Energy Security

What we know

• Climate-related impacts on water resources can undermine the two dominant forms of power generation in India - hydropower and thermal power generation - both of which depend on adequate water supplies to function effectively.
• To function at full efficiency, thermal power plants need a constant supply of fresh cool water to maintain their cooling systems.

What could happen

• The increasing variability and long-term decreases in river flows can pose a major challenge to hydropower plants and increase the risk of physical damage from landslides, flash floods, glacial lake outbursts, and other climate-related natural disasters.
• Decreases in the availability of water and increases ....