World Bank – Invest in Truly Renewable Energy, Not Big Dams!

Date: 
Friday, September 30, 2011

In today's changing climate, we need decentralized and diversified water and energy solutions that can best respond to increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. What we're getting instead is a push for more large dams.

The World Bank's Draft Energy Strategy recommends an increase in funding for large dams, including the world's largest proposed hydropower scheme - the controversial Grand Inga Dam on the Congo River.