Hydropower and the Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment - Issue Brief SDG 7

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationLaw Division
dc.coverage.spatialAsia
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-18T11:13:58Z
dc.date.available2023-04-18T11:13:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.descriptionThis document examines the role of hydropower in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 in Asia and the Pacific. It emphasises the link with the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the need for a just energy transition. It outlines the potential of hydropower to reduce emissions and support economic development. At the same time, it highlights the associated risks, including displacement, loss of livelihoods, impacts on biodiversity, violations of indigenous peoples' rights and threats to environmental defenders. The brief stresses that hydropower must be developed sustainably, with independent environmental impact assessments, transparent decision-making processes, fair compensation, gender equality measures and the protection of vulnerable groups. Governments, companies and financiers are called upon to respect human rights, ensure free, prior and informed consent, safeguard labour standards and conduct ongoing human rights due diligence.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42211
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number5 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjecthydroelectric power
dc.subjectenergy efficiency
dc.subjectsustainable energy
dc.subjectAsia and the Pacific
dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.titleHydropower and the Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment - Issue Brief SDG 7en
dc.typePolicy brief

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