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World Water Day 2022 Student Event Recap
On World Water Day (March 22, 2022) students of the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Dam Watch International, organized and conducted an event – A Look Over Dams In Canada – to discuss the impacts of dams on the environment and communities across Canada. The students of UManitoba – Avneet Sidhu, Michael Lunn, Julie […]
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Students’ Project Highlights Greenwashing Around the World
Fiona Lebar, Shaylyn Pelikys, and Eliza Maharjan, undergraduate students at the University of Manitoba, Canada, recently partnered with DWI to complete a course project on the greenwashing of hydroelectricity. The following is the summary report submitted by the students. — An analysis of the impacts of greenwashing hydroelectricity was conducted to explore what implications certain […]
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Rejecting Dams as Climate Solutions at COP26
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) took place in Glasgow from 31st October to 13th November 2021. It is one of the most important climate summits in years which displayed the need to act against the forces contributing to climate change. Previous COPs have been criticized for not ‘listening to the science’, […]
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Call for Contributors: Run-of-the-River Hydropower Dams
Calling on researchers with particular knowledge and experience about so-called “run-of-the-river” dams to collaborate with Dr. Ian Baird and Dam Watch International on developing an in-depth article about how “run-of-the-river” hydropower dams have been promoted. Please read on below for more information. Cover photo: the Pak Mun dam, on the Mun River in Northeastern Thailand […]
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Las Placetas Hydroelectric Complex Threatens Ecosystems and Communities in the Dominican Republic
The central mountains of the Dominican Republic- home to diverse flora and fauna and the highest peaks in the entire Caribbean- are under threat from the Las Placetas Hydroelectric Complex that the government has authorized. The dam is to be built in the Armando Bermudez National Park, accompanying three reservoirs and a series of connected […]
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Canadian Senator Speaks on Behalf of Communities Calling for Accountability of Hydro
On December 14, 2021, Honourable Mary Jane McCallum spoke to fellow Canadian senators about the need to carefully consider the impacts of hydroelectricity in the context of calling for a climate emergency. Speaking on behalf of Wa Ni Ska Tan: Alliance of Hydro-Impacted Communities in Manitoba, she warned that hydroelectric development cannot be simply accepted as a […]
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Proposed Lakhwar Project, India Will Affect at Least 50 Communities
The proposed dam involves a massive 204 m high dam on river Yamuna at a place called Lakhwar upstream of the Dehradun town with storage capacity of 580 Million Cubic meters, submergence area of 1385.2 ha, including 868.08 ha forest land, at least 50 villages to be affected by submergence of land in the upstream, […]
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COP 26: A Double-edged sword for the territories of planet Earth
COP 26 has come to an end, the premier meeting on global climate change that was billed as the last chance to do things differently and save the planet from imminent extinction. The city of Glasgow at the beginning of November brought together the main government leaders and official decision-making delegates for global commitments, but […]
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Perspectives from COP26
I had the privilege of attending the 26th annual United Nations Climate Conference of the Parties (COP26) from November 5th to 12th. COP is a unique conference as it brings together scientists, NGOs and grassroots organizations, as well as politicians and other interested parties. Approximately 30,000 people representing roughly 200 countries came to COP26 all […]
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