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CIPRA International
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published
Oct 06, 2021
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last modified
Oct 06, 2021 08:45 AM
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filed under:
Point of view,
alpMedia 6/2021,
groundwater use, drinking water supply,
Climate Change,
Water use,
hydropower,
groundwater,
natural standing waters / lakes,
reservoirs / artificial standing waters
Extreme weather conditions are also increasingly affecting the Alps. The climate crisis is driving this development. Can more and more dams, barriers or power stations solve the problem and at the same time satisfy the growing hunger for energy? We must work with the power of water rather than against it, says Kaspar Schuler, CIPRA’s Executive Director and co-author of CIPRA’s new position paper on hydropower.
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