The tool is designed to help hydropower companies and researchers estimate and report the net greenhouse gas emissions of a reservoir. Reporting results gained using the G-res Tool give investors, regulators and local communities greater confidence on a reservoir’s climate profile and carbon footprint.
A decade in development, the tool was created through a multi-stakeholder research project led by the International Hydropower Association and the UNESCO Chair in Global Environmental Change. The G-res Tool was developed using a conceptual framework created with scientists from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), the Norwegian Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) and the Natural Resources Institute of Finland (LUKE), with assistance from the World Bank.