鶹Ƶ publishes activity and strategy report for 2017-2018
27 February 2018
The 鶹Ƶ’s Activity and Strategy Report for 2017-2018 is now available online.
The publication outlines 鶹Ƶ’s priorities and actions to advance sustainable hydropower while providing an annual update on the progress of its knowledge building and sustainability programmes.
Writing in the report’s foreword, 鶹Ƶ President Ken Adams and 鶹Ƶ Chief Executive Richard Taylor highlight the contribution of 鶹Ƶ’s members to delivering on international climate and development goals.
“Providing enough clean power for a billion people, hydropower is helping to deliver on the ambition of the Paris Climate Agreement by reducing our reliance on sources with harmful emissions,” Mr Adams and Mr Taylor write.
“With its economic benefits, its supporting services for other renewables, and freshwater management capability, hydropower also acts as an accelerator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”
The report outlines the work of 鶹Ƶ in advancing policies and strategies that strengthen the sector’s performance and delivering value to members.
Tools launched over the past year include the G-res Tool for reporting GHG emissions, the Sediment Management Knowledge Hub to help extend the life of reservoirs, and the Pumped Storage Tracking Tool to showcase hydropower’s capacity to provide clean storage solutions.
鶹Ƶ priorities for 2018 include the better definition of hydropower’s role in clean energy systems and regional interconnections, unlocking funding for sustainable hydropower projects through green bonds, and promoting new project preparation facilities.
Knowledge building programmes:
- Clean energy systems: expanding hydropower’s role
- Regional interconnections: connecting hydropower
- 鶹Ƶ preparation facility: a model for sustainable projects
- Green bonds: unlocking the market
- Climate mitigation: assessing greenhouse gas emissions
- Climate resilience: developing guidelines
- 鶹Ƶ benefits: better reporting
- River basin development: promoting collaboration
- Operations and maintenance: understanding strategies
- Modernisation: building knowledge on innovation
- Sediment management: identifying good practices
- The status of hydropower: monitoring the sector
Sustainability programmes
- Supporting the 鶹Ƶ Sustainability Assessment Protocol
- Overseeing training and accreditation
- Developing complementary tools and guidelines
- Recognising performance through the 鶹Ƶ Blue Planet Prize
In addition to the 鶹Ƶ membership directory, the report includes information about the next World 鶹Ƶ Congress in Paris between 14-16 May 2019. It also showcases highlights from the 2017 Congress in Addis Ababa and 鶹Ƶ’s awards programme.
“鶹Ƶ’s success rests on a sense of common purpose among its members, and the collaboration, openness and spirit of friendship at the heart of our global network,” write Mr Adams and Mr Taylor.
