Items tagged:
Hydropower
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IIED calls on climate funds to help reframe hydropower
Two new papers have been published by IIED calling on international climate funds to incentivise sustainable hydropower projects that support the switch to renewable energy
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FutureDAMS
Thousands of large dams are currently planned or under construction around the world. How can we ensure we maximise their benefits while minimising the negative impacts?
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Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?
New research will examine the risks of funding hydropower and how these risks can be addressed to break down the financing barriers
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Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower?
Jamie Skinner discusses whether tightening up standards to minimise social and environmental risks could shift the debate on hydropower
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Fomi dam: catalysing land tenure reform in Guinea
A high-level meeting in Guinea on 4-5 March will discuss reforms governing land expropriation and compensation for smallholder farmers displaced by large public interest infrastructure projects
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New website focuses on dams and family farming in West Africa
A website has been launched that focuses on large dams, irrigated agriculture, land tenure and family farming in West Africa: www.gwiwestafrica.org
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Dams in Africa: Combining national and local development
The economics and distribution of development benefits of large dams continue to be a source of controversy. Every dam is different, and efforts to generalise from a few (often well known, but sometimes exceptional) examples continue to cause challenges in reaching common ground on the past development contribution of the 50,000 dams worldwide today and the need for more
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Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
With three big shifts in flows of finance rendering recent efforts to limit the environmental and social impacts of large dams marginal, backers of new dams are being urged to ensure safeguards are in place
