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dc.titleAssessing the Risk of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoirs
dc.contributor.authorHurwitz, Zachary
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironmental and Social Safeguards Unit
dc.date.available2016-08-05T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-08-05T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this technical note is to orient the IDB Group's Environmental Safeguards Specialists in their assessment and management of reservoir emissions risk. This note contains: (i) a summary of the current knowledge about reservoir emissions; (ii) a conceptual framework for the assessment of reservoir emissions risk; (iii) procedures for IDB Group Environmental Safeguards Specialists to follow in order to screen for reservoir emissions risk and to provide due diligence on borrower capacity; and (iv) a brief discussion of actions that the IDB may require of the borrower to mitigate and monitor reservoir emissions risk.
dc.format.extent23
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009302
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Assessing-the-Risk-of-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-from-Reservoirs.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHydropower
dc.subjectGreenhouse Gas Emission
dc.subjectSustainable Energy
dc.subject.jelcodeQ25 - Water
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.keywordsGHG;Reservoirs;Hydropower
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
idb.operationBK-A1830
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