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Nelson Mandela's Speech at the Publication of the WCD Report
Nelson Mandela honored the World Commission on Dams with a speech at the launch of the WCD’s final report in...
A Sustainable Energy Future is Within Our Grasp
The staggering growth in renewable energy has the potential to fundamentally change the way we generate and use power. Previously...
Grand Inga - the World Bank’s Latest Silver Bullet for Africa
Mega-dams have a long history of bypassing the poor in the DRC. IRIN When World Bank President Jim Kim visits...
World Bank Response to NGO Letter on Mega-Dams for Africa
Response by the World Bank to the NGO letter of May 15, 2013, raising concerns and asking questions about the...
NGO Letter on the World Bank's Return to Mega-Dams in Africa
In May 2013, civil society organization and networks from Africa, Europe and the United States sent a letter to World...
China Sets Out 'Green' Guidelines For Energy Firms
Originally published in Asia Times Online and in the Asia-Pacific Journal With toxins in the air and dead pigs in...
Holding Chinese Investors to Account
Protest against the Gibe III Dam at the Chinese embassy in Nairobi. Friends of Lake Turkana With toxins in the...
Hydro Industry Shuts Out Critical Voices
Apiaká indigenous activist in BrazilPhoto: Brent Millikan The international hydropower industry is meeting in Ethiopia for their big Africa 2013...
China's Superbank
China Development Bank has funded all major Chinese hydropower. projectsnipic.com Li Liguan lives at the outskirts of Loudi city in...
Hydropower
Hydropower in numbers Water power has been used for grinding flour and other purposes since ancient times. The world’s first...