Sources and Resources for “Greenwashing Hydropower”

[Editor's note:  Additional background information can be found in "Messing with the Mekong,"  November/December 2003 World Watch and "Nam Theun 2," May/June 2005 World Watch.]

World Commission on Dams: independent international commission that evaluated the development effectiveness of big dams and developed recommendations for future energy and water planning: http://www.unep.org/DAMS/WCD/

Nam Theun 2 hydropower project: most of our research is original research, so best source is our website, which has all sorts of reports and other information on it:  http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/1847

Source for the number of dam projects globally involving Chinese banks and companies: http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/3110

Peter Bosshard, "China Dams the World," in World Policy Journal, December 2009, pp. 43-51. Available online at www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/wopj/current.

Factsheet: "China's Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past." http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/4740

Ma Jun, "Will China's Rivers Survive the Next 20 Years?", World Rivers Review, August 2005. http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/1809

A Faultline Runs Through It: Exposing the Hidden Dangers of Dam-Induced Earthquakes, International Rivers factsheet published March 2009: http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/3980

WWF-Brazil's Sustainable Power Sector Vision 2020, www.assets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_powerswitch__scenario_brazil.pdf

"Africa Slow to Use Energy Resources: World Bank," Reuters, January 28, 2009, http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE50R0M720090128?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

Lori Pottinger, "Africa's Perfect Storm? Extreme Vulnerability to Climate Change Increases Pressure on Rivers," August 1, 2006, http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/2341

Mark Hankins, A Renewable Energy Plan for Mozambique. Justiça Ambiental, September 2009. Available at http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/4238

Patrick McCully, Fizzy Science: Loosening the Hydro Industry's Grip on Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions Research, International Rivers, November 2006. Available at http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/1349

Peter Bosshard, "The environment at risk from monuments of corruption" in Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2005, http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/gcr_2005