Hydropower
The world's largest source of renewable energy
Hydropower is the world's largest source of renewable energy and has an important role to play responding to challenges facing the world because of climate change.
As a clean and renewable energy source, hydropower can help to reduce climate change by cutting our dependence on carbon-based fuels. We call this climate change mitigation.
Hydropower can also help cope with the effects of climate change, by making sure people have access to water for drinking, farming and industry and by protecting people from flooding. We call this climate change adaptation.
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About us
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) works to advance sustainable hydropower.
That means we talk to two main groups of people:
- We talk to governments, organisations, scientists and the general public to explain the benefits of hydropower and how it can work with other renewables.
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- We also talk to the hydropower industry, helping to make sure that hydropower is developed and used sustainably.
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IHA is a non-profit organisation with members active in more than 80 countries.
You can find out more about how we are structured and how we work.