amos kabo-bah

I am an associate professor and Dean of International Relations Office for University Energy and Natural resources (UENR) in Ghana. Formerly, I was the head of Department for Civil and Environmental Engineering, Energy and Environmental Engineering and the Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre. . I led to the establishment of the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC-2) Programme, the Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) for West Africa; and the Ghana Carbon Programme (A collaborative project with the Global Change Research Institute of Czech Republic) at UENR, Ghana. I have been a Visiting Lecturer to the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES) in Algeria, the Pan African University Institute for Life Sciences in Nigeria, the WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) centers in Lome-Togo and Niamey-Niger.

As a Programme Board Member of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO); I seek to advocate for open access and use of Earth observations for the benefit of society especially for deprived nations. Under GEO programme, I also work with the GEO AquaWatch Programme as a Steering Committee Member and Co-Chair for developing the strategic direction and implementation schedule for the GEO Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). In this role, I strongly advocate for the strong need of long-term capacity development at both the governmental scale, while at the same time at the grassroots level to bring a transformative attitude to the value for land for development and livelihood. At Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), I serve as a Steering Committee Member.

In the last decade, I have published over 60 articles in several journals. I also serve as an Editorial Member for Oriental Journal of Chemistry (OJC), an Editor for Information Technology and Engineering Section – Scientific African, a Review Editor for Frontiers in Water, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management (JENRM).

As an educator, I advocate for equal access to education for developing countries, to make the needed changes and goals, we wish to achieve as a world!

 

 

 

Education

Post-doctoral research on Climate Change Impacts on Hydropower Generation in Ghana at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria –>>2015

PhD Hydrology and Water Resources at Hohai University in Nanjing, China –>>2013

MS.c Environmental Hydrology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands –>>2010

BSc in Civil Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana –> 2005

S.S.C.E. Certificate at St. Francis Xavier Minor Secondary School, Wa –>> 1999

B.E.C.E. Certificate at St Andrews JHS, Nandom –>>1996

Awards

1. 2019: Geospatial Excellence Award -Sambus Geospatial Ltd -Ghana


2. 2016: Gold Medal – Outstanding Staff – University of Energy and Natural Resources at Maiden Congregation Opened by the President of Ghana – John Dramani Mahama.


3. 2009: The special award “Developing a GUI for Modelling the Water Quality of the 52°North Dinkel River“. 52 North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmBH.

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New & Media

2nd AfriGEOSS Symposium Objectives were to Demonstrate use of Earth Observations in implementing African polices (such as Agenda 2063, African Space Policy, etc) for sustainable development, including the three GEO priority engagement areas (SDGs, climate, Disasters); Promote and build synergies with on-going and planned Earth observations initiatives at national, regional (e.g. GMES & Africa,  SERVI, UNGGIM-Africa) and international level (such as GEO activities Know More Findings Amos Kabo-Bah 2018 Amos Kabo-bah 2024 Amos Kabo-Bah 2024 Host for 2nd AfriGEOSS Delivering Earth Observations for Policy and Sustainable impact in Africa. This event happened on the 13th-15th June 2017, Sunyani, Ghana.  news […]

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Moment with the 77th President of the United Nations General Assem.

It was an unforgettable experience to have met H.E. Csaba Kőrösi, the 77th President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the FBAS 2024 event in Beijing.

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Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems takes a practical approach to present characteristic features, planning and implementation aspects, and techno-economic issues of PHES. It discusses the importance of pumped hydro energy storage and its role in load balancing, peak load shaving, grid stability and hybrid energy systems deployment.

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EARTH Intelligence for all

Speaker at the earth intelligence

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Sustainable Hydropower in West Africa: Planning, Operation, and Challenges

Sustainable Hydropower in West Africa: Planning, Operation, and Challenges provides a comprehensive overview of the planning, deployment and management of hydropower in West Africa and similar regions. The authors use a practical approach to analyze available technology, modeling methodologies and sustainability aspects, such as the dependence between climate and hydropower, and socio-economic and environmental impacts.

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