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4 April 2019

The �鶹��Ƶ’s Activity and Strategy Report for 2018-2019 is now available online.

The publication provides an overview of �鶹��Ƶ’s mission and activities to advance sustainable hydropower, sharing highlights from its knowledge building and sustainability programmes over the past year.

The report previews the World �鶹��Ƶ Congress taking place in Paris, 14-16 May 2019, which will bring together leading decision-makers, innovators and experts from industry, government, finance, civil society and academia.

“The city which four years ago hosted the historic climate accord which bears its name will this year give the stage to the hydropower sector,” write �鶹��Ƶ President Ken Adams and �鶹��Ƶ Chief Executive Richard Taylor in the report’s foreword.

“The outcomes of the World �鶹��Ƶ Congress will help to shape our association’s priorities and work programmes.”

The Activity and Strategy Report 2018-2019 looks at �鶹��Ƶ’s recent work to advance policies and strategies which strengthen the sector’s performance and deliver value to members.

In 2018, �鶹��Ƶ and its partners published new sustainability tools and guidelines which provide a framework for understanding and measuring hydropower project performance. In addition, �鶹��Ƶ launched �鶹��Ƶ Pro, a new online community for members.

The report includes �鶹��Ƶ’s membership directory and recognises the first group of �鶹��Ƶ Fellows, a new tier of membership comprising the sector’s most experienced professionals.

“Working collaboratively with our members and partners, �鶹��Ƶ will continue its mission to build and transfer knowledge on hydropower’s role in renewable energy systems, responsible freshwater management and climate change solutions,” write Mr Adams and Mr Taylor.

Read the Activity and Strategy Report to learn about our knowledge building and sustainability programmes.

Knowledge building programmes:

• The status of hydropower: monitoring the sector
• Clean energy systems: highlighting the expansion of hydropower’s role
• Climate mitigation: assessing greenhouse gas emissions
• Climate resilience: developing a guide
• Green bonds: unlocking the market
• �鶹��Ƶ benefits: better reporting
• �鶹��Ƶ preparation facility: a model for sustainable projects
• Modernisation: building knowledge on innovation
• Operations and maintenance: advancing innovative strategies
• Regional interconnections: connecting hydropower
• River basin development: promoting collaboration
• Sediment management: identifying good practices

Sustainability programmes

• Supporting a suite of �鶹��Ƶ Sustainability Assessment Tools
• Building sustainable hydropower capacity around the world
• �鶹��Ƶ sustainability assessor training opportunities

�鶹��Ƶ members can access the report in �鶹��Ƶ Pro: download now.

Non-members can access the report at hydropower.org.

For more information about �鶹��Ƶ Pro, please visit hydropower.org/pro.