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Interview: Dams, Artists, and Envisioning the Future
Earlier this summer, I had the good fortune to meet local artist Jennifer Downey during her open studio in Oakland,...
Comments to CDM Executive Board on Stakeholder Consultations
CDM Executive Board Call for Inputs on the Validation Process International Rivers welcomes the opportunity to respond to the CDM...
Comments to the CDM Executive Board on First-of-its-Kind Analysis and Common Practice
International Rivers welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Executive Board's call for public input on the common practice analysis...
Perseverance to Protect Wild Areas Pays Off at UN Meeting
During this year’s UNESCO World Heritage meeting, the World Heritage Committee issued some of the strongest language yet to countries...
Crunching the Hydro Numbers: 2011 First Half CDM Update
For many years, International Rivers and our partners have been submitting comments on the worst hydropower projects in the CDM...
Infographic: When Dams Pollute
Dams can be major generators of greenhouse gases, but many people are unaware just how much global warming impact they...
Recognizing Dams as a World Heritage Threat
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee just concluded its 35th session in Paris, and for the activists and experts who worked...
Alert, But Not Alarmed at China's Second Tier Dam Builders
It was just a little under a year ago that I joined International Rivers' China program, so it seems timely...
Hydropower Industry Needs Standards, not Scorecards, to be Sustainable
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) just launched the “Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol” (HSAP) at its bi-yearly Congress in the town...
Human Rights Hero Passes Away
The World Commission on Dams was one of the most unusual experiments in global governance. Mandated to develop a new...