Hydropower

Abstract

Climate change is regarded as the most severe challenge for the human being. The view on accelerating hydropower development and ensuring adequate water storage infrastructure to mitigate and adapt climate change has been widely accepted by the international community. Based on the challenge induced by climate change and the advantages on energy consumption and GHGs emission, the current development status, this chapter describes the importance and significance on development hydropower and ensuring adequate water storage facility for world sustainable development, mitigating and adapting climate change. And it also points out the path on developing water and energy in a reliable, cheap, and environmental-friendly way.