By: Michael Simon This article was originally published on the International Business Times This month, the 3,000 inhabitants of Hasankeyf, Turkey, await rising floodwaters that will permanently drown their 12,000-year-old village. With it will go a unique ecosystem and countless cultural artifacts from millennia of human history. Hundreds of miles downstream, the marshes thought to…
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By: Michael Simon There is no defensible way to continue damming the worldâs rivers. That was the message that a powerful uprising of individuals, NGOs and social movements delivered to the World Hydropower Congress last week. (Itâs not too late to lend your voice here.) Civil Society Constructively Challenges the World Hydropower Congress 9 MAY 2019 from Todd…
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By Josh Klemm, Policy Director, and Florencia OrtĂșzar from AIDA This article was originally published on Climate Homes News The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the primary financial mechanism established under the UN climate body, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help countries cope with climate change. It is cause for hope, due to its ability to…
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By: Amazon Watch â Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact â AsociaciĂłn Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) â Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation â Carbon Market Watch â Fondation Danielle Mitterrand (France LibertĂ©s) International Rivers â Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement International â Movimiento Rios Vivos – Oxfam International â Rede Latinoamericana contra represas y por…
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By: Sarah Bardeen zom·bie dam /ËzĂ€mbÄ dam/ noun 1. A proposed dam project that activists successfully halt before it’s built, only to see it rise again and again â years later â in different forms. Weâve all seen classic zombie movies like âNight of the Living Dead.â If you havenât, hereâs a summary: A member of…
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By: Institute for Policy Studies and International Rivers The Green Climate Fund must be a vehicle for a fundamental shift in global energy lending to ensure a transformation to low-carbon and climate-resilient energy sources that are universally accessible for all people by 2030. We call on the Green Climate Fund not to finance dirty energy. But…
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