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Romeo Tweneboah Koduah

Water, energy and climate systems — measured, modelled and turned into policy

Romeo Tweneboah Koduah works at the intersection of water, energy and food systems, examining how climate change reshapes water availability, renewable energy generation and food security, and what that means for long-term sustainability. Machine learning and geospatial analysis are used to build predictive models that support water resource management, sustainable energy planning and clean energy transitions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The research operates at continental scale. Earth observation and remotely sensed data are used to assess water budgets alongside energy generation capacity, producing the evidence base for sound water–energy–food policy. That work spans MERIT-based VegET and mizuRoute baseline runs for Africa from 1992 to 2024 and future-scenario discharge to 2050, naturalised and reservoir-regulated discharge simulation for Mexico’s Lerma–Santiago Basin, water budget monitoring in the White Volta River Basin, and small hydropower assessment across Ghana’s western river systems.

The evidence does not stop at the paper. The same practice carries findings into policy instruments — Ghana’s first zero-emission vehicle supply-side regulatory framework, an Article 6.2 cookstove carbon programme, national investment plans for solar-powered irrigation — and into the digital systems that make implementation measurable. Alongside this runs a sustained commitment to youth engagement, treating young people as active contributors to sustainable water, energy and climate solutions rather than an audience for them.

Education

Environmental engineering, then the diplomacy that surrounds it.

  • MSc, International Relations

    University of Gold Coast · Accra, Ghana

    Jul 2025 – Jul 2026

    Climate Diplomats in the City: How Kayayei Negotiate Human Security and Urban Sovereignty in Accra’s Informal Market.

  • MSc, Environmental Engineering and Management

    University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) · Sunyani, Ghana

    Completed Dec 2022

    World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence Scholarship

    Using Earth Observation to Monitor Water Budgets for River Basin Management — White Volta River Basin.

  • BSc, Environmental Engineering

    University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) · Sunyani, Ghana

    Completed Aug 2019

    Assessment and Treatment of Arsenic in Water Using Laterite — Bibiani, Ghana.

Awards & fellowships

Selection, scholarship and recognition.

  • 2026

    Global Impact Award, AI Party ATOX Hackathon

    For Culturesphere, pitched at the hackathon.

  • 2026

    Delegate, Fourth Tsinghua Global Youth Dialogue

    Tsinghua University, China

    120 delegates selected from 5,162 applicants.

  • 2025

    Open Africa Power Fellow

    Sustainable Energy for All and Enel Foundation

    Top ten performers of the cohort, with a fully funded residential module in Italy.

  • 2022

    Student Energy Fellow

    Student Energy

    Selected to the global fellowship cohort.

  • 2020

    Winner, SDG Innovation Challenge (Plastic4Education)

    African Youth SDG Summit

  • 2020

    World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence Scholarship

    World Bank

    Awarded for graduate study.

  • 2017

    Fourth Place, Osei Kusi Foundation Community Service Awards

    Osei Kusi Foundation

    Team A Need for Education.

Certifications & professional training

Modelling, safety, facilitation and policy, kept current.

2026
  • Supporting Young Agri-Entrepreneurs with Responsible Agricultural Investment Projects

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Building a Gender-Responsive Policy and Legal Framework for Agricultural Investment and Supply Chains

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

2025
  • Open Africa Power Programme, Certificate of Excellence

    Sustainable Energy for All and Enel Foundation

  • Hydrological Modelling and Discharge Estimation using VegET–mizuRoute, and Introduction to Water Accounting Plus (WA+)

    International Water Management Institute

  • Africa Energy Efficiency Policy Training Week, Transport Division

    International Energy Agency

2024–25
  • Research Communication Programme

    Leaders of Africa Institute

2024
  • Adaptive and Residual Risk Management

    Trust Training Limited

  • EPIC Africa Summer School on CLEWS-based Water–Energy–Food Modelling

    University of Energy and Natural Resources

2023
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) preparation

    Project Management Institute / Cambridge Centre of Excellence

  • International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (IGC)

    NEBOSH, United Kingdom

  • Training of Facilitators for SDG 6.5.1

    Cap-Net, Global Water Partnership and UNEP-DHI

  • Seminar on Small Hydropower and Sustainable Development

    Ministry of Commerce, People’s Republic of China

  • Oxford School of Climate Change

    University of Oxford

  • Assessing the Impacts of Fires on Watershed Health

    NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET)

  • Drone and Data Technology, Level 1

    African Drone and Data Academy

  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt

Professional memberships & licensure

Registered practice, and the networks behind it.

  • Professional Engineer

    Ghana Institution of Engineering

    PE-GhIE

  • Member

    West African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

    MWAIMM

  • Member

    Rural Water Supply Network

  • Member

    UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network

Technical skills

The toolkit, from earth observation to production software.

Geospatial and Remote Sensing

  • QGIS
  • ArcGIS
  • Google Earth Engine
  • Remote sensing
  • Earth observation
  • Spatial analysis

Hydrology and Water Resources

  • Hydrological modelling
  • Water budget estimation
  • River basin characterisation
  • Eco-hydrology
  • Hydropower potential assessment
  • SWAT
  • VegET
  • mizuRoute
  • mizuLake
  • WEAP
  • Water Accounting Plus (WA+)

Modelling and Data Science

  • Machine learning
  • Random Forest
  • Python
  • R
  • SPSS
  • OriginPro graphing
  • Climate modelling
  • SDGs modelling

Energy and Systems Planning

  • Energy planning
  • OSeMOSYS
  • CLEWS water–energy–food modelling
  • Small hydropower siting
  • Solar PV feasibility assessment

Software and Platforms

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • PostGIS
  • Serverless Postgres
  • KoboToolbox

Policy and Programme

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Environmental and social management planning
  • Article 6.2 carbon market design
  • MRV and baseline design
  • NDC alignment and reporting
  • Stakeholder convening and facilitation

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