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Greenwashing Dams Factsheet
A dam industry effort threatens to greenwash dams and undermine the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The...
Sarawak Dams Contrast Best Practice at Industry Congress
Indigenous communities protest outside the IHA congress on May 22. As leaders of the global hydropower industry gather in Sarawak,...
Letter from Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu and Tapajós
(Translated from Portuguese)We are the people who live in the rivers where you want to build dams. We are the...
Letter to the World Bank on climate change and dams for the revision of the Safeguard Policies
In April of 2013, we sent a letter to the World Bank and the U.S. Treasury signed by 24 international...
Policy Brief to the Green Climate Fund on Additionality
Promoting a Paradigm Shift: Investing in Truly Additional Climate Mitigation Submission to the Board of the Green Climate Fund The...
Tracking Greenwash - a Map of "Sustainability Partner" HSAP Assessments and Commitments
Dam builders have begun to utilize the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) to assess dam projects around the world. In...
To Lead on Biodiversity, the World Bank Must Champion Environmental Flows
Flows on the Kagera River will be severely altered if a dam is built on the Rusumo Falls. Yesterday in...
World Bank Policy Reforms Spell Risk for Accountability
At the 2012 World Bank annual meetings in Tokyo, the Bank has commenced major revisions of its safeguards policies. The...
No Surprises in G-20 Declaration, Progress Report
G-20 leaders settled on an uneventful final declaration in Los Cabos. Tuesday’s G-20 Leaders’ Declaration, and a progress report from...
Rivers May Lose Out in the "Green Economy"
The Congo River, at the Grand Inga site, from space. It’s an unenviable position to attempt to reconcile the interests...