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Dam Removal
Featured Project Restoring the Klamath: What we’re learning from the largest dam removal project in history After decades of controversy...
Water and Energy Solutions
There are often better, cheaper, less-destructive alternatives to building a large dam, whether to meet energy or water needs, or...
Carbon Credits
International Rivers began monitoring the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism in 2002. Since then, while carbon offsets have become increasingly...
Reservoir Emissions
A growing number of scientific studies indicate that reservoirs, especially in the tropics, are a significant source of global greenhouse...
Export Credit Agencies
Export credit agencies provide government credits and guarantees for private export contracts such as turbines and other machinery. Export credit...
Private Banks & Investors
Private banks and investors play an important role in financing the construction of dams. Private bank loans are often a...
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is the largest regional multilateral development bank in Latin America. Over the past decade, the...
World Bank Group
With more than 600 projects funded since the 1950s, the World Bank Group (including its private-sector arm, the International Finance...
Vietnam
Vietnam’s rivers are under threat from a massive hydropower development program. More than 30 projects are under development or at...
Mekong Regional Initiatives
The countries of mainland Southeast Asia, threaded together by the Mekong River, are experiencing a period of stability and rapid...