A coalition of more than 300 civil society organisations from 53 countries have called on governments and financiers at the COP 21 Paris climate talks to keep large hydropower projects out of climate initiatives such as the Clean Development Mechanism, the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, and green bonds.
“For environmental, social and economic reasons, large hydropower projects are a false solution to climate change," Peter Bosshard, interim Executive Director of International Rivers claimed.
