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Run-of-River Hydro: Green Energy or Greenwash?

It's a little strange to write a fact sheet about a term that actually has no meaning.That's right – there's no real definition of a "run-of-river" hydro project. As our former director, Patrick...

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The World Bank’s Energy Lending Is Stuck In The Past

This is Part 2 of our three-part series on renewable energy solutions.Girl with a fish on the Salween River.Pai Deetes, International RiversThere’s no question that solar and wind power are...

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Kandadji Dam at the Brink of a Humanitarian Disaster

Villagers to be displaced by the Kandadji DamLast week, I was joined in Washington DC by Sena Alouka and Sani Ayouba, courageous activists from the African youth organization, Jeunes Volontaires pour...

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Can the World Bank Lead by Example in Moving Away from Large Dams?

Since his election in 2012, World Bank President Jim Kim has trumpeted the Bank’s return to large hydropower including so-called “transformational” mega-dams. Kim himself championed the controversial...

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World Bank to Double Down on Hydro Boondoggle in Niger

In June, I wrote about courageous colleagues from Niger who came to the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington to sound the alarm over some 60,000 people at risk of being displaced by the Kandadji...

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It’s Time to Invest in Congo’s Energy Future

Earlier this month, the DRC government seemed to acknowledge what we have long argued: The proposed Inga 3 Dam, touted for decades as a fix-all to the country’s energy woes, is not a good investment....

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World Bank Reneges on Its Promise to Protect Key Biodiversity Site on...

Previously protected stretch of the White Nile that will be submerged by Isimba DamEli ReichmanLast month, after a long-running saga, the World Bank signed away its legal obligation to protect Uganda’s...

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First Mesopotamia Water Forum highlights water as both source of conflict,...

Last week, I had the privilege to attend the Mesopotamia Water Forum at the University of Sulaimani in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Organized by the Save the Tigris campaign, the forum was the first...

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Civil Society Statement: Climate Bonds Initiative must abandon its misguided...

By: 276 civil society organizationsCivil Society Statement:Climate Bonds Initiative must abandon its misguided attempt to greenwash hydropowerDecember 10, 2019On behalf of 276 civil society...

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For Hasankeyf the Bell Tolls | Guest blog by Gokce Sencan

By: Gokce SencanIntroduction Gokce Sencan, a Turkish water policy researcher based in California, shares the experience from her recent visit to the ancient town of Hasankeyf along the Tigris River in...

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