Dr Fredolin Tangang, Vice Chair, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Hydropower is influenced by climate change, but it can also contribute to alleviating the problem. Panellists will present and discuss four aspects of these relationships: Science and uncertainty relating to the impact of climate change on hydrology; Reviewing the relationship between hydropower and the natural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the river basin; Methods and incentives to use hydropower to offset GHG emissions from more carbon-intensive sources of energy; and assessing the role of hydropower infrastructure in the face of increasing floods and drought. For more information about this event, visit: http://ihacongress.org

1. Dr Fredolin Tangang
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources
and Climate Change Mitigation
Presented at the
IHA 2013 World Congress

2. Special Report on Renewable
Energy Sources and Climate
Change Mitigation
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3. The current global energy system
is dominated by fossil fuels.
Shares of energy sources in total global primary energy supply in 2008

4. RE capacity has been increasing rapidly in recent
years.
140 GW of new RE power
plant capacity was built in
2008-2009.
This equals 47% of all
power plants built during
that period.

5. Lifecycle GHG emissions of RE technologies are, in general,
considerably lower than those of fossil fuel options.

6. RE deployment increases in scenarios with lower
greenhouse gas concentration stabilization levels.

7. SREX (2012)

8. Projected
return periods
for a daily
precipitation
event that was
exceeded on
average once
during a 20-
period in
1981-2000

9. Preparations for AR5 enters final stage (Approval session 23-
26 Sept 2013)