
• Hydro is the solution!
National • Urban and rural
electrification
Local
• Local populations:
voiceless?
5. Idetiational power on dams in the Nile
Basin
• Power/electricity is a critical
requirement for regional
growth
• Hydropower is the preferred
energy source for most of
the Nile countries
• Why hydropower is the most
attractive option? Renewable
energy, pollution free, long
economic life, reliability of
supply, cost-efffective,
deliver multiple benefits, etc
Counter–hegemony: lessons from transboundary and social justice movements about alternatives to the status quo Purpose: To investigate how the status quo can be challenged, through justice, law, soft power, or other means
"Multi-level counter-hegemony in the Nile region: how the construction of large-scale dams is changing the hydropolitical relations between and within the Nile countries": This presentation aims at analysing the hydropolitical changes in the Nile Basin region and to look specifically at the resistance and counter-hegemonic nature of the actions taken in favour or/and against the construction of large-scale dams in the region. The Nile region will be used as an example of multi-level counter-hydro-hegemony, looking at examples at diverse examples of resistance at global, regional, national and local level concerning the construction of dams in Sudan (Merowe, Kajbar), in Ethiopia(Gilge Gibe III and Grand Renaissance Dam) and Uganda (Bujagali).
Strong resistance at global and local levels
Strong resistance at regional level
To investigate how the status quo can be challenged, through justice, law, soft power, or other means