Guidelines
Guidelines with our contribution
Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories edited by Buendia E.C. et al and written by many contributors including Y.T. Prairie. 2019. Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 4 Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/vol4.html
The GHG Reservoir Tool (G-res): Technical Documentation UNESCO/International Hydropower Association Project – GHG status of freshwater reservoirs. https://www.hydropower.org/publications/the-ghg-reservoir-tool-g-res-technical-documentation
IHA GHG screening tool explained – World hydropower congress – Beijing, May 2015 UNESCO/International Hydropower Association Project – GHG status of freshwater reservoirs. https://www.hydropower.org/sites/default/files/publications-docs/IHA-GHG-screening-tool-explained.pdf
Guidelines discussing the reporting of GHG emissions from reservoirs
World Ressource Institute. 2026. Greehouse Gas Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard. https://ghgprotocol.org/land-sector-and-removals-standard
Asian Development Bank. 2023. Energy Sector Guidance Note. Asian Development Bank’s Approach for Large Hydropower Plants. https://www.adb.org/documents/energy-guidance-note-large-hydropower-plants
Hydropower Sustainability Council. 2023. Hydropower Sustainability Standard. https://www.hydrosustainability.org/standard-overview
ASEAN. 2023. ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance – Version 2. https://asean.org/book/asean-taxonomy-for-sustainable-finance-version-2/
World Meteorogical Organization. 2022. 2022 State of Climate Services: Energy. WMO. https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=22136#.Y9F2yC_73Fz
WWF. 2022. Insuring a nature positive world: an insurer’s guide to hydropower. Read more
Patel, S, Shakya, C and Rai, N. 2020. Climate finance for hydropower: Incentivising the low- carbon transition. IIED, London. http://pubs.iied.org/10203IIED
European Commission, EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance. 2020. Financing a Sustainable European Economy – Taxonomy Report: Technical Annex https://finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2020-03/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy-annexes_en.pdf
Climate Bonds Initiative. 2019. Open for public consultation. The Hydropower Criteria. Climate Bonds Standard. https://www.climatebonds.net/hydropower
IEA Hydropower. 2018. Hydropower and the environment: Managing the Carbon Balance in Freshwater Reservoirs Guidelines for Quantitative Analysis of Net GHG Emissions from Reservoirs. IEA Hydro Technical Report, Volume 3 – Management, Mitigation and Allocation. https://www.ieahydro.org/media/691aaaa8/AnnexXII_Guidelines_Volume_3_Final_10Jan2018.pdf
World Bank Group. 2017. Greenhouse Gases from Reservoirs Caused by Biogeochemical Processes. Water Global Practice, Technical Note. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739881515751628436/pdf/122610-WP-PUBLIC-WFinalApplicationFilesWeBookW.pdf