Planning for water or for development? Hydro-centric or hydro-supportive approaches to food, energy and water security

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Water resources have the potential to contribute to sustainable social and economic development. However, water boundaries (rivers and their basins) don’t align with political geography. To address a development problem that involves water, where should institutional boundaries lie? Which parties are the “right” parties for addressing a particular challenge? A hydro-supportive approach that gets the […]

Hydropower Conflicts in Southern Chile

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Chile is now relying on hydropower to support its amazing economic growth.  It is a country without oil, gas or coal reserves of its own. Liquified natural gas (LNG) and coal imports are being increased, and there is some talk of expanding non-conventional renewable resources, but hydro represents at least 35% of the current energy […]