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HYDRO 2015, Bordeaux, France, 26th-28th October 2015
November 2, 2015This year’s international gathering of hydropower specialists was held in Bordeaux, France, 26th-28th October 2015. Prof. John Reynolds, RIL’s MD, gave a presentation entitled ‘On the need to integrate Disaster Risk Management within the hydropower sector’. This was part of a specially-convened session following the devastating earthquakes in Nepal in April and May. As part […]
Update on the aftermath of the Gorkha Earthquake of 25th April in Nepal
May 7, 2015It is now clear that the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake on the 25th April has moved from search & rescue through to body recovery and care for survivors. In additional there is considerable attention being paid by international agencies on how best to help Nepal without swamping it’s already battered infrastructure and systems. […]
September 2014 – Disaster Risk Management role with The World Bank
January 23, 2015In September, Prof. John M. Reynolds, MD of RIL, was appointed as a Short Term Consultant to The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, to take a technical lead through 2014-15 in a major new 5-year $100 million project funded by The World Bank and the Japanese Government on introducing Disaster Risk Management into the hydropower […]
Invited case history presentation at World Water Week
August 1, 2011Prof. John M. Reynolds, MD of Reynolds International Ltd, has been invited by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to present one of three case histories at their forthcoming seminar at World Water Week on Wednesday 24th August. This major international conference is to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 22-26th August. The subject of the […]
