New research finds hydropower dams unsustainable in the developing world

Hydropower is an important source of energy and makes up more than 70 per cent of all renewable energy globally as of 2016.

New research has shown that large-scale hydropower
 dams are unsustainable in the developing world.

However, new research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, has found that large-scale hydropower dam projects have had an adverse effect on the environment.

In the 1970s, the construction of dams began in developing countries, notably along the Mekong River Basin and the Congo River Basin.

Read the ClimateAction story by Rachel Cooper - “New research finds hydropower dams unsustainable in the developing world.”