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Dave White
Dave is the Director of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University - Global Futures Lab. His research develops theory and methods to understand and enhance the positive societal impact of science for sustainability. He is committed use-inspired research with true global impact. Dave is an inaugural fellow of the PLuS Alliance, with joint appointments across ASU, Kings College London, and University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. He was an inaugural fellow of the Global Security Initiative at ASU. He is a recipient of the President's Medal for Social Embeddedness from Arizona State University and the Celebrating Natural Resources Award from the University of Idaho.
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Hydropower is a really essential part of the renewable energy portfolio for this region and for many regions around the world. We have these intersections of the environmental conditions, the megadrought, the climate change impacts. And then on the sort of demand side, we have increasing demand. We are simply using more water in the region than the river is able to provide. And our historic strategies for managing that predominantly through infrastructure like dams and reservoirs and delivery systems are now sort of inadequate to the challenges that we face.
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Lake Powell's drought is part of a growing threat to hydropower everywhereLake Powell is experiencing extreme drought, threatening hydropower. But it isn't the only place facing water resource dilemmas.
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Arizona State University- Global Futures Lab
Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation