World's dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050 - UN research

Dam capacity is expected to drop from 6 trillion cubic metres to 4.655 trillion cu m by 2050, and action must be taken to address the problem and protect vital storage infrastructure, the United Nations University said.

Impeding sediment flows along a river can also make upstream regions more prone to flooding and erode downstream habitats. Critics have long warned that the long-term social and environmental costs of giant dams far outweigh their benefits.

Please tell me Al Gore is not on their board. gtfoh

Is that why the Murray River in South Australia is flooding at almost record highs?

Oh please....

DUHHHH... In China they drain, survey, repair and remove sediment every 20 years or so.. It's called MANAGEMENT..

Dredgers of the world unite.

So let’s have the UN keep convening conferences that diplomats and fossil fuel execs fly to on private jets — so countries can make commitments that they are not held to at all… 😔

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