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DOI	10.1002/wcc.757
	Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review
	Wasti, Asphota; Ray, Patrick; Wi, Sungwook; Folch, Christine; Ubierna, Maria; Karki, Pravin
发表日期	2022
ISSN	1757-7780
EISSN	1757-7799
卷号	13 期号:2 页码:29
英文摘要	Renewable sources of electricity, such as solar and wind, need to be paired with sources of reliable baseload. Hydropower is a renewable, low-emission source of electricity baseload available throughout much of the world as an alternative to electricity conventionally provided by thermal combustion of fossil fuels; however, the global hydropower sector as it stands relies upon surface water flows of substantial and predictable volume. This makes it vulnerable to climate change. The impact of climate change on the hydropower sector is difficult to predict, and not globally uniform. It might be positive, negative, or inconsequential depending upon the local timing and magnitude of changes, reservoir size, allocation priority, and the energy market. The secondary effects of climate change on glacier lake outbursts floods, landslides, and sediment load are poorly understood. In addition, when planning hydropower projects for the future, attention must be given to the greenhouse gas contribution of the impounded waters behind storage dams, and the impact of dams on water temperature. In the past decade, sovereign nations and international development agencies worldwide have evaluated the potential of hydropower as a cost-effective, clean, sustainable option for baseload electricity supply. There is therefore a crucial need to assess the opportunities and risks hydropower poses across a wide range of potential future climate conditions. This review paper conducts a global survey of the literature on the effect of climate change on hydropower and identifies room for improvement in current approaches to evaluation of the net benefits of hydropower projects under climate change. This article is categorized under: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Learning from Cases and Analogies Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Evaluating Future Impacts of Climate Change
英文关键词	climate change; future uncertainty; hydropower; international practice; review
学科领域	Environmental Studies; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000740682100001
来源期刊	WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272925
作者单位	University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst; Duke University; The World Bank
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wasti, Asphota,Ray, Patrick,Wi, Sungwook,et al. Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review[J],2022,13(2):29.
APA	Wasti, Asphota,Ray, Patrick,Wi, Sungwook,Folch, Christine,Ubierna, Maria,&Karki, Pravin.(2022).Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review.WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE,13(2),29.
MLA	Wasti, Asphota,et al."Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review".WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE 13.2(2022):29.