International Hydropower Association

IHA works to advance hydropower's role in sustainable solutions for clean energy, responsible freshwater management, and climate change. With members active in more than 80 countries, IHA is a non-governmental, mutual association of organisations and individuals. Its membership is open to all those involved in hydropower.

Its work falls into two broad themes:

Sustainability, which aims to promote and support sustainable practices in hydropower, including a balanced focus on the environmental, social and economic impacts and benefits of hydropower. This includes IHA’s work on the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol and Hydro4LIFE.

Hydropower Development, which examines and supports hydropower’s evolving role in reliable renewable energy systems, bankable water-management projects, climate change protection, regional development and progressive energy and climate markets and incentives. This includes efforts to gather reliable hydropower statistics, evaluation of hydropower’s role in a climate-constrained world, the water-energy nexus, optimization of renewable systems and regional transboundary cooperation.

IHA was formed in 1995 under the auspices of UNESCO as a forum to promote and share good practice and further knowledge about hydropower.

Today IHA has a Central Office based in London, a regional office in South America and a national office in China. In addition, IHA has consultative and/or observer status with the United Nations agencies addressing water, energy and climate change.

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