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A Recap of the G20's 2011 Commitments to Infrastructure
While we’re waiting for the G20 Summit to begin here in Los Cabos on Monday, let’s recall some of the...
Amazonian Communities Occupy the Belo Monte Dam Site
Amazonian Communities Occupy the Belo Monte Dam Site To Free the Xingu River On the Eve of the Rio+20 UN...
Civil Society Letter to the Brazilian Designated National Authority
Mr. Sanderson Alberto Medeiros LeitãoGlobal Climate Changes Division Head Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Esplanada dos Ministérios,Bloco E –...
The "Green Economy" - Promise or Myth?
June 2012 is a busy month for international governmental and civil society meetings on the economy and the environment –...
G20 Pushes Controversial Dams in "Green Growth" Strategy
The Group of 20 major economies (G20) holds its 2012 annual summit in Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18-19. The...
Reality Check for Guatemala’s Energy Plans
From June 2012 World Rivers Review Efficiency and Renewables Could Forestall Dams, Study Shows In 2008, International Rivers’ staff visited...
The Amazon: Dirty Dams, Dirty Politics and the Myth of Clean Energy
From June 2012 World Rivers Review A growing trend in Brazil and other countries is to portray large hydroelectric dams...
A Climate-Safe “Green Economy” Protects Rivers, Rejects Destructive Dams
From June 2012 World Rivers Review The twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, comes at...
Our Rivers Feed Millions
From June 2012 World Rivers Review River systems support the Earth’s highest biological diversity – and the most intense human...
Putting Rivers on the Agenda in Rio
Commentary: June 2012 World Rivers Review In the preparations for the twentieth anniversary conference of the Earth Summit, the word...