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Comments on Baseline Methodology for New Capacity That Displaces Electricity Generation
In a Centrally Dispatched Hydrothermal Interconnected Power System From the UNFCCC’s CDM Public Comment Form #NM0125 [Only completed sections of...
Why the WCD Still Matters
World Rivers Review, October/December 2005 Five years ago, the World Commission on Dams – on which I served as one...
NGOs Warn of "Environmental Money Laundering"
Six large international banks are currently arranging a $1 billion bond for China Exim Bank, the world’s third largest export...
Western Banks Financing China’s Export Import Bank: A Case of Environmental Money Laundering
Executive Summary Representatives of Western banks and export credit agencies frequently argue that their environmental policies are being undercut by...
The WCD Framework and Investment in Large Dams
In May 2005, HSBC was the first private bank to adopt the decision-making framework of the World Commission on Dams....
World Bank Safeguard Policies Are Not Sufficient for Hydropower Projects
Ms. Janet West Export Credits Division Trade Directorate, OECD Dear Ms. West: I would like to contribute to the process...
A World of Hurt
New Research Reveals Massive Impacts of Damming on World’s Large Rivers The extent to which dams affect the world’s large...
International Rivers Welcomes New Water Policy from Major International Bank
HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, announced a new freshwater policy at their Annual General Meeting in London today....
It’s Extreme Not to Be Green
The recently released Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a UN-sponsored analysis of the overall health of the planet, reveals the extent to...
Harnessing Wild Rivers: Who Pays the Price?
Since World War II some 45,000 large dams have been built, generating an estimated 20 percent of the world’s electricity...