Three years after Vietnam’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) was agreed, a new report from International Rivers, built on years of monitoring with the Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, finds a promising foundation but critically insufficient progress on justice, financing and public participation. The USD 15.5 billion committed covers only around 11% of what is needed…
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The Kunene River forms part of the border between Namibia and Angola and sustains the lands, livelihoods and cultural traditions of OvaHimba and OvaTjimba communities. For these Indigenous communities, their customary lands are more than a place to live, they encompass grazing areas, water sources, sacred sites and ancestral graves that connect generations and sustain…
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Pedro Arrojo-Agudo’s report calls for halting new large dams, confronting pollution and placing Indigenous Peoples and communities at the center of Amazonian water governance. For communities across the Amazon, a river is a source of drinking water, a fishing ground, a route to school or the nearest health clinic, and a place of cultural and…
Read MoreAs Bank shareholders meet in Bangkok and Nepal seeks reconstruction support, civil society asks the World Bank Group not to rebuild the same risks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2026 BANGKOK – As the World Bank Group holds its Annual Meetings in Bangkok this week, 122 civil society organizations from 38 countries are calling on…
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After Nepal’s hydropower disaster, we’re heading to Bangkok to make sure the Bank doesn’t repeat old mistakes on the Congo River. This week, finance ministers, World Bank officials and civil society are gathering in Bangkok for the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings (October 12–18). Hydropower is high on the agenda. August’s deadly flood in…
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From October 12 to 18, the World Bank hold their Annual Meetings in Bangkok. Finance ministers, central bankers, and the Bank’s senior leadership from nearly every country on earth will gather a short flight from rivers where World Bank dams have left some of their deepest scars. Many of you have been with us since…
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Patricio “Pato” Segura (1972–2026) A voice for the rivers of Patagonia International Rivers mourns the loss of our friend and compañero, Patricio “Pato” Segura, journalist, environmental defender, and tireless voice for the rivers, communities, and territories of Patagonia. Pato played a fundamental role in the movement that stopped HidroAysén and protected the Baker and Pascua…
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Civil society says the bill would transform Colombia’s landmark river rights decisions into a national legal framework for protecting, restoring, and governing rivers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2026 Bogotá, Colombia – Environmental and social organizations today welcomed the introduction in the Colombian Congress of a 20-article bill – PL 140-2026 – that seeks to…
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International Rivers stands in solidarity with the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) from Sikkim, India, as they renew their demand to permanently scrap the 520 MW NHPC Teesta IV hydropower project on the Teesta river and the 280 MW Himagiri Panan hydropower project on the sacred Rongyoung river. The group recently completed a 4-day foot…
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The Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, a group of international and regional human rights and climate justice organizations, welcomes the release yesterday of our friend and colleague, environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, after five years of unjust imprisonment in Vietnam. Bach has shared the following message with his supporters: Hanoi, June 24, 2026 Dear friends, colleagues…
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Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition This month, on 24 June 2026, Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach is due to be released from prison, having served his five-year sentence in full. As that day draws near, we look forward with hope to his safe release and the reunion that awaits him, with his wife, Tran Phuong…
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