1. Hydropower plants cause local environment and social impacts. This explains the anti dams advocacy. Hydropower plants cause local environment and social impacts. This explains the anti dams advocacy.

2. James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver campaigning against the construction of Belo Monte hydropower plant Some don´t want to discuss trade-offs, such as water reservoirs also “store” wind Some don´t want to discuss trade-offs, such as water reservoirs also “store” wind

3. What happens if the plant is built? What happens if the plant isn´t built? What happens if the plant is built? What happens if the plant isn´t built? Local impacts X Global impacts Local impacts X Global impacts When deciding about a new infrastructure project…

4. What happened in Brazil because of the difficulty to build new hydropower projects with storage reservoirs? 2014 drought + lack of storage reservoirs = thermal plants burning fossil fuels U$ 10 billion 73 million tons of CO2 2014 drought + lack of storage reservoirs = thermal plants burning fossil fuels U$ 10 billion 73 million tons of CO2