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Doctoral Thesis | Environmental Engineering | Guinea | Volume 12 Issue 10, October 2023 | Rating: 4.6 / 10
Impact of Climate Change in the Area Where the Kaleta Hydroelectric Power Plant is Implemented
Conte Alseny [2] | M.L Diallo | Ibrahima Bayo [2] | M. L Keita
Abstract: Hydroelectric developments have long-term impacts on project-affected people (PAP), whether they are displaced (physically and economically) or hosts. Budgets are provided in environmental and social management plans (ESMPs) and resettlement action plans (PAR) to mitigate the impacts of hydroelectric projects on biophysical and human environments. However, these one-off actions often present a lack of monitoring and availability of sustainable financing after the first 2 or 3 years of project implementation. It is then appropriate to think about sustainable approaches in order to properly restore the livelihoods of the PAPs in the long term, and thus allow these projects to support local development in the same way as national development. The problem of dams is a social issue, because it has a direct impact on it. It mobilizes numerous societal actors such as governments, local organizations, international non-governmental organizations and multilateral organizations. The construction of dams gives rise to numerous international controversies, local problems are now globalized. According to ?ric Lambin, ?Experience shows that taking into account the environmental effects of dams from the design stage of the project can maximize the positive effects and minimize the negative effects both on the environment and on neighboring populations. ?Past experiences can be used to learn from mistakes made and are therefore very useful in building projects today. Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and its extremes. It depends on the nature, magnitude and rate of climate variation to which the system considered is exposed, the sensitivity of this system and its capacity to adapt. In Guinea, one of the characteristics is the very marked contrast between the different natural regions from the point of view of socio-economic conditions, population density, rainfall and hydrological regimes, relief, soil distribution, fauna, flora (Source: PANA, 2007).
Keywords: Variability, change, climate, Hydroelectric power plant, Temperature, humidity
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 10, October 2023,
Pages: 1713 - 1719