Engaging stakeholders in water-energy-food-environment systems assessment and planning 

An explainer video to the FutureDAMS Guide ‘Engaging stakeholders in water-energy-food-environment systems assessment and planning‘. Find out more at Bit.ly/futuredams-guide
It is a guide to considering development options with a broad range of stakeholders. Central to the approach is the belief that the best outcomes for meeting meet water, energy, food and environment needs will be achieved through participatory stakeholder engagement. The guide proposes a 5-step process for producing recommendations about WEFE infrastructure, informed by the FutureDAMS modelling and assessment tools and the collective knowledge, experience and perspectives those with a stake in river-basin planning. It outlines best practice in stakeholder processes and the pitfalls to avoid.