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Hydropower Pushes for Greater Access to Green Finance

GreenTechMedia

Hydropower, the world's largest source of renewable electricity, could begin using environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) measures to bolster project financing from the end of this year. The application of the hydropower criteria to the climate bonds standard and certification scheme has been under review since 2019.

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Study: $246bn-worth of global hydropower projects reliant on threatened cloud forests

Business Green

Hundreds of billions of dollars-worth of current and planned global hydropower facilities are dependent on water provided by threatened tropical cloud forests that remain largely unprotected worldwide. The International Hydropower Association was considering a request for comment at the time of going to press.

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Hydropower RECs on Bursa Carbon Exchange: understanding the risks

Eco-Business

Companies and investors planning to buy Malaysia's hydropower-backed RECs should consider the greenhouse gasses emitted by their reservoirs, as well as biodiversity and social concerns.

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It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?

The Guardian: Energy

The Neretva, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of the most biodiverse rivers on the continent – supporting bears, wolves, lynx and many rare species – but more than 50 planned dams could permanently transform the ecosystem At the bottom of a ravine, near the mountain town of Ulog, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lie the sparkling turquoise waters of the (..)

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Natel Energy - In a Win for Clean Energy and Biodiversity, New Studies Raise the Bar on Fish Safety for Hydropower

Global Renewable News

Natel Energy and leading research institution.

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Twin-state hydropower project seen to sweep away vulnerable communities, local biodiversity

Eco-Business

With the construction of the Kishau Dam, 2,950 hectares of land with some 2.5 million trees will be submerged and 5,498 people will have to be relocated.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated.

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